From that year forward European operas and ballet troupes performed at this ornate jewel box of a theater. Costa Rica had arrived!

Costa Rica has since firmly established its place in the pantheon of premier coffee-exporting nations. This Central American republic has produced astronauts and Olympic gold medal winners, and is renown for its stable democracy, exotic flora and fauna, volcanoes, sailfish, surfing, beaches and breathtakingly beautiful women. Nevertheless, it’s Costa Rica’s divinely rich coffee that travelers most often rave about, and miss the most when they return home.

Foyer, El Teatro Nacional