Need to Get Away? Travel with Me to Costa Rica!
Last month, I had the privilege of visiting the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica and found out why it’s been named the Happiest Place in the World.
With high life-expectancy rates and low cancer rates, the people of Costa Rica, also known as Ticos, enjoy plenty of sun in one of the most diverse and beautiful places on the globe. Determined to protect and promote peaceful living in Costa Rica, the country abolished its military in 1948, has outlawed all hunting of wildlife and has preserved much of its lush land as national parks for all to enjoy. It’s no wonder that Costa Rica’s most popular catch phrase is “pura vida”—live a full life.
As if the country’s pristine white- and black-sand beaches, dense rainforests and intriguing dry forests weren’t enough, Costa Rica also boasts a noted blue zone (a geographic region where residents live to be 90+) in the Nicoya Peninsula. Less than three hours away in Rincón de la Vieja, there’s an amazing hot spring. This entire northwest region of Costa Rica, known as Guanacaste, is well-known for its healing properties.
Here are 5 ways to heal your mind, body and soul in Guanacaste, Costa Rica:
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