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AIPORT
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The airport of the Costa Rican capital is 17 kilometers northwest of San José, by the city Alajuela. The airport is officially called Juan Santamaría, after the soldier who was killed in the battle against the Americans in 1856 (Battle of Rivas). The... |
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NIGHTLIFE IN SAN JOSE
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El Pueblo Is a shopping center which becomes a clubbing district at night. There are several bars and nightclubs cluttered in the tiny little alleyways. Just mention El Pueblo to your taxi and he'll know where to go. San Pedro Is home to many ba... |
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TRAVEL TO SAN JOSE
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El Pueblo is an assortment of more than 50 bars, clubs, and shops.Calle de la Amargura in San Pedro near the University of Costa Rica has a wide selection of bars, restaurants and discos and serves drinks for relatively low prices. Pickpockets and cr... |
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SIGHTSEEING
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Museo Oro Precolombino (The Gold Museum), under Plaza de la Cultura. Tel 243-4202, .Tu-Su 10AM-4:30PM. Entrance fee $9 for foreigners (or $4.5 with a student ID card). The collection consists of 1600 pieces of Pre-Columbian gold work dating from 500 ... |
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CHEAP HOTELS
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Best Western Irazu Hotel & Casino General Canas Hwy KM3, San Jose, CR Location. Located in San Jose, this hotel casino is conveniently close to the airport, near Costa Rica National Stadium and Spirogyra Butterfly Garden. Also nearby are Museum o... |
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SAN JOSE CITY
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San Jose, the capital, is on a plateau in the Central Valley at 1200 m (3,700 ft) elevation. It is ringed by lush green mountains and valleys. The population of this city is probably half of the whole country. It contains the primary airport, the Uni... |
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HISTORY OF SAN JOSE
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The village arose in the eighteenth century colonial planning, different from the traditional foundation of cities that made the Spanish in the continent. In 1736, by order of the Cabildo de Leon sought to concentrate the scattered inhabitants of the... |
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FIRST PERIOD AS THE CAPITAL OF COSTA RICA (1822)
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Under the "law of the ambulance" stipulated in the Covenant of Concord, interim constitution promulgated in 1821, in 1821 the seat of the supreme authorities of Costa Rica began to rotate between the towns of Cartago, San José, Heredia and Alajuela. ... |
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