Sonia & Glen's Guidebook
Sightseeing
You can walk, go jogging, bike, or drive to Tuís... and follow the winding road to Grano de Oro, the foothills of The Talamanca Mountain region where the local Costa Rican “natives” still out number the Ticos, Gringos, residents and Tourists combined!
Tuis
You can walk, go jogging, bike, or drive to Tuís... and follow the winding road to Grano de Oro, the foothills of The Talamanca Mountain region where the local Costa Rican “natives” still out number the Ticos, Gringos, residents and Tourists combined!
Walk across the new bridge, up the hill, and in 5 minutes you’ll see a delicious delightful seen of the Turrialba Valley and The Volcano 🌋 too!
Or drive to and through Turrialba, up through Santa Rosa Neighborhood, then enjoy Santa Cruz de Turri on up the VOLCANO 🌋 —but watch/read the SIGNS: Warning of very active gases and more tossed up unto the stratosphere from one of the most Active Members of the Costa Rican “Chain of Fireworks💥CC,
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Turrialba Volcano National Park
12 Av. 9Walk across the new bridge, up the hill, and in 5 minutes you’ll see a delicious delightful seen of the Turrialba Valley and The Volcano 🌋 too!
Or drive to and through Turrialba, up through Santa Rosa Neighborhood, then enjoy Santa Cruz de Turri on up the VOLCANO 🌋 —but watch/read the SIGNS: Warning of very active gases and more tossed up unto the stratosphere from one of the most Active Members of the Costa Rican “Chain of Fireworks💥CC,
Most amazing “Pre-Colombian archeological ruins” of an ancient “Former City” in Costa Rica! Well worth a visit, a picnic lunch, hiking, and discovering the wonders of a cultured civilization long before the arrival of the “Barbaric Europeans”?!?
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Guayabo National Monument
Most amazing “Pre-Colombian archeological ruins” of an ancient “Former City” in Costa Rica! Well worth a visit, a picnic lunch, hiking, and discovering the wonders of a cultured civilization long before the arrival of the “Barbaric Europeans”?!?
One of several EXPERIENCED LOCAL PLAYERS in the White Water Rafting, Kayaking, and other Fun/Adventures GAME!
Ticos River Adventures
One of several EXPERIENCED LOCAL PLAYERS in the White Water Rafting, Kayaking, and other Fun/Adventures GAME!
A MUST SEE! Spend a day, two, weeks! Too much going on to mention here! Go on line—check out the Botanical Gardens, The Seed Bank, a lakeside picnic area—that had 12-18 foot Crocodiles discovered when they drained & cleaned it a while back...
Look for the damage in the main Admin Building from the 7.4 Earthquake (that killed 58+ people) when I was still teaching English there, 1991.
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Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
A MUST SEE! Spend a day, two, weeks! Too much going on to mention here! Go on line—check out the Botanical Gardens, The Seed Bank, a lakeside picnic area—that had 12-18 foot Crocodiles discovered when they drained & cleaned it a while back...
Look for the damage in the main Admin Building from the 7.4 Earthquake (that killed 58+ people) when I was still teaching English there, 1991.
Cachí
A day or overnight visit!
Interesting fact: most of the water no longer flows through the little canyon where the World White-Water-Rafting Championships were held— only 5%, a trickled goes there today; most of it now goes through a huge tunnel “bored thru a solid rock mountain”, to produce Electricity for the entire Province and beyond...
Reventazón River
Interesting fact: most of the water no longer flows through the little canyon where the World White-Water-Rafting Championships were held— only 5%, a trickled goes there today; most of it now goes through a huge tunnel “bored thru a solid rock mountain”, to produce Electricity for the entire Province and beyond...
Al Río Sarchí
Al Río SarchíAnother “Day or overnight trip” to the National Center for Art’s & Crafts, and more!
To the West, a 90* minute drive to surfing, beaches, and fun in the sun; could be a “long-day-trip, better still: a 3 to 7-day weekend...?!?
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Jaco Beach Costa Rica
To the West, a 90* minute drive to surfing, beaches, and fun in the sun; could be a “long-day-trip, better still: a 3 to 7-day weekend...?!?
90-120+ minutes to the East—(on the first road to go from San José to the largest Port City in Central America) ...and ‘dem Caribes Beaches’ await you...
Limón Province
90-120+ minutes to the East—(on the first road to go from San José to the largest Port City in Central America) ...and ‘dem Caribes Beaches’ await you...
Grano de Oro
Nice place to visit—wouldn’t wanna live anywhere near it...
Food scene
The town is mostly one street wide, has a bank, schools, Churches, Grocery, Hardware, Variety, and Home Appliances Stores... and a few Restaurants and Bars!
Only 4-5 minutes in car or taxi service, 10-15 minutes on a bicycle going there, (20-30+ minutes to return home, after dinner, shopping,and a few beers?)
Or walk/hike down in 30-35 minutes, catch a ride or a taxi “back up the hill to home”?
La Suiza
The town is mostly one street wide, has a bank, schools, Churches, Grocery, Hardware, Variety, and Home Appliances Stores... and a few Restaurants and Bars!
Only 4-5 minutes in car or taxi service, 10-15 minutes on a bicycle going there, (20-30+ minutes to return home, after dinner, shopping,and a few beers?)
Or walk/hike down in 30-35 minutes, catch a ride or a taxi “back up the hill to home”?
He started sweeping up at age 6 and now he juggles beer bottles and his smile & laughter keep many coming back!’
Pochos Bar
232He started sweeping up at age 6 and now he juggles beer bottles and his smile & laughter keep many coming back!’
Casa Turire
Best place in the area
I joined the Swimming membership for a month, (open to the Public), and I swam in the “Olympic-Sized outdoor Pool” 3-4x a week, ate great, inexpensive food in the cafeteria, and practiced Spanish for helping the University students practice their English...
University of Costa Rica, Turrialba Campus
I joined the Swimming membership for a month, (open to the Public), and I swam in the “Olympic-Sized outdoor Pool” 3-4x a week, ate great, inexpensive food in the cafeteria, and practiced Spanish for helping the University students practice their English...
Good food, cold beers, great views,?potentially a nice quiet romantic atmosphere, or a party ambient!?!
Turrialtico
TurrialticoGood food, cold beers, great views,?potentially a nice quiet romantic atmosphere, or a party ambient!?!
Lots to see, explore, investigate, enjoy... good food, too!
The “Professors’ CATIE Club” is up on the hill, to your right, better food than the “Cafeteria”, a swimming pool, outdoor seating, wine, beer, and spirits...
CATIE Cafeteria
Lots to see, explore, investigate, enjoy... good food, too!
The “Professors’ CATIE Club” is up on the hill, to your right, better food than the “Cafeteria”, a swimming pool, outdoor seating, wine, beer, and spirits...
En route from San José to Turrialba (or “visa versa”?) stop here! Stretch the legs, have a cup of fresh brewed coffee, hot chocolate, Broasted on a spit Chicken, and locally grown culinary treats!
Restaurante El Clón
Ruta Nacional Primaria 10En route from San José to Turrialba (or “visa versa”?) stop here! Stretch the legs, have a cup of fresh brewed coffee, hot chocolate, Broasted on a spit Chicken, and locally grown culinary treats!
Neighborhoods
Turrialba
This is the local Catholic Church in our Village—it’s 250 meters (yards?) before arriving home, in Casa de Harlan, on the road that forks to the left by the fútbol plaza, the “Camino a Las Nubes”. Home is the last house on the lest, just prior to crossing the new bridge over “Delgado Creek”...
Ermita Las Colonias
This is the local Catholic Church in our Village—it’s 250 meters (yards?) before arriving home, in Casa de Harlan, on the road that forks to the left by the fútbol plaza, the “Camino a Las Nubes”. Home is the last house on the lest, just prior to crossing the new bridge over “Delgado Creek”...
The village where you cross the Río Tuís, to go up the paved road to Las Colonias... and “home”... The JW Kingdom Hall Church is just across from the “most recent of several bridges that over the years were all taken out by the powers of Mother Nature and the “Local Rain Goddesses...”
La Selva
The village where you cross the Río Tuís, to go up the paved road to Las Colonias... and “home”... The JW Kingdom Hall Church is just across from the “most recent of several bridges that over the years were all taken out by the powers of Mother Nature and the “Local Rain Goddesses...”
The little Town up river from La Selva has a grocery store, a bar or two, a bakery of sorts, and the end of the regular bus line... to take a bus 🚌 further East, to Grano de Oro, be prepared to complete with many indigenous people whose only means of transportation are these buses, cargo trucks, or feet.
Tuis
The little Town up river from La Selva has a grocery store, a bar or two, a bakery of sorts, and the end of the regular bus line... to take a bus 🚌 further East, to Grano de Oro, be prepared to complete with many indigenous people whose only means of transportation are these buses, cargo trucks, or feet.
Borgartillaga
Samgöngur
Uber, “Red Taxis”, Piratas or Busses
Walk, ride a bike, MC, Bus, or Drive
Ekki missa af
Friday Farmer’s Market along the old Train Station Tracks!
Bring your own bag or cart—and lots of small change... pennies are profits to these people ...
Siðir og menning
Being a loud “Gringo Turista”... sucks!
Chill out, relax and be mellow... Costa Ricans like you as you are... be real, smile and be kind...
Sparnaðarleiðir
Ticos don’t usually “add in a higher than expected price.”
Ask the price, pay it! Buy several items, perhaps a small discount. Don’t try to barter/beg/or “get a deal”...