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POAS VOLCANO AND SARCHI ARTISAN TOWN Poas volcano is just 2 hours from the pier, is home to one of the world's most easily accessible active volcanos, with history of eruptions, Poas´s last eruption was in 1967, but this mammoth volcano's caldera, 1 mile wide, has active fumaroles up to 984 feet deep. Poas has blasted out three craters in its lifetime, and due to the more or less constant volcanic activity, the appearance of the main crater changes regularly, filled with milky gray water from which sulphurous gases waft and broil. Poas is also home to a rare version of cloud forest called dwarf. Also Poas squirrel is unique to this region.
After this 30 minutes drive we will take you to the small town of Grecia . Las Mercedes Church , constructed in 1892 of metal plates shipped from Europe, is one of Costa Rica 's prettiest houses of worship. (Stop for pictures).then we continue to the arts- and craft town of Sarchi . Sarhi ox-cart was first produce by local families for the immigrant settlers who arrived at the beginning of the twentieth century to run the coffee plantations. Shops here are filled to the doorways with woodcrafts, such as rocking chairs, desks, polished bowls and plates, but the most noticeable are the display of brilliantly painted oxcarts. Ranging in size from three inches long replicas to the full sized real thing, are now often viewed as folkloric art and used as decorative pieces, some modified as home bars. After this back to the pier. Price: $80.00 |
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