Don’t study Spanish at Estelar!

Don’t study Spanish at Estelar!

Why you shouldn't study Spanish at Instituto Estelar Bilingüe

Where to begin? I mean, why is Spanish important anyway? It's only the third most-spoken language in the world. If you know English, yo...

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Adventures in Costa Rica

Costa Rica Bound

After all this time of restricted movement, people are starting to travel once again to Costa Rica. Costa Ricans and tourists are responsible in wearing masks,...

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We won again!

Top Language School 2020

Despite the pandemic forcing our Spanish immersion program to close for most of last year, students still wrote positive reviews about their time with ...

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Ready to travel to Costa Rica?

Start planning your trip!

Are you ready to take a plane somewhere - anywhere! - and experience new things? After all these months of restricted movement, people are starting to travel once again to ...

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Who says Quarantine has to be Boring?

We are having a little fun here in Liberia, Costa Rica, and we invite you to join in. Brighten your quarantine days with a little video project! Tell us why you love Costa Rica in a short video, produced on Tik Tok or elsewhere, ...

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La cuarentena no tiene que ser aburrida

Estamos divirtiéndonos un poco aquí en Liberia, Costa Rica, y les invitamos a participar. ¡Alegre su cuarentena con un pequeño proyecto de video! Envíenos su video al número de Whatsapp de la recepción: 8385-1918.

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Get Busy Living

I've got a new attitude

Remember this song from the 80s? It seems appropriate to describe the shift...

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Quarantine Reflections from a Business Owner

Here in quarantine, running my business and teaching a full load of English classes online in sunny Liberia, Costa Rica, I have been reflecting on how grateful I am for all the support people have shown my school, Instituto Estelar Bilingüe, du...

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One Woman’s Dream: Interview with Estelar’s Owner

Estelar's founder, Bethany Kirk, is featured on the latest episode of Dream Catcher's Costa Rica! Learn more about how she managed to start a business in paradise and make it successful for 9 years and running.