The town of Santa Elena lies in the heart of the MonteVerde region. It is in what is called the "Cloud Forest" - high up on the mountainside, almost always clouded over, cool and beautiful.
It feels like being in a part of Tolkien's hobbit world!
San Jose
Everyone says there's not much to see if you have a few hours around San Jose (Chepe, to the Ticos). WRONG!
We know great places to go! For example:
Exotic Woods
Wonder where all the beautiful carvings and gorgeous wood souvenirs come from?
This fabulous factory - about 45 minutes from downtown San Jose - has produced many of these since about 1966.
Photo tour - we'll show you the real thing!!!
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Going to the Nicoya Peninsula?
Puntarenas,where the ferry across the Gulf of Nicoya sails from ,has some interesting locations