Costa Rica in the list of the 15 best Resorts of Central and South America

On that list the country heads with 6 of the 15 positions that are distributed throughout the national.

The international magazine for travelers "Condé Nast Traveler" relize a publication on its website where brought together 15 resorts in the Latin American region. The best 15 Resorts throughout Central and South America were chosen by its readers through the web site.

Costa Rica stands out in the top of the list and almost half of the recognition took these places; for example the Xandari Resort and Spa in the province of Alajuela is second.

Xandari used to be a coffee plantation, but was converted into a Resort and Spa for several years.

Xandari is located very close to the international airport Juan Santa Maria, however far enough away to offer guests a tranquil atmosphere with trails surrounded by rivers, overlooking the Central Valley, beautiful gardens and unparalleled attention.

The luxurious Four Seasons Costa Rica also tops the list in the third place, located on Peninsula Papagayo, according to readers of the magazine, its best-known services are carefully decorated rooms, inspired by nature with beautiful shades of green and blue, their wide range of golf and the delicious food that guests can enjoy.

Some of the other Costa Rican sites contained in the list are the Hotel Punta Islita in Guanacaste, El Silencio Lodge in golden yellow that are located in the eighth and ninth position, while Los sueños Marriott Horseshoe, Arenas del Mar in Manuel Antonio and the Westin Playa Conchal placed 11,12 and 15 respectively and located on the Pacific coast.

Costa Rica is the country that most resorts in the list, in the ranking of the magazine also houses were grouped resorts of other countries on the continent such as Argentina, Belize, Peru, and Uruguay. All hotels listed have the tourist declaratory of the Costa Rican Institute of tourism (ICT) and also with certification for sustainability in tourism (CST).

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Costa Rica hosts international coffee symposium

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The event is being held for the first time in Central America.

Costa Rican Vice President Luis Liberman on Monday inaugurated the 24th International Conference on Coffee Science, held for the first time in Costa Rica at the Ramada Plaza Herradura Hotel, in the province of Heredia.

For a week, the conference brings together more than 300 scientists, scholars and business owners to discuss coffee research from 30 countries.

Costa Rica has one of the highest rates of productivity per hectare of coffee in the world, and this productivity is the result of more than 60 years of research and development.

This is the first time that the Association for Science and Information on Coffee is organizing this conference in a Central American country and the third time in Latin America.

According to Ronald Peters, executive director of Costa Rica's National Coffee Institute, the event, along with the National Coffee Plantation Renewal Program, will serve to encourage research in the field. “In Costa Rica, coffee is expensive to produce, so we need to have access to the most advanced technology possible”.

Genetics, sustainability, product quality, pests, diseases, coffee processing and human physiology are among some of the topics being discussed.

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