Cartago Cartago sits in the heart of Costa Rica’s Central Valley, framed by verdant mountains and volcanic peaks. As one of the country’s oldest settlements, it blends a modern urban…
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Cities and places in Costa Rica.
San Vicente, Moravia
San Vicente, Moravia San Vicente de Moravia nestles in the foothills just northeast of downtown San José, forming the head city of the Moravia canton in Costa Rica’s San José…
Curridabat
Curridabat Curridabat sits on the eastern edge of San José’s metropolitan sprawl, nestled along the Inter-American Highway. Covering just over 6 km² at an elevation of 1,208 m, it serves…
Puntarenas
Puntarenas Puntarenas is a coastal city on a narrow sandspit stretching into the Gulf of Nicoya, located in the Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica. Sitting just five meters above sea…
San Isidro de El General
San Isidro de El General San Isidro de El General is the principal city and first district of the canton of Pérez Zeledón, nestled in the southern part of the…
Desamparados
Desamparados Desamparados lies just south of the national capital, San José, perched against the foothills that rise toward the Central Mountain Range. As the third-largest canton in the province of…
Liberia (Costa Rica)
Liberia Liberia, known as the “White City” for its chalk-white colonial buildings and sunbaked streets, sits at the northern edge of Costa Rica’s Central Valley. As the capital of Guanacaste…
Alajuela
Alajuela Alajuela, Costa Rica’s second-largest city, nestles in the lush Central Valley just 20 km northwest of San José. Framed by coffee plantations and the soaring peak of Poás Volcano,…
Limón
Limón: Costa Rica’s Caribbean Jewel Limón perches on Costa Rica’s eastern shore, where the Caribbean Sea laps against a bustling port city steeped in Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Framed by mangrove-lined canals…
San José (Costa Rica)
San José: The Pulsing Capital of Costa Rica San José sits in the heart of the Central Valley at 1,172 meters above sea level, framed by volcanic peaks and coffee…