Monteverde

Monteverde

Monteverde, Costa Rica is a small town in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, located in the Cordillera de TilarĂ¡n. Roughly a four hour drive from the Central Valley, Monteverde is considered a major ecotourism destination in Costa Rica. The area is host to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and numerous other reserves, which draw considerable numbers of tourists and naturalists.

Newsweek has declared Monteverde the world's #14 Place to Remember Before it Disappears. National Geographic has called the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve the "the jewel in the crown of cloud forest reserves". " By popular vote in Costa Rica, Monteverde was enshrined as one of the Seven Wonders of Costa Rica.

This article deals with Monteverde and its surrounding zone. This includes the larger town and tourism hub Santa Elena, as well as the nearby cluster of homes and businesses known as Cerro Plano, along with numerous reserves and attractions on the periphery of the town.

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