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Xandari Resort and Spa, Costa Rica

November 9, 2015 by Lorenza Bacino 1 Comment

Lorenza at Xandari Resort. Copyright Max Bacino

This is a guest post by Anglo-Italian journalist Lorenza Bacino. In August Lorenza, her husband and their two children travelled around Costa Rica in Central America with Hands Up Holidays. This is the last in a series of articles which Lorenza has written for Mums do travel about their experiences there. This post covers the final part of their trip. Xandari Resort ‘Xandari Resort […]

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Categories: Costa Rica, Luxury, Room reports
Tags: luxury hotel, luxury resort

Family adventures in Costa Rica

October 26, 2015 by Lorenza Bacino 1 Comment

Manuel Antonio National Park. Copyright Parador Resort

This is a guest post by Anglo-Italian journalist Lorenza Bacino. In August Lorenza, her husband and their two children went on a trip to Costa Rica in Central America with Hands Up Holidays. This is the third in a series of articles by Lorenza for Mums do travel about their experiences, and in this post she covers the most adventurous part of their […]

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Categories: Active, Costa Rica
Tags: Arenal volcano, hanging bridges, turtles, zip wiring

Parador Resort, Costa Rica

September 18, 2015 by Lorenza Bacino 19 Comments

Monkey. Image courtesy of Parador Resort & Spa

This is a guest post by Anglo-Italian journalist Lorenza Bacino. In August Lorenza, her husband and their two children went to Costa Rica in Central America for their family holiday and it sounds like they had a brilliant time. Lorenza is writing a series of articles for Mums do travel about what they got up to and in […]

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Categories: Costa Rica, Luxury, Room reports
Tags: family friendly hotels, Luxury hotels, Manuel Antonio National Park, Parador

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