A builder and an architect collaborated on a family beach compound using local materials and with a patio and a pool at the center.

The agent of Casa Flotante, or "The Floating House," describes it as a blend of "tropical luxury" and sustainable design. The home’s architect, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, is known for designing ...

Every day is a vacation at this hotel-branded residential community in Costa Rica. The 2,300-acre Reserva Conchal in Guanacaste is known for its white sand beaches and sustainable practices, and now, ...

Image is for illustrative purposes only. As I take a break from throwing all of my family’s worldly belongings into totes with duct tape labels, I start to reflect on the fact that I’m moving, yet ...

Welcome to the home of Jose Maria Castro, Costa Rica’s first head of state and two-time president, and his wife Pacifica Fernandez who also has a place in history for designing the national flag.

Here, in the lush mountains above the tiny village of Uvita, with its unique whale’s tail-shaped beach, a contemporary, glass-walled retreat within an exclusive guard-gated enclave offers total ...

Moving to Costa Rica was not some carefully researched, perfectly executed plan for us (although, it should have been). It was actually a slightly reckless, incredibly stressful, life-changing leap.

Costa Rica's residency process is where a lot of people's moving plans go sideways because they don't understand it. We've ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathleen Peddicord covers moving, living, and investing overseas. Costa Rica is perhaps the world’s best-known foreign retirement ...