Cartago, Costa Rica
Good to know
- Best time to go
- December to April; early August brings the massive Romería pilgrimage
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Costa Rica's colonial-era first capital, home to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels, the country's most important pilgrimage church. The roofless ruins of the Santiago Apóstol parish, repeatedly wrecked by earthquakes, anchor the central park. The city is a natural stop en route to Irazú Volcano and the Orosi Valley.
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