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Puerto Limón
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North America : Central America : Costa Rica : Caribbean Costa Rica : Puerto Limón
Puerto Limon is a main city for cruise ships traveling through the Panama Canal. It is also a major transit point for travellers wishing to travel to Tortuguero by boat from the port of Moin; 15 minutes by bus from Puerto Limon.
[edit] Get in
- From San Jose, bus, 3 hours, 2500 colonnes
- From Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, bus, 1 hour 15 min, 1400 colonnes
[edit] Get around
[edit][add listing] See
Puerto Limon hosts a wide range of awesome Caribbean buildings and several national heritage monuments like the first baptists church from 1880s and the Black Star Line Building.
[edit][add listing] Do
White water rafting on the Reventizon River. 90 minute trip, traversing class 2 rapids (beginning level). Along the way, you may see sloths in the trees as well as the lush forest and cool water.
[edit][add listing] Buy
If you arrive by cruiseship, you can buy souvenirs in this city rather than from the tour company.
- Mas por Menos (Supermarket, owned by Walmart), Avenida 3 at Calle 3. edit
[edit][add listing] Eat
- Chile Rojo thai restaurant, calle central (Puerto Viejo de Limon), ☎ 506/750/0025. 12 till 10 pm. Great food thai asian plus excelent sushi $5 plus. edit
- Park Hotel Restaurant, Av 3 btw Calles 1 & 2. Average wine, really excellent sea food. Worth a visit for the seafood soup alone. $50 for 3 course dinner with wine for two people. $25. edit
[edit][add listing] Drink
[edit][add listing] Sleep
- Hotel International - Cheap option 300 meters east of the Black Star Line. Pretty Downtown. Double Room 6500 Colones
- Costa Rica Tree House [1] - A unique place to stay near Limon.
- Totem Hotel Beach Resort, Playa Cocles, Puerto Viejo (1,5Km south of Puerto Viejo), ☎ 00 506 2750 0758, [2]. checkin: 13:00; checkout: 12:00. 50 steps from a sandy beach and the crystal, clear water of the Caribbean sea. $ 60/$ 80. edit
- Hotel Miami (Free Wifi), Avenida 2. checkout: 12:00. $33 (en suite double room with fan). edit
[edit] Get out
- To Moin (for Tortuguero), bus, 15 minutes.
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