Pulperias in Costa Rica

The “pulperias”, usually located close by a small town, where they sell all kinds of snacks, and sometimes even work as small supermarkets with the basics.>

Yet another example of a Pulperia in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica´s Original Countryside

Costa Rica Architecture

Costa Rica is a relatively young country, and its architecture is too. After the colonization, the Spaniards built what we later called colonial houses; however, little by little these buildings disappeared to open spaces to other kind of architecture. It is safe to say that from all Latin-American, Costa Rica, is one of the very fewest countries, which does not have a wide Colonial legacy such as the city of Granada in Nicaragua, Colón in Panama, Antigua in Guatemala, and Coro in Venezuela, among many others. Nevertheless, there are some great buildings that get noticed by tourists that come to the country. Among these buildings are:

National Theater, which opened on 1897, is located in downtown San Jose, Plaza de la Cultura.

Metalic Building (Edificio Metálico), located in front of Parque Morazan is just a beautiful and intriguing building. It was built in Belgium and brought by boat to Costa Rica in pieces, which were later ensemble in the country.


Other interesting historical buildings in San Jose and the Metropolitan area are the National Museum, which just to be a fort, and Heredia Fortin, located in Heredia city.

About the houses, in San Jose you can find from very luxurious houses to very small middle class houses, mostly build from wood, or plywood, with zinc roof. There are a lot of faraway areas that belong to San Jose; places such as Gallera, Monserrat, Purral, etc. In each little town or residential you will find the Pulperias, which are small basic markets where people living close by can get what the need at a good price.


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Costa Rica´s original countryside

Costa Rica is fundamentally an agricultural country, which over the years has shifted to tourism with an emphasis in ecotourism, adventure and agro tourism. It is a small country, which has a lot to offer to its visitors. As in every tourist country, there is a part of it that is completely dedicated to tourism and offers all the services that a tourist may need when visiting the country. It includes Internet Cafes, restaurants, bars, discotheques, souvenir stores, great supermarkets, banks and ATMs, and a wide variety of tours and other tourist services. Places such as La Fortuna, are dedicated to providing a great variety of hotels, cabins, lodges, tours, travel agencies, among others, and their economy is almost entirely dedicated to these services.


There is a branch of tourism in the country that has been developed to offer the agricultural side of the country, which is agro ecotourism. In this type of tourism, tourist enjoy what would be a farmers life, showing tours such as the pineapple tour, coffee tour, the hacienda tour, and artisanal fishing, among others. However, there is another side of the country that some tourist would like to know, but that almost always is shown when the tourist stay in Costa Rica for a long time. We are referring to the original true country side, where farmers live and Ticos and Ticas develop their day by day life.


When visiting Costa Rica visitors may see scenes like the one in the picture, where a couple of cows are running freely in the roads, probably because they escape from some farm, or sightseeing of goats farms, and homemade cheese sales.


The “pulperias”, usually located close by a small town, where they sell all kinds of snacks, and sometimes even work as small supermarkets with the basics; the common wood houses, with barking dogs, and the everyday people who work to maintain the country running smoothly. Costa Rica is truly a paradise on earth, come and enjoy the wonders of this amazing country.

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