Tárcoles

Tárcoles, Costa Rica, a small, unhurried fishing village at the mouth of the Río Grande de Tárcoles, is simultaneously one of the most ecologically extraordinary communities in the country and one of the most overlooked — the gateway to Carara National Park, the departure point for the famous crocodile river tours, a fishing village where grandfather-taught recipes still guide the kitchen, and a community living in the shadow of a natural spectacle that draws hundreds of tourists daily without those tourists ever stopping long enough to notice the village itself.

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