Palmares

Palmares is a small town in Alajuela, located between San Ramón and Grecia. In this small town, you can find friendly people and many places that represent the native art of “palmareños” (people from Palmares). The first settlers arrived to what Costa Ricans know as Palmares today, around 1835, from other cities of Alajuela looking for a land to make a living growing tobacco and many other products. Before the first habitants take place, the land was habitated by the native tribe called Chorotega. Nowadays, Palmares is a town full of many interesting places and activities that tourist can enjoy. Getting there is fairly easy since there are buses that go from most of the main cities of Costa Rica. Some of the most famous activities are “Fiestas de Palmares” that is some sort of carnival that takes place in January with concerts, fireworks, “corridas de toros”; and “topes” (a horse parade). Many foreigners come to this activity and relish the local food and rich culture of this town 2. Palmares is a city with so many awesome places; an example of that are the churches that impress every new visitor. First, we are going to talk a little bit about the Central church of Palmares, this church is entirely build from stone, also we can find the boulevard in front of the sanctuary. In the boulevard you can enjoy many parties an other activities every Sunday. Something great about this church is the durability because this church survive many earthquakes.

Central Church

An other important parish of Palmares is the Zaragoza´s church that stands out for being a traditional Roman Catholic church and one of the most emblematic of Alajuela. Foreigners love this church because it has an amazing architectonic design. 3. In this area, you can eat in a lot of places; you can find many different foods from others countries but one of the restaurants that you can find only in the region is “Chelip´s Palmares”. That is located next to Servicentro in the town. 

Soda Chelip's

Another local that you can visit is the Taqueria de Juan, that is located in front of the Central Park in Palmares, there is the oldest local for eating in the region.

In conclusion if you want to have fun you can go to Palmares because the people are cheerful and willing to help when you need them besides that with their actions they tell you their story in the most beautiful way possible.

Taqueria de Juan

By: Stephanie Arias, Bryan Solano, Kevin Gonzalez and Andrés Cruz