Tourist Places

The city of Liberia is known as the White City, a fitting name for its colonial houses built of adobe (mud-like material), a type of clay thatgives the walls a color particularly white and streets were made of"gravel ", whitish and powdery materials.


We can begin by the historic "Calle Real, which has beautiful homeswith striking architecture and color, in this street are some of the best preserved colonial buildings and restored.




At home Clachar Zuñiga works today "Café Liberia" where you can see a very beautiful sky reasonable handpainted.





Visit the Chapel of the Agony, the first Church of Liberia. Located550 meters from the Park Mario Cañas, at the end of Av July 25.The Hermitage, as is known in the White City, is an architectural landmark as reflecting traditional and indigenous Guanacastearchitecture of the late colonial period. Its walls are of adobe, a technique in which large blocks of clay give strength to the walls that reach up to a meter thick. The Hermitage Museum of Religious Artis where you can see various kinds of religious sculpture and a beautiful "Via Crucis.



Museum "Pellejo e'lora" Rafael Mendez Angel Zuniga, known as Pellejo e'lora, has formed a museum that is worth knowing and which bears the nickname name is known to this Liberian folk.
This museum is located in the Liberian community of La Victoria, along the bridge.
It is a converted house for over 40 years in a museum of antiquities Guanacaste, where converge the history, archaeological and lots of tiliches, as he calls them, which has been carefully hoarding through its life.


Guanacaste Museum

Where was the old headquarters. The headquarters is located in the heart of the city of Liberia, in front of the Municipality of Liberia. This was built with a distinctly military inspired similar buildings in Europe. The headquarters was located in this area because of its importance in border security. The building is beautiful and imposing appearance.

Internet cafes are easy to find next to the park, where you can check email, surf and make international calls.

Cinemas in Centro Plaza Liberia mall five minutes by taxi from downtown.

The municipal market and close to the bus stop.

Liberia is the meeting point for bus transportation to many destinations around Guanacaste, Monteverde, Central Pacific, Arenal, or even to return to San José (the capital of Costa Rica)






PLACES OF INTEREST AWAY THE CENTER OF LIBERIA





Falls of El Salto also call San Diego

It is 10 kls before Liberia has a sandy beach area




Very close to Liberia 3KL Bagaces way you can go to see the falls of Llanos de Cortes. The waterfall has impressive features such as a sandy beach area, a variety of species of flora and fauna.


Parque Nacional Santa Rosa
One of the most historically important areas of the country, the mansion and stone yards were the scene of the most heroicnational: The Battle of Santa Rosa on March 20, 1856, where he fought against the entry of American filibusters from Nicaragua, too,has seen other battles históricas.Santa Rosa retains the largestsample of protected dry forest in Central America. This forest is characterized by a marked difference between the rainy and dry season, when he loses most of the foliage. In the sector dominated by red mangrove coasts as well as other species of mangrove vegetation in Costa Rica. The park has a museum explaining the history of the area.





Guanacaste National Park. It is distinguished by the volcanoes Orosi(1,487 m.) And Cocoa (1659 m.). Nearby, Peñas Blancas border crossing between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. If you have time you can visit Ciudad Quesada, popularly known as San Carlos.



National Park Rincon de la Vieja. Its main attraction is the "de la Vieja volcano (1895 m.) Still active. You can travel on foot or horseback and has craters, cones, lakes, geysers, hot pools andsulphurous waters. On the other hand, the park hosts over 300 species of birds, mammals such as tapirs, large variety of butterflies and hundreds of orchids Cattleya skinneri, the national flower of the country.


Palo Verde National Park, an important bird sanctuary and various animal species. Nearby is located Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve, famous for the wide variety of insects that inhabit the riparian area. In the Reserve, as a curiosity, you can see over 250 species of bees.



All of our beautiful beaches of Guanacaste
Along the coast lie numerous Guanacaste beaches that bathe in the warm Pacific Ocean waters. The coastal scenery is outstanding.There are beaches of white sands and a peaceful sea qualified by intense blue.





Petroglyphs  Located on the left bank of the Rio Colorado, sector road bridge leading to the community Curubandé of Liberia. We recommend going with an expert who knows the area because the trail is quite dangerous.


Located in Finca Esperanza, in Las Lilas of QuebradaGrande de Liberia and owned by Don Gonzalo Diaz, Rigoberto, son of Don Gonzalo, serves as a guide for both the visit to the petroglyphs, and for the visit to the butterfly with on the farm.