Before and After
January 27, 2025
Before and After
Villa San Ignacio and Pandora Restaurant have gone through quite a transformation since the days of Las Orquideas Inn with its Marilyn Monroe Bar.
Designer Sara Urbina worked with the new management to restore the old coffee farmhouse back to the simple elegance of a distant era. The new look complements the natural beauty of the rolling country grounds.
Conceived as an urban oasis – an opportunity to escape the city without traveling far – the new face of Villa San Ignacio and its lovely Pandora Restaurant evokes the traditional past while providing all the conveniences of the modern world.
The pictures can tell the story better than mere words.
Here is a comprehensive list of things to do in Alajuela Costa Rica – just a short drive from the Juan Santamaria International airport vicinity if find yourself in the area with a little extra time and looking for stuff to do.
Costa Rica is an excellent option for a family friendly vacation. This stable, safe country offers plenty of fun and healthy outdoor activities for both kids and adults, and many of those activities also have an educational component. One such option is birding.
When it comes to birding or “birdwatching”, Costa Rica is a top
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The city of Alajuela, home to the Juan Santamaría International Airport, covers the western side of the Central Valley. Many know the central valley as home to Costa Rica’s Capital, San Jose. But there are distinct areas that connect with San Jose, but have a character of their own.Alajuela is likely the first and last
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On a vacation in Costa Rica, breakfast might be the most important meal of the day. A good, healthy breakfast provides energy needed to visit a volcano, take a coffee tour, go birding in Costa Rica, and enjoy other fun and exciting activities. As luck would have it, the traditional Costa Rican breakfast is a
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Hummingbirds are surreal. Tiny, fearless, and with naturally iridescent highlights, these birds look more like feathered fairies than their avian relatives. 300 plus species zip between flowers from southern Alaska to Chile, the highest number occurring in the tropical zone. In Costa Rica, more than 50 of these incredible feathered creatures have occurred and several
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Costa Rica is a fantastic place to experience the tropical side of life. Situated just north of the equator, this beautiful nation never gets cold and in the Central Valley, temperatures are like a constant, idyllic June summer day. That welcome climate isn’t just enjoyed by people. It also works for a vast array of
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La Paz Waterfall Gardens is the #1 Most Visited Privately Owned Ecological Attraction in Costa Rica featuring one of the best hikes near San José, the most famous waterfalls in Costa Rica, rescued wildlife preserve with over 100 species of animals, and an environmental education program.
The gardens include five waterfalls, safe hiking
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Birding in Costa Rica can take several forms. Some of the more focused birders walk off the plane with binoculars at the ready, others enjoy birds in a much more casual and easy-going way, and folks with cameras may prefer the photographic side of birding. No matter how you enjoy birds in Costa Rica, there’s
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Located along the fertile slopes of the Póas Valley, Doka Estate has been growing and roasting award-winning coffee for more than 100 years. The farm uses the same century-old water mill imported from England to power their processing plant – a rustic building recently designated a historical and architectural heritage site by the Costa
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Poas Volcano National Park is a powerful symbol of the geothermal forces that formed Costa Rica. When the mist and clouds part you’ll see the sulfuric, bubbling green, rain-fed lake at the bottom, surrounded by smoke and steam rising from fumaroles. Water from the lake is constantly seeping through cracks in the hot rock, evaporating
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