The Valley
The Church That Has Been Standing Since 1743
Costa Rica does not have much colonial architecture left. What it has, largely, is here.
11 August 2026The Valley
The valley floor, the towns on it and the things that have been standing in it longest — the church at Orosi, the ruin at Ujarrás and the road that joins them.
The Valley
The Valley
Ujarrás and What Is Left of It
A roofless church in a mown lawn, and the flood that emptied the town around it.
8 August 2026
The Valley
The Mirador Above Orosi
The view that sells the valley, and the reason most people stop here at all.
30 July 2026
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Driving the Loop from Paraiso
The valley works as a circuit. Done properly it is a full day, not the hour the map suggests.
10 July 2026