There is a place where health is not a goal to strive for, but the very air you breathe. That place is Costa Rica, which has just received the prestigious Men’s Health Healthy Places Award 2025. While the world searches for ways to improve quality of life, Costa Rica delivers with facts: a unique combination of unspoiled nature, active living, and a philosophy—Pura Vida—that has become a global benchmark for physical and mental well-being.