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Located in the lush and beautiful Central Valley and the San Jose Metro Area, Tres Rios is a tiny town in Cartago province. Lying in Costa Rica’s main coffee growing region, this town is known to produce some of the best coffee in the country and is exported all over the world. Situated in a gorgeous area with rolling green hills, Tres Rios sits 11 km east of Downtown San Jose and some 10 odd kilometers west of the town of Cartago.
A sleepy town with not much to do or see, one of the main reasons why people come here is because of two fabulous protected zones in the area. The Zona Protectora Rio Tiribi and the Zona Protectora Cerros de la Carpintera are quite popular tourist attraction with their close proximity to the capital San Jose. The Cerros de la Carpintera safeguards the ecological balance between the Cordillera de Talamanca and the Central Valley, while the Rio Tiribi area protects the rare lower montane wet forest life zone.
A wonderful place to live or stopover in, Tres Rios has a number of educational, medical financial and commercial services, with plenty of hotels, lodges and hostels in the area as well. A secure town with some wonderful views of the Cerros de la Carpintera to the south, a good time to visit Tres Rios is October. The reason is because on October 12, the town celebrates the Virgen del Pilar's Day, with a huge fair, parades and brightly colored costumes. These unique costumes are usually made form grains, corn husks and silk fabrics.
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