You were enchanted by the natural beauty of Costa Rica, now allow yourself to be transported by an array of amazing art and artifacts displayed in the thirty plus museums scattered across Costa Rica. Spend a lazy afternoon strolling through these museums and galleries.

Natural history museums and gardens are a great way to see a lot of Costa Rica's amazing plant and animal life in one location. Butterfly gardens are especially popular in many tourist towns. There are several botanical gardens to visit too.

Monteverde is especially rich in living museums with more than six different gardens or museums to visit including a frog and reptile museum, snake museum, an insect museum and several butterfly and hummingbird gardens.

Coffee tours are increasingly popular and always include a sampling of some of Costa Rica's finest coffee and chocolate plantation tours are a sweet way to enjoy the day while in the South Caribbean or in the Northern Region, near Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui.