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Costa Rica is the place to go for a fun family vacation.

Christmas is right around the corner, and with it are holidays and school vacations. For a fun adventure in the sun with rainforest, beaches and volcanoes, head to Costa Rica for your family vacation.

Costa Rica is a top family vacation destination for warm tropical sunshine and seas, beautiful beaches, rainforest adventures, affordable easy travel and plenty of kid-friendly activities. It is one of the safest countries in Central America and English is widely spoken.

What makes Costa Rica so great for kids is that each day can bring a different adventure, such as: zip lining, hiking in the rainforest, exploring a live volcano, horseback riding, snorkeling, and seeing wildlife like sloths, toucans, giant iguanas, dolphins and baby sea turtles. And adults get to rediscover the kid in themselves.

Costa Rica now has 70 connections from destinations in North and South America and Europe. Three airlines just inaugurated new routes to Costa Rica last month: Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Thomson Airways from England. Seventeen airlines fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, providing direct connections with flights to 46 destinations. Ten airlines operate flights to and from Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, allowing connections to 24 destinations.

For family-friendly accommodations, look no further than Costa Rica vacation rentals. Staying in vacation condos, villas or homes give you more space and amenities for less money than the equivalent at a hotel.

In Guanacaste, Costa Rica – on the North Pacific Coast, known for beautiful beaches and lots of activities – you have available Costa Rica vacation condo rentals and Costa Rica beach rentals.

The Pacifico Condos in popular beach town Playa del Coco (“Coco Beach”) offer 13 one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom condos in a gated community with 24-hour security. There are two swimming pools, a Jacuzzi, large green areas, bike paths, plenty of parking, a shopping center with restaurants, a grocery store and a bank, and a private beach club with shuttle service. A concierge service can arrange tours for you.

Villas Estival offers 12 Costa Rica vacation villas on the small, uncrowded beach of Playa Prieta. Fully-equipped beachfront villas either have two or three bedrooms, and two or three bathrooms, in one or two-story villas. There are children’s and adult swimming pools and a children’s playground.