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Hidden places in Costa Rica

1 uncrowded place in Costa Rica, away from San José: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

Ujarrás, Village in Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Forgotten ruins Costa Rica · Cartago Province

Ruinas de Ujarrás

The stone shell of Costa Rica's oldest church, built in the 1690s and abandoned after floods in 1833, standing in a lawn of coffee bushes above the Cachí reservoir.

Coordinates
9°49′48″N 83°50′60″W
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
River valley
Best season
Best in Winter