Francisco Alvarado Park | Things to Do in Costa Rica
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Francisco Alvarado Park invites all nature lovers and budding gardeners to come and be inspired by the work of artist and topiary master Evangelisto Blanco. Visitors to this unique topiary park in the city of Zarcero can walk through a green tunnel of living arches, which have been coaxed into their present shape since the 1960s.

In addition to the impressive green arches, you can also admire a variety of large topiary animals and people of all shapes and sizes. The Francisco Alvarado Park lies opposite the ornate pink and the blue Iglesia de San Rafael Church, which was built in 1895 and is also well worth a visit while you are in Zarcero. Francisco Alvarado Park Map

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