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CST level 4 for Villas Rio Mar!

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What is CST? Sustainability means to be responsible for the environmental, economic and social dimensions and maintain the bio-diversity, animal species, etc. The Certification of Sustainable Tourism (CST) is a program to balance three factors in the tourism industry. These …

Nightlife in Costa Ballena and Dominical

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If you stay in Hotel Villas Rio Mar and you want to do something fun in the night time, it takes you only 800 meters to go to Dominical. The advantage of the fact that this town is rather small …

Shoppers and travellers in Paso Canoas

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Dominical is an excellent place to stay if you are looking for nature, animals and the great pacific coast combined with some luxury. But sometimes you just want to see something else than trees, rivers and sand. Now, big cities …

September Calendar

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September 8th International day of literacy The literacy is a necessary inversion. Literacy and education are the baseline you can construct a better world. The people who knows how to read and write are capacitated to choose and live to …

Shopping and travellers in Paso Canoas

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Dominical is an excellent place to stay if you are looking for nature, animals and the great pacific coast combined with some luxury. But sometimes you just want to see something else than trees, rivers and sand. Now, big cities …

For all Costa Rican lovers

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Our hotel has since its foundation great visitors, they came here for over 17 years and now they are visiting us every year and most of their times for a long time, that is how we met these friends, they …

Independence day of Costa Rica

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Although September 15th is Costa Rica’s official date to recognize its independence from Spain in 1821. The festivities begin on the 14th when a runner carries the ā€œfreedomā€ torch from Nicaragua to Panama. By 6:00 PM, the runner arrives in …

Villas Rio Mar New Trail!

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For all natural lovers we have a new attraction in Hotel Villas Rio Mar, a new trail behind our Bungalows where you can see more than 120 different kinds of birds. On the right side is a little river following …

Recommendations for a green travel

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Our planet needs help now more than ever, and enjoy it at the same time of our vacation does not involve making a sacrifice in their care. That is why our hotel has made significant changes in order to take …

Eco Lodge, the reality of sustainable tourism.

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In recent years, sustainable development in the tourism environment has been a priority for companies in this industry, and also for the communities in tourist destinations. The over exploitation of natural resources has generated interest in the population, and as …