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Today, we bring you a step closer to the beautiful Costa Rican culture with our discussion of the diverse cultural activities you can partake in and the varied forms of entertainment you can enjoy year round. Costa Rica offers a wide range of cultural activities that rival those in the U.S. and Europe. You will find here some of the world's finest museums, art galleries, and theaters.
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When you come to Costa Rica in the rainy season, it's best to spend your
afternoons visiting Costa Rica's museums to avoid the afternoon rain
showers. For $3, you can visit one of Costa Rica's most famous museums,
The Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) located in downtown San José under the
Plaza de la Cultura Park. It is famous for being home to thousands of
invaluable, unique pieces of pre-Colombian gold, which date from 500
B.C. to 1600 A.D. The lighting in the museum is excellent, and the
description of each gold piece is clear and available in both Spanish
and English.
Another museum to visit is The Museum of Numismatics (Museo de
Numismática), which houses more than 4,000 unique items including the
early Costa Rican coins, bills, and financial documents, all displayed
elegantly and beautifully.
An excellent spot for cultural and family entertainment is The
Children's Museum (Museo de los Niños) located just north of downtown
San José. You can take your family and children there to see the
colorful exhibits at display.
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Other museums you should consider visiting are: Museum of Art and
Contemporary Design (Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo) - located in
Barrio Amón, San José, -, The National Museum (Museo Nacional) - located
in San José, Barrio La California, -, Costa Rica Museum of Art (Museo de
Arte Costarricense) - located in Sabana Este, San José, -, and The
National Archives (Archivo Nacional) - located in Barrio Pinto, between
Zapote and Curridabat.
There are also snake museums that you can go to, one of which is The
World of Snakes (Serpentario El Mundo de las Serpientes), an open-air
snake exhibition that is located near the Red Metal Church in Grecia,
where we live, and hosts snakes from all over the world. Serpentario
Monteverde Costa Rica is another snake museum worth checking out that is
located in Santa Elena, Monteverde, and offers guided tours all day
long. A side note on the snake population is that they do not venture to
El Cajon, because the elevation of our land is over 5,000 ft. and they
are not known to thrive in the cool temperatures above 4,500 ft.
Not a museum person? No problem! If you're interested in ecology and
bio-diversity, then you should visit Costa Rica's Earth University and
INBioparque, the latter of which is a theme park that offers interactive
experiences with nature with daily trips and tours and is located in
Santo Domingo de Heredia. Another spot worth checking out is Hacienda
Barú National Wildlife Refuge, an 815-acre national wildlife preserve
located on the Southern Pacific Coast near Dominical that is ideal for
bird watching and eco-tours.
And if you really are into bird watching, you can be sure that Costa
Rica is the right place for you. Costa Rica is famous for its diverse
environmental conditions and factors, a reason why Costa Rica is home to
over 850 species of birds (more than those in the United States and
Canada combined). Eco-tourists and bird-watching enthusiasts come to
Costa Rica from all over the world to watch and study the diverse
species of birds. Bird watching is definitely an excellent way to spend
both your early mornings and late afternoons here.
Selva Verde Lodge is a world-renowned bird sanctuary that is literally
an eco-tourist dream with exotic bird watching, white water rafting, and
very inexpensive tours of their property, which in itself is a botanical
garden where you will likely see iguanas, sloths, and the list goes on
and on. Their noon time buffet is also quite an over indulgence! We've
been there 4 or more times and look forward to our next visit.
You can also go to Zoo Ave, a stunning zoo and a wildlife rescue center
for injured wildlife located in La Garita, 30 minutes from San José. It
is home to more than 100 Costa Rican bird species (the largest bird
collection in Central America) including toucans, cranes, curassows, and
parrots and is one of only two zoos in the world to display the splendid
quetzals. Besides its huge bird collection, Zoo Ave houses numerous
crocodiles, deer, turtles, ostriches, tapirs, peccaries, pumas, and
indigenous monkeys. The price of admission is $15 for adult tourists.
If you enjoy fishing, then you should be in Costa Rica! Fishing tours
and inland fishing trips are widely available and freshwater angling,
fly fishing, eco-fishing, and whale watching are extremely popular here
in Costa Rica. The prices of fishing trips vary widely with the highest
prices paid in the tourist areas. If you go on fishing trips away from
the tourist areas, you'll save a lot of money.
And here is another activity you can enjoy in Costa Rica: surfing.
Surfers from all over the world come here to venture into the Costa
Rican water. If you're just a beginner interested in surfing, you can go
to any of Costa Rica's excellent surf camps and schools. And when you're
better equipped, you can surf in Playa Hermosa, arguably one of the most
popular surfing locations in Costa Rica. Other surfing locations to
consider are Playa Dominical, Playa Tamarindo, Playa Nosara, Salsa
Brava, Pavones, Playa Jacó (the closest surfing location to Grecia and
San José), and Malpais.
You can also choose to go to the different types of spas available in
Costa Rica. You can choose to go to a Report Spa if you want to enjoy a
wide range of recreational activities, including golf, tennis, horseback
riding, skiing, and dancing, in addition to a renewing spa experience.
You can also choose to go to a Day Spa if you're busy and want to enjoy
a spa that is designed to provide a relaxing and pampering experience
that takes from as little as an hour to a whole day.
Up for some after-dark, nighttime entertainment? Dining out, dancing,
and going to concerts, fairs, and movies are all available options. In
the Central Valley, you will find excellent eateries serving some of the
most delicious meals at very affordable prices. You can have Costa Rican
food, Peruvian food, Italian food, French food, Chinese food, and
Mexican food. Plus, you have a 100% chance of finding the large American
restaurant chains here like T.G.I. Friday's, Tony Roma's, McDonald's,
etc. And a real live Hagen Daz for the sweet tooth is available in
Escazu.
Late-night dancing in Costa Rica is a very popular way to spend your
nights, as Ticos love to dance. If you're into dancing but don't know
how to dance, you can start taking dance lessons here in Costa Rica at
very low prices. You can also go to concerts and watch world-class
artists, live weekend bands, and Flamenco dancers from Spain perform.
Going to fairs should also be on your top to-do list - the bullfights
and street dances are a joy to behold.
You can also choose to spend your night watching a movie at the theater,
something we used to do almost every week until we found you can rent
first-run movies the same time they are released in the States. Still,
movie-goers can watch first-run movies in the state-of-the-art theater
here in Grecia the same day they are released in the States for $3 only,
and they are all in English with Spanish subtitles.
Looking for a more sophisticated way to spend your evenings? The
National Theatre (Teatro Nacional), located in the central section of
San José, has a breathtaking symphony hall, where shows are scheduled
throughout the year and world-famous artists and orchestras perform some
of the most spectacular symphonies. Entering the theater and enjoying
guided tours there are free, so just enjoy!
The Theater Melico Salazar (Teatro Popular Melico Salazar), located in
Central San José on Paseo Colon, is also an important center for culture
in Costa Rica. A wide variety of shows and performances is scheduled
throughout the year including live theatre, art, and music.
The land of Costa Rica definitely has a lot to offer. If you have any
questions or curiosities about the Costa Rican culture, please let us
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