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Balsa Destination Guide

Touring Balsa in Costa Rica

Balsa in the region of Alajuela is a city located in Costa Rica - some 33 mi or ( 53 km ) North-West of San José , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Balsa

Time in Balsa is now 04:19 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Costa Rica " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Tegucigalpa, Managua, León, Zarcero, and Zapote. Being here already, consider visiting Tegucigalpa . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Balsa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Costa Rica Canopy Tours - CRS Tours Costa Rica

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Our canopy tours in Costa Rica offer a monkey's-eye view of the rain forest canopy where animals as tree frogs, vine snakes, sloths and hundreds of bird species live! Adventurous travelers may want to ..

The Island of Costa Rica HUH?

5:19 min by Michael Alan D'Angelo
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Do you suffer from GIS (geographically impaired syndrome)? There is help. Watch this video and find out about the beautiful island of Costa Rica. Formore helpful travel information on Costa Rica make ..


DESAFIO Stand Up Paddling on Lake Arenal (SUP)

1:35 min by DesafioCR
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Desafio Adventure Company is Costa Rica's premier one-stop-shop for adventure travel. We'll take you to the land of raging, tropical rivers, active volcanoes, deep jungle canyons and isolated beaches. ..

Sky Trek, Monteverde, Costa Rica

0:48 min by royh1telus
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Monteverde Costa Rica Zip-lining, What a BLAST!!!! ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Estadio Carlos Roldan

Estadio Guillermo Vargas Roldán is a multi-use stadium in Alajuela, Costa Rica. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Asociación Deportiva Ramonense. The stadium holds up to 4,000 people.

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Located at 10.09 -84.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Football venues in Costa Rica

San Ramón (canton)

San Ramón is the name of the second canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,018.64 square kilometres, and has a population of 72,568 (estimate as of 2003). The capital city of the canton is also called San Ramón. An oddly-shaped canton, San Ramon stretches north through the eastern heights of the Cordillera de Tilarán, looking down on the Central Valley (Valle Central) to its east. The canton forms the border with the province of Guanacaste to the west.

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Located at 10.22 -84.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Alajuela Province, Cantons of Costa Rica

Zarcero

Zarcero is the capital city of the canton of Zarcero in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito (district) that includes the city. The district of Zarcero covers an area of 12.01 km², and has a population of 4,277.

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Located at 10.18 -84.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
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Santiago District, Palmares

Santiago District is one of the districts of Palmares in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica. Its population recorded in the census of 30 May 2011 was 1,281.

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Located at 10.07 -84.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
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Alfaro Ruiz (canton)

Zarcero is the name of the 11th canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 155.13 square kilometres, and has a population of 11,556 (estimate as of 2003). The capital city of the canton is Zarcero. It is a diamond-shaped canton, with the Río Espina (Thornbush River) as the border on the northwest and the southwest sides. The Río Toro (Bull River) forms the southeastern border, and the Río La Vieja (Old Woman River) borders the northeast.

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Located at 10.22 -84.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Alajuela Province, Cantons of Costa Rica