Surrounded by densely forested hills and endless coffee and sugarcane plantations, Atenas is a small town that exudes traditional Costa Rican culture. Located less than an hour outside the bustling city of San José, Atenas is the capital of the Atenas canton in the province of Alajuela and is one of the region’s top coffee-growing areas. The town is situated on the Historic Oxcart Trail, which was once the primary route for transporting coffee beans from the Central Valley to Pacific and Caribbean ports in the 1800s. Today, fragrant aromas of coffee still linger in the air, and Atenas is an excellent place to try some of the country’s best coffee beans.

Atenas, Atenas Canton, Alajuela, Costa Rica

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