BAHIA CULEBRA, Costa Rica — Marina Papagayo is the first boating facility you reach as you enter Costa Rica from the north — and it just opened, Dec. 15.

Billed as a five-star marina, Marina Papagayo is nestled into the north end of Bahia Culebra, in the Costa Rican state of Guan­acaste, so the location has always provided good shelter from the notorious Papagayo gales. Bahia Culebra is famous for its many jungle-clad anchorages and great sportfishing close offshore.  (READ MORE HERE)