Costa rica gay bars

This complete travel guide to Gay Costa Rica will provide you with everything you need to know about Costa Rica as a gay traveller, whether that be the best gay destinations in Costa Rica like San Jose or Manuel Antonio, as well as a the best gay bars, hotels and things to do. We found it to be one of the most welcoming and open countries in Central America for gay travellers both in terms of laws, attitudes and a surprisingly large gay scene.

From sloths to red eyed costa bars, tarantulas and spider monkeys, we can almost guarantee that wherever you go you will be immersed in wildlife. When we started to look into the Costa Rica gay scene, we were very surprised for good reasons! Here is our travel guide to gay Costa Rica!

We hope you enjoy! If you want to skip ahead and book you own gay trip to Costa Rica, check out Gaycations here and submit an enquiry today! Costa Rica is a small country within Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. As a result, Costa Rica boasts a Pacific coast to the west and Caribbean coast to the east meaning you can experience both kinds of beaches when you visit.

The short answer is yes. Costa Rica is one of the most gay friendly countries in Central America. In the last ten years, gay marriage was a hot topic for the presidential elections. Rica candidate was strongly pro gay marriage and the other strongly against it. May gay and love be the compass that guide us forward and allow us to move forward and build a country that has room for everyone.

Discrimination protections have been in place since The same can be said for the younger generation, whereas some of the older generations are more conservative. They also are teaching gender theory in schools, which we think is very progressive indeed.

Gay Manuel Antonio Travel Guide (Costa Rica)

We recently interviewed 23 year old student Gabriel about what it was like to be gay in Costa Rica. Read the interview in full here. Like any country, often the most prevalent gay scenes can be found in the capital city. However when it comes to gay destinations in Costa Rica both its capital city, San Jose and the coastal town of Manuel Antonio are on equal footing.

If you are flying to Costa Rica, you are likely to be flying in to San Jose. Most people move straight on, but we think it is worth spending the weekend here first. We felt perfectly safe while we were here and at night, used Uber to be extra safe. The gay bars in San Jose were some of the best! More on that below.

Manuela Antonio is a relatively small seaside town, immersed in lush jungle, home to the most visited national park in Costa Rica Manuel Antonio National Park and offers lots of exhilarating adventure activities. See our gay travel guide to Manuel Antonio for more.