Overview Puntarenas, Costa Rica, a small Pacific-coast city about 50 mi/80 km west of San Jose, is making a comeback as a port and resort town.

Puntarenas often becomes just a spot to catch the ferry for those venturing off to the Nicoya Peninsula. But the coastal town of Puntarenas is far more than just a place to wait and board. It is well ...

The Pacific port town of Puntarenas, Costa Rica is the Wild West of shark finning. With brackish water and gray sand, it is a far cry from the gorgeous shore towns and resorts elsewhere along the ...

Puntarenas is Costa Rica's largest province, which spans Manuel Antonio National Park along the Pacific Coast in the north and the southern tip that touches Panama. The region is replete with ...

“For all images, the least green is 1987, then 2000, and the most green is 2015,” they said. These gorgeous green forests are one of Costa Rica’s main attractions, Earth.org reported.

For the Oceans Foundation successfully completed the first stage of its ghost net rescue campaign in Costa de Pájaros, Puntarenas, removing approximately 15 tons of abandoned fishing nets from the ...