Central Costa Rica Culture and Sights

The largest collection of pre-Columbian gold in San Jose.The Gold Museum has a broad collection of decorative objects made of gold, such as animals, jewelry and religious pieces from the era before ...

Don’t visit the National Theater in San José just for its café…. Begun in 1891, this building, modeled on the Paris Opera, opened with “Faus”t in 1897. With its marble steps and frescos, gilded foyer a...

Costa Rica’s history at a glance. Set on a hill overlooking the capital, Costa Rica’s National Museum was once Fort Bellavista, the headquarters of the country’s one-time army. Its historical collectio...

In a complex building in colonial style, its tower attached to its former function as a prison recalled the struggles against the U.S. Söldnerheer by William Walker and the courageous act of Costa Ric...

Only the outer walls of the parish church spared the severe earthquake of 1910; Since the mighty acts, 1575 from granite cathedral, built only as a ruin. The inner garden can be visited. Tgl. 9-17 clo...

Large Angel survival figures in bright white look at the main entrance. The 1926 in the Byzantine style basilica rebuilt the shrine with the little statue of Mary is home, it is every year on 2 August...

The 30 km away, crafts center of the country to achieve in a north-westerly direction over Grecia, is famous for its hand-oxcarts (Carretas pintadas), formerly of transport for coffee, now decorative ...

The Jademuseum showing jewelry, ceramics and Jadesteine from the vorkolumbischen era (7000 exhibits). Given that Costa Rica is not Jade is the precious stone probably from Guatemala and Mexico have be...

In the zoo in Barrio Amon are essentially animals from the forests of Costa Rica on hold. While you in parks mainly monkeys, iguanas and birds meet, fall into this zoo also snakes, predators and wild ...