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Explore San Francisco in Costa Rica

San Francisco in the region of Cartago is a town in Costa Rica - some 13 mi or ( 21 km ) South-East of San José , the country's capital city .

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Current time in San Francisco is now 12:37 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Costa Rica " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Masaya, Managua, León, Chinandega, and Zapote. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Masaya . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in San Francisco ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Costa Rica Taxi Service TIP- MUST SEE

4:40 min by Michael Alan D'Angelo
Views: 11090 Rating: 4.68

www.TravelCostaRicaNow.com If you plan on traveling to Costa Rica then this is a MUST SEE video. You need to know how the Taxi's operate here. We do have another taxi video, but this video explains a ..

Costa Rica Cinco Sentidos

6:20 min by VisitCostaRicaVideos
Views: 9402 Rating: 4.87

Póngase en contacto con sus cinco sentidos y descubra el país, la gente, la cultura y la naturaleza de Costa Rica. ¡Costa Rica, un lugar como ningún otro! ..


Cartago, Costa Rica #3 Cartago

1:55 min by Davidsbeenhere
Views: 5852 Rating: 5.00

Here David takes us on a drive thru of the city of Cartago. This Latin American city served as the capital of Costa Rica from 1563 until 1823 and it is Costa Rica's oldest Spanish settlement. On this ..

Cartago, Costa Rica #17 Basilica de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles

2:59 min by Davidsbeenhere
Views: 5481 Rating: 5.00

While visiting Costa Rica's historic capital of Cartago, David makes a pilgrimage to the Basilica De Nuestra Señora De Los Angeles. One of the Catholic holy places of Latin America, built in 1639 abov ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Cartago (canton)

Cartago is the name of the first canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 287.77 square kilometres, and has a population of 140,686 (estimate as of 2003). The city of Cartago is the capital city of the canton, and although, the provincial capital of province of Cartago.

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Located at 9.85 -83.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Cantons of Costa Rica, Cartago Province

Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich

Estadio Jose Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich is a multi-use stadium in Cartago, Costa Rica. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of C.S. Cartaginés. The stadium holds 13,500 people and was built in 1949.

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Located at 9.86 -83.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Football venues in Costa Rica

El Guarco (canton)

El Guarco is the name of the eighth canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 167.69 square kilometres, and has a population of 36,291 (estimate as of 2003). The capital city of the canton is El Tejar. El Guarco is an elongated canton that stretches southeast from its capital city to encompass a swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range). The Carretera Interamericana delineates the canton's lengthy southwestern border.

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Located at 9.85 -83.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Cantons of Costa Rica, Cartago Province

El Tejar del Guarco

The correct name is Tejar de El Guarco. Tejar is the capital city of the El Guarco Canton, in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. Read news about Tejar, El Guarco and Cartago at

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Located at 9.85 -83.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Populated places in Costa Rica

Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Basílica)

The Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Our Lady of the Angels Basilica) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Costa Rica, located in the city of Cartago and dedicated to the Virgen de los Pardos, officially known as Virgen de los Ángeles (the Lady of the Angels). The basilica was built in 1639 and was partially destroyed by an earthquake. The basilica has since been restored and constitutes a unique mix of colonial architecture as well as 19th century Byzantine style.

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Located at 9.86 -83.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Basilica churches in North America, Cartago, Costa Rica, Churches in Costa Rica, Roman Catholic churches in Costa Rica