| If you are looking for the hustle bustle of a big | | | | is absolutely dedicated to their preservation |
| city with pollution, crime and more buildings than | | | | efforts and has been extremely conservative in |
| people, Nosara Costa Rica is not the place for | | | | their development, landing them the honor of |
| you. This is a town that is in many ways | | | | being one of the most eco-friendly communities in |
| unaffected by so much of the modern problems | | | | the world. |
| of life. Things there are simpler and purer, like | | | | There's No Place like Home |
| taking a step back in time in many ways. Topping | | | | There's no place like home, especially once you |
| that off is the fact that there is plenty of ocean | | | | have found a special place like Nosara Costa Rica |
| coastline to enjoy with six beautiful beaches and | | | | to live in. Life moves at a slower pace and people |
| unlike many beautiful ocean areas they are not | | | | still care about each other is this little ocean town. |
| covered in homes and businesses. | | | | Fishing and farming are ways of life and there are |
| Ostional Wildlife Refuge Keep Beaches Protected | | | | very few small businesses in town. |
| The obvious lack of development on most of the | | | | Roughing It |
| beaches of Nosara, Costa Rica is due to the | | | | Not all hotels have air conditioning or even hot |
| Ostional Wildlife Refuge that covers a large part | | | | water. You could almost consider Nosara as the |
| of this prime oceanfront property and is | | | | "outback" of Costa Rica and you can make quite |
| designated to protect the Olive Ridley marine | | | | an adventure out of a visit here. There are |
| turtles that nest there. This property is safe from | | | | snakes, scorpions, wasps and spiders, but they |
| builders, at least momentarily while these marine | | | | aren't all that threatening and don't usually seem |
| turtles are an endangered species. | | | | to cause much concern. The few minor |
| Untouched Beaches | | | | inconveniences are more than made up for by |
| It is almost hard to believe there is still an | | | | the unspoiled natural beauty of the beaches in the |
| unspoiled beach with a dramatic view of the | | | | area and the pleasant warmth of the people that |
| ocean and so much wildlife left here to enjoy. In | | | | live here. |
| fact, the Nosara beaches received an award from | | | | If you ever have the chance to visit Costa Rica |
| the Costa Rican government for their | | | | you will want to take the time to visit Nosara. |
| commitment to preserving wildlife and taking care | | | | There are few places left on earth that are still |
| of the environment. The Nosara Civic department | | | | so naturally beautiful and so unspoiled. |