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ACCOMMODATIONS

The area around the Universidad de Costa Rica provides several accommodations for every budget. The Organizing Committee provides a list of examples below. For detailed directions, see THIS Google Map .

Hotel Ave del Paraíso B&B
Distance from Conference auditorium: 0.8 km
Location: 50m north from the Law Faculty
at Universidad de Costa Rica
Rates: 35-120$ per person per night, breakfast included.

Hotel Milvia
Distance from Conference auditorium: 1.3 km
Location: 100m north & 150m east
from Muñoz & Nanne Supermarket.
Rates: 35-60$ per person per night, breakfast included.

Hotel Le Bergerac
Distance from Conference auditorium: 2.3 km
Location: Calle 35 Ave. 0 – 8 Los Yoses. From KFC,
200m east & 50m south
Rates: 80-200$ per person per night

Hostel Toruma
Distance from Conference auditorium: 2.4 km
Location: between 29th street and 31st,
right next to KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).
Rates: 14 - 40$ per person per night.

Hotel 1492
Distance from Conference auditorium: 2.4 km
Location: on av. 1, between 29th and 33th streets,
Barrio La California
Rates: 50-100$ per person per night, breakfast included.

Casa 69 B&B
Distance from Conference auditorium: 2.8 km
Location: 69 calle 25bis, Barrio California, San José
Rates: 40-125$ per person per night, dinner included.

Hotel Aranjuez
Distance from Conference auditorium: 2.9 km
Location: Av. 11, 19th street, Aranjuez, San José
Rates: 35-75$, per person per night, buffet breakfast included.

Hotel Posada del Museo
Distance from Conference auditorium: 3.2 km
Location: 2nd avenue, 17th street,
south east corner of the National Museum, San José.
Rates: 45-85$, breakfast included.

Hotel Fleur de Lys
Distance from Conference auditorium: 3.5 km
Location: 13th street, between 2 and 6th avenue,
one block from the National Museum.
Rates: 90-180$ per person per night, breakfast included.

 

 

EATERIES

Dinner is not included during and after the Conference, but Conference lunches will be provided as part of registration. Breakfasts are usually provided by area hotels. For detailed directions, see THIS Google map .

Outside the Campus

Breakfast:

  • Cafe Kracovia: serves Mediterranean/Russian style food. From 8am until 8pm.

Lunch

  • Antares Food Mall: offers several types of food including Peruvian, Chinese and Mexican food, as well as fast-food restaurants.
  • Nuestra Tierra: Costa Rican typical food. 2nd Avenue, 15th street, in front of Plaza de la Democracia
  • Cafe Kracovia: Mediterranean-Fusion
  • Friday´s: American style
  • Il Pommodoro: Italian-style pizza & pasta

Dinner

  • Tin-Jo: Asian-Fusion
  • Esquina de Buenos Aires: Argentinean
  • Don Wang: Chinese
  • Omar Khayyam: Arabic
  • Cafe Mundo: Mediterranean-Fusion
  • Friday´s: American style
  • Antares Food Mall: offers several types of food including Peruvian, Chinese and Mexican food, as well as fast-food restaurants
  • Il Pommodoro: Italian-style pizza & pasta

Dinner & Music

  • Jazz Cafe: Mediterranean style & selected dishes
  • El Trocadero: selected dishes
  • Latino Rock Cafe: selected dishes

Vegetarian

  • Vishnu Nirvana

Inside the Campus

  • Universidad de Costa Rica offers several "sodas" (small restaurant-like, low-budget eateries) inside the campus, including "Soda de Generales" and "Soda de Agronomía", that serve typical Costa Rican food from 6.30 am to 7pm.

 

 

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1st Lankester International Lecture Series
THE HUMAN HISTORY OF ORCHIDS
Monday, November 27, 2013 8:00 AM -
Wednesday, November 29, 2013 4:00 PM
Lankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica
+506 2511-7931 . EMAIL: humanhistory.orchids@gmail.com
Carretera Cartago - Paraíso, km 4
P.O. Box 302-7050 Cartago
Costa Rica

 

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