Communitarian Tourism: Visit Dota

Costa Rica is not only well known for its nature but amazing community life you can experience in traditional towns. Specially, coffee towns ☕️. Dota is a very special county, not only its located at the foothills of Talamanca (highest mountain range ⛰), 1.5 hours from capital San Jose, has an amazing natural forest (San Gerardo de Dota area), but also is one of the popular coffee areas in the country. Santa María de Dota, county head town, is a traditional town. In Costa Rica, the church is always one of the most representative buildings in any town/city. This town has a museum for preservation of their cultural heritage, and had made efforts to keep a traditional lifestyle to attract tourists (national and international). During our visit, it was nice to see homes decorated with ox cars or maintaining their traditional architecture. Santa María is also very close to the Quetzals National Park, ideal for birds watching, sightseeing and definitely hiking tours. San Gerardo de Dota is called a magic cloudy forest land, but can be farther than expected. Definitely a place I want to visit when return home. 📍Santa María de Dota, Dota, Los Santos area, San José, Costa Rica #traditionalculture #traditional #historicculture #historicallandmarks #coffeelover #coffeeoutdoor #coffee_origin #coffeetourism #culturalheritage #culturetrip #culture #criskotsu #costarica #historicalbuilding #historiccallandmark #historicalandculturaltravel #summervacation#hikingtrails#urbanexplorer #คูลทรีต