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	The Southern Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
		The Southern Nicoya Peninsula can be reached by road from the northern province of Guanacaste, but the easiest way from the Costa Rica mainland is to cross the Gulf of Nicoya by ferry from Puntarenas.
		The Southern Nicoya Peninsula is a remote area where you will find solitary yet beautiful beaches meeting mountains that tilt precipitously upward to the interior of the half island.
		Tourism on the Nicoya Peninsula is mostly small scale with quaint villages and hotels.
	www.travelcostarica.com /nicoya.htm (218 words)

	IGCP433_CR_2004.doc
		Lundberg, N., 1982: Evolution of the slope landward of the Middle America Trench, Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica.- En: Leggett, J.K.(ed.): Trench —forearc gelogy: sedimentation and tectonics on modern and ancient active plate margin.- 131-147.
		Sinton, C., Duncan, R. & Denyer, P., 1997: Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica: A single suite of caribbean oceanic plateau magmas.- Journal of Geophysical research, 102(B7): 15,507-15,520.
		Schmidt-Effing, R. 1980: Rasgos fundamentales de la historia del Complejo de Nicoya (américa centrel meridional).-Brenesia 18: 231-252.
	www.ig.utexas.edu /CaribPlate/reports/CR_2004/IGCP433_CR_2004.doc (1321 words)

	Search Results for "Gulf of Nicoya"
		Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste and Puntarenas provs., W Costa Rica, separating the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of Nicoya.
		...Pacific Ocean, Central America, between the Nicoya Peninsula and the northwest mainland of Costa Rica.
		The catch from the fine fishing in the gulf is canned at Puntarenas....
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Gulf+of+Nicoya (122 words)

	Nicoya Costa Rica Driving Map of the County Roads
		Nicoya is the primary city on the Nicoya Peninsula.
		A must-see on the Nicoya Peninsula is Barra Honda National Park, with a campground and limestone caves to explore.
		About a 1 hour drive from the Liberia airport, Nicoya is the crossroads leading to several popular surfing beach areas of the Guanacaste Pacific Coast, such as Nosara Beach and Samara Beach.
	www.costaricaroadmaps.com /59-Nicoya.html (154 words)

	Costa Rica Map Nicoya
		In the past decade, this otherwise quiet, mostly-rural, crab-claw-shaped peninsula known as Nicoya has seen more annual visitors than the rest of the isthmus.
		Nicoya is the provincial capital of the region, a large ranching and farming community, and possibly the oldest city in the country.
		The Nicoya region is famous for the Ridley turtles that bombard the Ostional beach to lay their eggs during specific times of the year.
	www.vivacostarica.com /map-of-costa-rica/costa-rica-map-nicoya.html (1967 words)

	Costa Rica! Group tours, family vacations, seniors, teachers, disabled: river rafting trips, scenic float, rainforest ecotours, birdwatching, wildlife photography, nature study tour.
		From the volcanoes and lakes of Arenal to the beaches of the Nicoya Peninsula,
	www.nicoya.com (196 words)

	Nicoya Peninsula - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research
		NICOYA PENINSULA [Nicoya Peninsula] Guanacaste and Puntarenas provs., W Costa Rica, separating the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of Nicoya.
		The town of Nicoya, probably the first Spanish settlement (c.1530) in Costa Rica, is a transportation and commercial center for the peninsula.
		The peninsula is linked to the mainland by highway and by ferry.
	www.highbeam.com /doc/1E1:NicoyaPe/Nicoya+Peninsula.html?refid=ip_hf (112 words)

	Costa Rica, Nicoya Peninsula
		While Guanacaste is known for its dry climate, the southern part of the Nicoya Peninsula receives more rain annually, making it a transitional zone between dry forest climate and tropical rain forest.
		The southern Nicoya Peninsula is one of Costa Rica's most secluded gems.
		As it has always been easier and faster to travel to the southern Nicoya Peninsula by boat from Puntarenas, the region belongs to the province of Puntarenas rather than Guanacaste.
	www.nicoyapeninsula.com (329 words)

	NICOYA PENINSULA
		The Nicoya Peninsula is where you find many of Costa Rica's major beach resorts; where visitors come to spend money and enjoy luxurious accommodations, great food, beautiful beaches and pulsating nightlife.
		However, there is another side to the Nicoya peninsula.
		The resorts of Nicoya are world class, rivaling Cancun Mexico.
	www.explorecostarica.com /nicoya.htm (147 words)

	Camino Travel Costa Rica - North Pacific - Guanacaste, Nicoya, La Cruz, Liberia, Tamarindo, Cañas, Rincón de La Vieja, Flamingo, Samara Beach, Nosara, Papagayo Gulf, Conchal Beach, Islita Beach
		Comprising practically all the province of Guanacaste and part of Puntarenas (which corresponds to the southernmost tip of the Nicoya Peninsula), the region is marked by its landscape and history, both unique within the country.
		Camino Travel Costa Rica - North Pacific - Guanacaste, Nicoya, La Cruz, Liberia, Tamarindo, Cañas, Rincón de La Vieja, Flamingo, Samara Beach, Nosara, Papagayo Gulf, Conchal Beach, Islita Beach
		Best known for its beaches, which indeed are astonishing, the truth is that Costa Rica’s North Pacific is more diverse and has much more to offer than only palm trees and ocean waters.
	www.caminotravel.com /ing/northPacific.html (432 words)

	Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
		Almost every visitor to Costa Rica sets their sights on the Nicoya Peninsula, known for its white-sand beaches.
		Isla Tortuga: Stunning beaches, nature trails, warm turquoise waters, and plenty of watersports await passengers on day cruises to this gorgeous little isle off southeast Nicoya.
		Surfers are particularly enamored of this hook-shaped region, whose dozens of beaches and coastal attractions are linked by often difficult-to-negotiate dirt roads (a four-wheel drive is essential).
	www.moon.com /planner/costa_rica/regions/nicoya.html (416 words)

	Nicoya Peninsula - Costa Rica
		The ideal place for some much needed rest and relaxation, the Nicoya Peninsula today, is home to one of the most beautiful 18-hole golf courses situated in Tambor that lies on the southern coast.
		The largest peninsula in the country, the Nicoya Peninsula sits just south of the Northern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica across the Golfo de Nicoya from Puntarenas.
		With a warm climate most of the year, the Nicoya Peninsula is known for its great weather.
	www.govisitcostarica.com /region/area.asp?AID=10 (403 words)

	FineVillas Vacations Rental Costa Rica the the Nicoya Peninsula
		The Nicoya Peninsula, located in the northwestern section of Costa Rica, has a lush tropical landscape with beautiful national parks and refuges with waterfalls, caves, pristine forests and countless species of birds and butterflies.
		FineVillas Vacations Rental Costa Rica the the Nicoya Peninsula
		Strung along its coast are countless beaches lined with sleepy fishing villages as well as ranches where one can still see cowboys working cattle.
	www.finevillas.com /descript/Mexico/nicoya_peninsula.html (285 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Pacific Beaches at Epinions.com
		Against the backdrop of low jungle-covered hills of the Nicoya Peninsula lie dozens of small rocky islands.
		The lower Gulf of Nicoya is a fantastically scenic place to be.
		We were told that the government plans to convert the island to some sort of tourist visitor center or something like that, but that nobody seems to know exactly when that will happen.
	www.epinions.com /content_47968194180 (1530 words)

	Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica) Frommers.com
		Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica)
		Home > Destinations > Central and South America > Costa Rica > Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula
		Complete Guide to Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula
	www.frommers.com /destinations/guanacasteandthenicoyapeninsula (99 words)

	Montezuma Costa Rica — Travel to Montezuma, Nicoya Peninsula
		Located on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, the village of Montezuma is surrounded by tropical beauty.
		Montezuma Costa Rica — Travel to Montezuma, Nicoya Peninsula
		The glistening Pacific Ocean, abundant with marine life and the dry tropical forests that cover the hills, make Montezuma one of the finest areas for a diversity of tours and activities.
	www.zumatours.net (159 words)

	Guanacaste-Nicoya Periods I - IV
		This pattern was also observed in the MNCR excavations of contemporary cemeteries at Mojica, near Bagaces, Guanacaste, and at the coastal site of Nacascolo on the Nicoya Peninsula, where culinary pottery, a few modeled and incised ceramic effigy vessels, and mostly undecorated metates were recovered from burials containing both articulated, flexed individuals and secondary interments.
		In the nearby Bolson cemetery, Baudez found both secondary and primary burials with more modest grave goods, mostly ceramics.
		Archaeologists deduce from these differential mortuary patterns well-developed class or rank divisions, although enduring evidence.
	www.cool.co.cr /usr/archaeol/guanic1.html (1218 words)

	Costa Rica Travel!
		Terraza Del Sol - surfing at the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula
		For links to Nicoya Penninsula travel information, see our Nicoya Links page.
		If you would prefer to just ask someone whose been there, than please contact us.
	www.nicoya.com /crlinks.html (133 words)

	Costa Rica, Nicoya Peninsula Hotels
		A cozy and tranquil hotel in the center of Malpais.
		Hotel Maquinay has 12 rooms, tennis court, swimming pool, restaurant and bar.
		Removed from crowds, the resort is on a quiet and scenic beach setting with ten deluxe villas amidst exuberant tropical gardens.
	hotels.nicoyapeninsula.com (133 words)

	New York Times article about Montezuma
		In a search for an affordable, relaxed beach vacation, I first visited Nicoya in January 2002, traveling to Montezuma, a small town on the bottom tip of the peninsula, and returned last year.
		One can fly from the capital, San Jos?, to several spots on the Nicoya Peninsula, but on my first visit my three friends and I chose a combination of buses and a ferry ride.
		Along the Nicoya Peninsula Among the airlines that fly from the United States to San Jos?
	www.hotellosmangos.com /times.htm (581 words)

	Puntarenas
		Nicoya Peninsula - Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste and Puntarenas provs., W Costa Rica, separating the Pacific Ocean from...
		Gulf of Nicoya - Nicoya, Gulf of, inlet of the Pacific Ocean, Central America, between the Nicoya Peninsula and the...
		40,706), capital of Puntarenas prov., W Costa Rica, on the Gulf of Nicoya.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0840538.html (122 words)

	Costa Rica Guide - Paul Glassman
		From the junction on the Pan American Highway, it's a two-hour ascent by bus on a bumpy, unpaved road to Santa Elena, with spectacular views, on a clear evening, of the sunset and orange-tinged sky over the Nicoya Peninsula, below and in the distance.
		There are several routes into Nicoya: by ferry from Puntarenas to Playa Naranjo or Paquera; by the road that branches from the Pan American Highway at kilometer 168, crossing the Tempisque River by ferry; and by the main highway south from Liberia to Belén, Santa Cruz and the town of Nicoya.
		Park headquarters are in the town of Barra Honda, four kilometers west of the highway from Nicoya to the Tempisque River.
	www.paulglassman.com /cr11.htm (16139 words)

	Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
		Coming from the Nicoya peninsula, a bus operates from the town of Nicoya to Puerto Humo (see the Nicoya chapter), where you can hire a boat to take you three km upriver to the Chamorro dock, the trailhead to park headquarters (it’s a two-km walk).
		Palo Verde National Park, 28 km south of Bagaces, protects 13,058 hectares of floodplain, marshes, limestone ridges, and seasonal pools in the heart of the driest region of Costa Rica—the Tempisque basin, at the mouth of the Río Tempisque in the Gulf of Nicoya.
		The main entrance to Palo Verde National Park is 28 km south of Bagaces, along a dirt road that begins opposite the gas station and Tempisque Conservation Area office on Hwy.
	www.moon.com /planner/costa_rica/mustsee/palo_verde_np.html (16139 words)

	Information about Guanacaste
		In the 18th Century some neighbors of Rivas established their houses and cattle farms in the northern part of the Nicoya Peninsula at crossroads that connected the towns of Bagaces, Nicoya and Rivas.
		The first church was built out of straw in Nicoya in the 17th Century.
		The Corobicies lived on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Nicoya and the Nahuas or Aztecan in the zone of Bagaces
	www.axxisrealty.com /province.php?english=1&Province=1 (16139 words)

	Puntarenas, Costa Rica
		Puntarenas is a pleasant town, and many travellers use it as a jumping off point to visit the southern Pacific coast or the Nicoya Peninsula.
		Puntarenas lies where the Nicoya Gulf meets the Pacific Ocean and was Costa Rica's major port during the 19th C. Goods, especially coffee, were hauled from all over the country to be shipped to Europe from Puntarenas.
		Puntarenas is on a sandy peninsula that is 8km/5mi long but only 600m/1,968ft wide at its widest point.
	www.planetware.com /costa-rica/puntarenas-crc-pu-pu.htm (224 words)

	Provinces of Costa Rica Alajuela, Heredia, San José, San Jose, Puntarenas, Guanacaste, Limón, Limon and Cartago
		Liberia is the Capital of this hot and dry Province with the peninsula Nicoya to the south and bordering Nicaragua to the north.
		It is also the most important province for tourism, stretching all way from the beach towns of Mal País, Montezuma, Tambor on the Nicoya Peninsula to Panama with an endless variety of large undisturbed beaches and breathtaking sunsets.
		Province with the capital with the same name features the famous Basilica, the best Technical University, lots of Mountains, Volcanoes and the best White Water Rafting opportunities in Costa Rica's Central Highlands.
	www.1-costaricalink.com /costa_rica_provinces.htm (932 words)

	Puntarenas.com - General Information about Puntarenas, Costa Rica
		The Central Pacific's largest city, Puntarenas sits on a long, narrow peninsula in the Gulf of Nicoya.
		The islands located in the Gulf of Nicoya are within the boundaries of this province as well as part of the Tilaran and Talamanca Mountain Ranges.
		It's width is the most of three hundred and forty kilometers, in a northwest to southeast direction, wich goes from Punta Flor, in the Isle of Chira, Gulf of Nicoya to El Salto, in Punta Burica, that is the international limit with the Republic of Panam�, in Golfito.
	www.puntarenas.com /puntarenas (932 words)

	Montezuma, Costa Rica beach hotel vacation resort, Pacific Coast, Nicoya Peninsula, tours
		Just outside Montezuma, Costa Rica, you will find the lovely beach hotel, Cabinas Playa Las Manchas vacation resort, located on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula.
		Montezuma, Costa Rica beach hotel vacation resort, Pacific Coast, Nicoya Peninsula, tours
		Your vacation can include tours to Cabo Blanco and many other attractions in and around Montezuma, the Nicoya Peninsula and the Pacific Coast.
	www.beach-hotel-manchas.com (415 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Pacific Beaches at Epinions.com
		Isla Tortuga lies at the mouth of the Gulf of Nicoya just off the very tip of the Nicoya Peninsula.
		What I say is that the Isla Tortuga cruise is a good value -- Calypso's boat is modern, comfortable, and clean, the trip is fantastically scenic, the beach is clean and pleasant, and the food is outstanding.
		We were told that the government plans to convert the island to some sort of tourist visitor center or something like that, but that nobody seems to know exactly when that will happen.
	www.epinions.com /content_47968194180 (415 words)

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