Hotel El Mirador is conveniently located in Escazú, a colonial town that is now the premier suburb of San José.

Situated a top the first hill 3.5 miles from the citycenter.

Hotel El Mirador is far enough to be in a comfortable country setting, free from the congestion and noise of the capitol, but close enough to enjoy easy access to the city center, airports, embassies, movies, shopping, museums and the symphony.

 

Hotel El Mirador is located in the neighborhood of Escazú, past the Ferretería Bello Horizonte, on Escazú Way.

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COSTA RICA GENERAL INFORMATION

Multicolored beaches, shady and deserted, crystal blue waters, lush tropical forest, curious and wild flora and fauna, splendid and virgin uncontaminated National Parks, impetuous streams and charming rivers, virgin forests and spectacular volcanoes all within a touch of safe adventure: these are the extraordinary ingredients of the fabulous cocktail named Costa Rica.

Or as our Costa Rica Chamber of Tourism says...

Costa Rica, No Artificial Ingredients.

Costa Rica represents a destination unique in the world, capable of offering, in the smallest geography territory known, the greatest amount of riches no other country has. There are many different climates and landscapes to be seen in only a few hours, Tropical Rain Forest in the Caribbean, Tropical Dry Forest in the North and Central Pacific Coast, South Pacific Tropical Rain Forest in the South Pacific, Paramo and High Mountain Cloud Forest in the Central Mountain Range that splits the country in two, bizarre Volcanic scenes and Central Valley and Sub Mountainous Forest in the Central Valley.

Rivers and estuaries, swamps and Mangroves, the Pacific only four hours from the Caribbean... the attractions are simply immense.
Very few are the countries in the planet that were capable to undertake the precious actions as Costa Rica did, aimed at preserving the invaluable treasure of its natural resources.  

In the country the flowing species find protection:

The wide biodiversity, typical of the Costa Rica Territory, also affects the people... In fact, people of different colors and credos live together- here - in total reciprocal respect. Such an evident tolerant inclination in the nature of Costa Ricans has turned him into an amiable, spontaneous and obliging person, friendly and self-assured, gifted with a strong national pride...

Smiles are sincere in Costa Rica and a special cordiality radiates from people's faces, so difficult to be found in other places of the world. Costa Rica is also one of the oldest Democracies of America enjoying today such political stability that earned the country the Name  "The Switzerland of the Americas". Peace and perpetual neutrality are based on courageous convictions, to the extent that the country has no army, that being prohibited by its constitution.
 

• 13.000 varieties of plants ( More that Canada and U.S.A together )
• 3.000 species of Butterflies
• 237 species of mammals
• 848 species of birds among 383 known species of reptiles and amphibians.