SAN ANTONIO de Escazu, Costa Rica - A sweet little Pueblo up in the mountains above Escazu
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Estas son fotos de mi nuevo pueblo pequeño - San Antonio de Escazú - UP UP UP las montañas desde donde yo vivo! Voy a estar agregando más detalles / descripciones de cada una de las empresas antes - pero primero - En serio te invitamos a venir visitar lo que es para mí, una de las más bellas piezas de arte que he visto nunca! Es un bloque de una mano larga TALLADO homenaje al boyero (agricultor / carro de bueyes) que un hombre crea! Yo SOOOOO puede sentir su pasión, cuando miro a esto! Todavía estoy conmovido por ella!! Está situado justo enfrente de la entrada de la iglesia - en el campo de fútbol es. Está escondido desde la calle - que sólo se ve como un muro largo, pero más abajo - con vistas a todo el Valle Central, es esta obra maestra! Más detalles en el que pronto! These are pictures from my favorite little Pueblo/village - San Antonio de ESCAZU - UP UP UP the mountains above San Rafael de Escazu (the flatland) & Centro Escazu! I lived there for 6 months in a SWEET little 1-bedroom Cabina/Cottage on the grounds of http://HotelPicoBlanco.com & LOVED IT!! The whole mountain region is theoretically called “San Antonio” but these pictures are mainly from the most Easterly mountain – where the main church, soccer field, one of my FAV MY FAVORITE “Mirador” (a restaurant with INCREDIBLE VIEWS) – Hotel Pico Blanco – http://HotelPicoBlanco.com (MY FAV thing on the menu are the JUICY barbeque pork ribs/castillos or the steak [with REALLY GOOD homemade mashed potatoes and a tasty salad]. Trust me – stick with the red meat or chicken!). The view of the WHOLE Central Valley below from the restaurants, bar & from ALL the rooms in the hotel is AWESOME!!!! MY FAV are the $60/n rooms with a HUGE picture window of the gold dust (lights) below but even their $40/n rooms have their own private balcony!!!!! (make sure whether you go to the restaurant or hotel to tell EVERYONE that Vicki Connected you!!!). The main part of the “Pueblo”/village is only about 4 blocks long FYI – the next mountain over (West) is where you’ll find Tara (formerly known as the White House), Grand Tara Hotel (aka White House - The Grand View (2-288-6362 / http://GrandTaraHotel.com / https://Facebook.com/The.Grand.Tara) - NEW OWNERS!! They have VERY GOOD QUALITY ANGUS Beef (all be it $$$$$!!) & the restaurant is quite $$$$$ overall but you have AWESOME VIEWS of the WHOLE Central Valley & they’ve “cleaned the place up!” They brought back $19 PRIME RIB on Fridays (it only comes with a baked potato & chances are GOOD you’ll buy LOTS more but I hear it’s REALLY TASTY!!). They have CRÈME BRULLE sometimes. RESTAURANT HOURS: 7am-11pm. Next West - you’ll find TIQUICIA Restaurant (a GREAT Mirador which has national dancing on most Thursday nights (sometimes other nights if there are groups & at least on Thursday – they pull people out of the audience to dance with them!! FUN!!! This is one of the most popular nights so get there early. The show starts AROUND 8:30pm-ish [and I DO mean “ish”]). TIQUICIA http://MiradorTiquicia.com / 2-289-5839 / 8-828-1280 / TiquiciaCR@CostaRicense.cr ) Located WAYYYYY up in the hills of San Antonio Escazu with AMAZING VIEWS of the whole Central Valley!! Really tasty traditional Costa Rican food. FOLKLORIC DANCERS SHOWS THURS. 8:30-9pm-ISH (no additional charge – just order off the menu). I was there May ’12 and noticed prices had gone up a LOT but one can get a bunch of Bocas/appetizers like we did and we had PLENTY!!! The cheapest entrée was around $15 and Filet Mignon is now $23. Casado’s (rice, beans, salad with either beef or chicken) - $13-$15. I LOVE their Fried Yucca Balls ($5) & Chicharrones were perfectly tender!! On show nights you can do their Tipico Buffet for $24 which includes 2 natural drinks). They have a LOUNGE (so you can just go up for a view) with LIVE MUSIC (Guitar) on Friday and Saturday around 9pm. If you don’t speak only English – ask for Alcides & tell him Vicki sent HOURS: Tues.-Sat. noon-midnight. Sun. 12:30-9pm LOCATION: San Antonio de ESCAZU - Tiquicia is WAYYYYYYY up a STEEP hill & MANY cars/taxi’s can NOT make it so make sure you tell your driver you’re going there (or just pay to have the taxi wait for you)!!! When I have the time, I'll be adding details/descriptions for each of the businesses soon. But first - I SERIOUSLY WELCOME you to visit this little pueblo that has one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL pieces of art I've EVER seen!! It's a ONE BLOCK LONG HAND CARVED tribute to the boyero (farmer/oxcart) that ONE man created!! I SOOOOO can FEEL his PASSION when I look at this!! I STILL am moved by it!!!! It's located DIRECTLY across the street from the entrance to the church - where the soccer field is. It's hidden from the street - it just looks like a long wall (across from Cerros Italian Pizzaria) - but down below - overlooking the WHOLE Central Valley, is this MASTER PIECE!!! More details coming on it soon!!! .
Read MoreOTHER PICTURES OF SAN ANTONIO DE ESCAZU: http://EscazuNews.blogspot.com/2013/04/fotos-de-san-antonio-de-escazu-photos.html
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Estas son fotos de mi nuevo pueblo pequeño - San Antonio de Escazú - UP UP UP las montañas desde donde yo vivo! Voy a estar agregando más detalles / descripciones de cada una de las empresas antes - pero primero - En serio te invitamos a venir visitar lo que es para mí, una de las más bellas piezas de arte que he visto nunca! Es un bloque de una mano larga TALLADO homenaje al boyero (agricultor / carro de bueyes) que un hombre crea! Yo SOOOOO puede sentir su pasión, cuando miro a esto! Todavía estoy conmovido por ella!! Está situado justo enfrente de la entrada de la iglesia - en el campo de fútbol es. Está escondido desde la calle - que sólo se ve como un muro largo, pero más abajo - con vistas a todo el Valle Central, es esta obra maestra! Más detalles en el que pronto! These are pictures from my favorite little Pueblo/village - San Antonio de ESCAZU - UP UP UP the mountains above San Rafael de Escazu (the flatland) & Centro Escazu! I lived there for 6 months in a SWEET little 1-bedroom Cabina/Cottage on the grounds of http://HotelPicoBlanco.com & LOVED IT!! The whole mountain region is theoretically called “San Antonio” but these pictures are mainly from the most Easterly mountain – where the main church, soccer field, one of my FAV MY FAVORITE “Mirador” (a restaurant with INCREDIBLE VIEWS) – Hotel Pico Blanco – http://HotelPicoBlanco.com (MY FAV thing on the menu are the JUICY barbeque pork ribs/castillos or the steak [with REALLY GOOD homemade mashed potatoes and a tasty salad]. Trust me – stick with the red meat or chicken!). The view of the WHOLE Central Valley below from the restaurants, bar & from ALL the rooms in the hotel is AWESOME!!!! MY FAV are the $60/n rooms with a HUGE picture window of the gold dust (lights) below but even their $40/n rooms have their own private balcony!!!!! (make sure whether you go to the restaurant or hotel to tell EVERYONE that Vicki Connected you!!!). The main part of the “Pueblo”/village is only about 4 blocks long FYI – the next mountain over (West) is where you’ll find Tara (formerly known as the White House), Grand Tara Hotel (aka White House - The Grand View (2-288-6362 / http://GrandTaraHotel.com / https://Facebook.com/The.Grand.Tara) - NEW OWNERS!! They have VERY GOOD QUALITY ANGUS Beef (all be it $$$$$!!) & the restaurant is quite $$$$$ overall but you have AWESOME VIEWS of the WHOLE Central Valley & they’ve “cleaned the place up!” They brought back $19 PRIME RIB on Fridays (it only comes with a baked potato & chances are GOOD you’ll buy LOTS more but I hear it’s REALLY TASTY!!). They have CRÈME BRULLE sometimes. RESTAURANT HOURS: 7am-11pm. Next West - you’ll find TIQUICIA Restaurant (a GREAT Mirador which has national dancing on most Thursday nights (sometimes other nights if there are groups & at least on Thursday – they pull people out of the audience to dance with them!! FUN!!! This is one of the most popular nights so get there early. The show starts AROUND 8:30pm-ish [and I DO mean “ish”]). TIQUICIA http://MiradorTiquicia.com / 2-289-5839 / 8-828-1280 / TiquiciaCR@CostaRicense.cr ) Located WAYYYYY up in the hills of San Antonio Escazu with AMAZING VIEWS of the whole Central Valley!! Really tasty traditional Costa Rican food. FOLKLORIC DANCERS SHOWS THURS. 8:30-9pm-ISH (no additional charge – just order off the menu). I was there May ’12 and noticed prices had gone up a LOT but one can get a bunch of Bocas/appetizers like we did and we had PLENTY!!! The cheapest entrée was around $15 and Filet Mignon is now $23. Casado’s (rice, beans, salad with either beef or chicken) - $13-$15. I LOVE their Fried Yucca Balls ($5) & Chicharrones were perfectly tender!! On show nights you can do their Tipico Buffet for $24 which includes 2 natural drinks). They have a LOUNGE (so you can just go up for a view) with LIVE MUSIC (Guitar) on Friday and Saturday around 9pm. If you don’t speak only English – ask for Alcides & tell him Vicki sent HOURS: Tues.-Sat. noon-midnight. Sun. 12:30-9pm LOCATION: San Antonio de ESCAZU - Tiquicia is WAYYYYYYY up a STEEP hill & MANY cars/taxi’s can NOT make it so make sure you tell your driver you’re going there (or just pay to have the taxi wait for you)!!! When I have the time, I'll be adding details/descriptions for each of the businesses soon. But first - I SERIOUSLY WELCOME you to visit this little pueblo that has one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL pieces of art I've EVER seen!! It's a ONE BLOCK LONG HAND CARVED tribute to the boyero (farmer/oxcart) that ONE man created!! I SOOOOO can FEEL his PASSION when I look at this!! I STILL am moved by it!!!! It's located DIRECTLY across the street from the entrance to the church - where the soccer field is. It's hidden from the street - it just looks like a long wall (across from Cerros Italian Pizzaria) - but down below - overlooking the WHOLE Central Valley, is this MASTER PIECE!!! More details coming on it soon!!! .
