Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica's best-known stratovolcano, stands more than 5,000 feet high and appears to touch the clouds. For the latter half of the 20th century, admirers traveled to its base in ...

A three-hour drive from the Costa Rican capital stands the highly active Arenal Volcano, a lonely giant whose towering peak is usually crowned with wispy clouds. But on those rare occasions when ...

The iconic, conical Arenal Volcano put this region on the map — at first for killing people, and then for pampering them in decadent hot springs.

Located three hours’ drive north west of the capital, San José, the town of La Fortuna offers a springboard to explore the landscape around the inactive Arenal Volcano.