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Picturesque towns
The Northern Plains region, also known as the Huetar North Region of the province of Alajuela, is made up of the four border cantons, San Carlos, Guatuso, Upala and Los Chiles. Some of them host tourist development centers and others serve as tourist corridors for visitors, offering not only services for their convenience, but also attractive picturesque towns that are worth visiting during their journey.
San Carlos:
volcano and reservoir. The Municipal Market is the ideal place for those who wish to enjoy delicious typical food..
Fortuna
A community formed by people of great entrepreneurial spirit, who converted an agricultural zone into a thriving commercial and tourist area, with beautiful landscapes such as the stunning perfect cones of the Arenal Volcano and its inseparable Cerro Chato. It offers a wide range of tourist services and products and is also an important departure point for Caño Negro, Venado Caves, Monteverde and Tilarán, among others.
Bijagua
As you drive towards Bijagua from the lowlands of Guanacaste, gradually traveling upwards, you can see the change in your surroundings.
San Carlos has been a canton of Alajuela since 1911. With an area of 3347.98 km2, it is the largest canton in the country, surpassing in size the provinces of Cartago and Heredia. It covers 6.5% of the country’s territory, divided into 13 districts, and, as of 2011, boasts a population of almost 165 thousand inhabitants. The sister cantons of Guatuso, Upala and Los Chiles did not become cantons of Alajuela until 1970.
Ciudad Quesada
Ciudad Quesada is the head of the San Carlos canton and the main gateway to the northern part of the country. It offers visitors a variety of commercial and tourist services, from here you can visit sites of tourist interest such as Aguas Zarcas, Venecia, Rio Cuarto and Puerto Viejo of Sarapiquí, Fortuna, Arenal
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