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Travel Tips From A to Z
Airport Hotels
(Easier for early morning
flights)
Better stay at Hampton Inn Airport
Hotel
Phone: 443.00.43
Fax: 442.95.32
Or at the Hampton Inn
& Suites Airport Hotel
Phone: 442.33.20
Fax 442.27.81
Credit Cards
Most international credit cards are
accepted in the country.
Embassies (Telephones)
Argentina:
234.65.20;
Canada: 242.44.00;
France: 234.41.68;
Germany:
232.55.33;
Mexico: 257.06.33;
Spain: 222.19.33;
USA: 220.39.39.
Emergency
Just dial free: 911
Medical Services
CLEO
Ltda.
Phone & Fax:
290.21.21
caslap@racsa.co.cr
www.costaricaallinone.com
Dr. Arnoldo Anglada
Phone: 232.01.05 and
828.91.30
aanglada@implants.co.cr
www.implants.co.cr
Money Exchange
The most common
foreign currency and easiest to exchange to CR colones is the US Dollar. In some
extent, the US$ now is a kind of a second currency in the country. In December
2003 you received 415 colones for 1 US$.
Museums and Atractions in San
José
INBioparque
An impressive 2 ˝ hour guided tour
to get initiated to CR Nature and biodiversity.
Gold Museum
Beneath the Plaza de la Cultura. A
unique collection of 5,000 pre-Columbian gold pieces in a renovated
presentation. One of the three most important in America.
Jade Museum
Newly reopened with its exceptional
collection of pre-Columbian artifacts and jewels found in the country.
National Museum
The former Bellavista Barrack
houses the CR National Museum which tells the history of the formation of the CR
culture through archaeological, historical and religious collections.
National Theater
Inaugurated in 1897 and
financed by coffee growers and traders, it is a jewel and symbol of the whole
Nation. Decorated by European artists and CR craftsmen.
CENAC
Former National Liquor Factory (or FANAL)
built in 1853 now home to 2 theaters and the Museum of Contemporary Art &
Design.
Shopping and night life
San Pedro, Santa Ana
and Escazú (also famous for its witches...).
Children's Museum
Inserted into a former jail,
the Children's Museum. Aim: "teach the Child not to have to punish the Man".
Coffee Tour de Café Britt
A prize-winning
professional show explaining the whole cycle of coffee production with over
10,000 performances and still going strong.
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