Dominical Costa Rica

Travel - Vacation Packages - Tourism

Dominical Visitor Services

• The Southern Costa Rica Handbook
• Dominical Visitor Center - Full service tour booking, scooter and car rentals.

TRAVEL TO COSTA RICA REQUIREMENTS

*Passport and onward/return ticket required. (Persons under the age of 16 must use a valid passport to enter Costa Rica.) Tourist card issued upon arrival at airport upon presentation of aforementioned documents for approximately $4. U.S. citizens must have onward/return ticket. For stays over 90 days, you must apply for an extension (within the first week of visit) with Costa Rican Immigration and, after 90 days, obtain exit visa and possess a valid U.S. passport. For travel with pets and other information, contact the Consular Section of the Embassy of Costa Rica, 2112 S St. NW, Washington, DC 20008 (202/234-2945) or nearest Consulate General:

• CA (415/392-8488)
• GA (404/951-7025)
• FL (305/371-7485)
• IL (312/263-2772)
• LA (504/887-8131)
• NY (212/425-2620)
• TX (713/266-1527)
• Internet: costarica-embassy.org

Costa Rica's in-country airline

Nature Air
An in-country airline. For flights within Costa Rica.

Nature Air Costa Rica National Airline is the chosen airline of the most prestigious hotels and lodges in Costa Rica, Nicaragua , Panama and some of the best-known outbound operators worldwide.

Tips:

About the phones:

1) You can buy a large phone calling card ($30) at the airport when you land in Costa Rica. Do this and you won't be left to the mercy of the government phone company who constantly run out of phone cards or break their printing machines.

2) Caller Beware!!!I had a fellow tell me the other day that he had used a blue phone that accepted his credit card. He spoke for 15 minutes, and it cost him $200.00. He called the company a zillion times before getting someone to answer. They negotiated it down to $99.00... he never saw the refund.

3) Long Distance Services:

• AT&T: 0-8000-001-4114
• BT: 0-8000-044-1044
• CN Direct: 0-8000-015-1161
• MCI: 0-8000-001-2222
• Sprint: 0-8000-001-0123
• Int'l Info: 124
• Int'l Operator: 116
• Local Information: 113
• Time: 112
• RACSA: 287-0515
  

How to do it:

~Buy a phone card (targeta telefonica)
~Using a coin, rub off the rubbery stuff that is over your account number exposing the number.

~Dial the 197 number that you willl see on the card
~Enter the number you exposed. It'll tell you how much time you have left on the card and that you should enter the number that you would like to call.

Thats it!

• US Passport Services
• Quick US Passport Service
• US Customs
• Travelling With Produce
• CDC Health Information for Travel to Costa Rica
• Food and water concerns while travellihg anywhere
• About Travelers' Diarrhea

• Getting to Dominical
• Carolyn's series of articles in our Blog

Tourism in Costa Rica is growing

Dominical is a tourist destination unlike the big hotel destinations of so many beach vacation spots. It is a quiet, energetic, small town on the Pacific side of Costa Rica. There is not a paved road to be found in all of Dominical. There are, however, quite a number of realtors, indicating that the small town of Dominical is not going to remain so for much longer.

Here is an opportunity to feel as though you have stepped back in time a bit, to a simpler time. This is not to say that Dominical is backwards, because it is not. It is just a laid back atmosphere where travelers can unwind, enjoy some great wild life, tropical plants, waterfalls, and if they are so inclined, some world class surfing.

There are a variety of accommodations to choose from in Dominical and a wonderful cross section of cuisine.

Airlines that offer service to Costa Rica:

There are two international airports in Costa Rica. One is located at Liberia which services most of the charter flights to the Pacific beach resorts which becomes a busier destination each year. Continental Airlines and LACSA both have scheduled international services from the United States to that airport.

American Airlines:
Excellent service to Costa Rica from the following primary airports: Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco. For example, Canadians board Canadian Airlines in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada. They change to American Airlines in Dallas for the final leg of the flight to Costa Rica.