Road Maps of Costa Rica - Towns, Cities, Countryside

Find you way around Costa Rica with this complete set of travel and road maps below, sectioned into popular areas, towns, and attractions, in alphabetical order. Since most visitors still arrive at the international airport outside of San Jose, use this map of greater San Jose to find your way into the city. When in San Jose itself, use this street map of downtown San Jose. However, with San Jose's confusing labyrinth of one-way streets, at times crushing congestion and lack of parking space, we suggest that you would be less stressed in taking one of the inexpensive and ubiquitous taxis. (It seems at times that every 5th car is a taxi in the downtown area!) In the left hand margin, below the link menu, are street maps of other popular and more populated cities. Enjoy your travel and / or vacation in Costa Rica!  

Costa Rica Maps, Regions & Provinces

Arenal Volcano La Fortuna Map	Dominical Map Osa Peninsula	Irazu Volcano Turrialba Area	Jaco Beach Area Map
Liberia Area / Papagayo Gulf	Limon / Atlantic Tortuguero Area	Manuel Antonio Quepos / Pacific	Monteverde Tilaràn Map
Montezuma Mal Pais / Tambor	Nosara / Samara Carrillo Beaches	Orosi Valley Cartago Area	Poas Volcano Alajuela, Heredia
Puerto Viejo Cahuita Map	San Gerardo de Dota / Cartago	Sarapiqui Puerto Viejo	Tamarindo Map Flamingo Area

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Region Maps of Costa Rica

People refer to the map of the Six Regions of Costa Rica, below, which basically describe the area of the country in terms of location, weather, and activity. For instance, the Central Region is in the mountainous central highlands where the weather is cooler and you will find most of the population living in greater San Jose. Also, it is there that the wonderful Costa Rican coffee is grown!

Any region with "Pacific" or "Caribbean" attached to it will be closer to or at the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and therefore will be warmer and, of course, have the beautiful beaches and surf for which Costa Rica is well known. What a great place to vacation, and where most visitors prefer to go!

Map of Costa Rica Showing Regions
Detailed Regional Maps Below:

• Region Links to Hotels:
• Caribbean
  (Caribe)
• Central Valley
  (Central)
• Northern Plains
  (Llanuras del Norte)
• Central Pacific
  (Pacífico Central)
• Northern Pacific
  (Pacífico Norte)
• Southern Pacific
  (Pacífico Sur)

Click on the thumbnail maps below for more detailed maps of the Six Regions.

Caribbean Region Map Caribe	Central Valley Region Map Valle Central	Northern Plains Region Map Llanuras del Norte
Central Pacific Region Map Pacífico Central	Northern Pacific Region Map Pacífico Norte	Southern Pacific Region Map Pacífico Sur

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PROVINCES of COSTA RICA

Costa Rica also has Seven Provinces. Click on the links to the left for more information. Provinces are actually legal jurisdictions of the country, each with its own local court system and building guidelines, etc.. However, people often refer to these areas to describe location and activity also. Basically described, Provinces are:

Alajuela - Mountains and International Airport area in the central highlands.
Cartago - Mountains and suburbs of the central highlands.
Guanacaste - Beautiful "Gold Coast" northern Pacific Beaches and prarie.
Heredia - More mountains and suburbs of central highlands.
Limón - Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean coast, beaches, banana port.
Puntarenas - Central Pacific coast, also part of the "Gold Coast"; Port Caldera.
San José - Capital and suburbs in the central highlands.

Many maps on this website
are based on this complete, detailed map (1 MB)
for which the "Instituto Costrarricense de Turismo"
kindly gave us the permission to use.
Thank you ICT !

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