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San Jose City
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While staying at the Hotel Le Bergerac you are ideally situated for visiting the many places of interest in the city of San Jose.
Some organized tours are available and advice for individual exploration is available from the hotel staff. |
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National theater:
The nation’s architectural showpiece, the Teatro Nacional (Avenida 2, Calles 3/5) on the south side of Plaza de la Cultura , is justifiably a source of national pride. The theater was conceived in 1890, when a European opera company featuring the prima donna Adelina Patti toured Central America but was unable to perform in Costa Rica because there was no suitable theater. Jilted, the ruling cafetaleros (coffee barons) voted a tax on coffee exports to fund construction of a theater, and craftsmen from all over Europe were imported. It was inaugurated on 19 October 1897 , to a performance of Faust by the Paris Opera and its great Corps de Ballet. |
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National museum:
The National Museum is located in San Jose . The National Museum was born in the Costa Rica where the liberal ideas and the principles of peace, material progress and education, characterized the society of the decade of 1880’s. The museum counts on a great variety of collections, mainly of the thematic ones of anthropology, national and natural history. These collections give life to the permanent and temporary exhibitions of the National Museum . Thanks to the donations the collections of the museum are increased frequently, in agreement with the institutional policies of acquisition of collections. |
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Gold museum:
Located at the underground level of Plaza de La Cultura , in down town San Jose . The Pre-Columbian Gold Museum has an extraordinary collection of gold objects that reflect the world-view, social structure and gold working techniques of the Pre-Columbian peoples of Costa Rica . The exhibition showcases the use and function of the pieces, the technology of their fabrication, as well as their relationship to the natural world and the daily lives of these societies. The collection consists of 1600 pieces of Pre-Columbian gold work that date from 500 to 1500 AD. |
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Others:
In addition to the most popular sites shown above, many other enjoyable locations can be explored, either by walking from the hotel or by short taxi rides.
These include:
A Jade Museum, with the largest collection of jade in the Americas.
A Children’s Museum, an interesting conversion of the old prison, to a hands on experience for children of all ages
The beautiful downtown Cathedral
Many local markets, parks and city squares. |
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