Sadly my last day in Costa Rica. As my flight was late afternoon I had a leisurely morning to wander around, plus d a tour of the National Theatre.
so first up on a nice morning, the weird Plaza de la Cultura. This is the host both to the National Theatre and the museums I visited yesterday, plus some tacky shops. Overall, possibly the least attractive cultural square in the world.That's the 1970s for you.
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| Side of National Theatre |
The National Theatre is really something else. Was built as a statement of National Pride - you weren't a real Central American state unless you had an opulent opera house for a touring opera company to come to) it is actually rather magnificent. The guided tour was well worth doing.
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| Ok, the expression is just a little over the top, but it was originally meant for the roof. |
With the theatre as my last sight ticked off I just wandered up through Parque Espana and around before lunch at a very decent Italian restaurant I ha found the night before.
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| Edifico Metallica, a school now, but its USP is that the exterior is entirely constructed of metal plates shipped from Belgium at the end of the 19th century. |
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| Catedral Metropolitana |
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