The Center of Old Escazu

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Escazu is an ideal tourist destination in Costa Rica. Its center is where the municipal government, that operates all the smaller towns around it, is, although with the growth of San Rafael, it may end up being the tail that wags the dog! Escazu was an early colonial settlement that was operating long before the present capital, San Jose, existed. It was formed around a cross-ways in indian trails through the area and it is said that the word ‘escazu' in an early indian language, means ‘resting place', where weary indian travelers stopped for a while and exchanged news from far regions of the country. Old Escazu has no where near the modern shopping facilities that San Rafael de Escazu has. It has simple stores, the Saturday morning farmers' market and many other facilities. Here we give you quite a few street scenes, different shops and, of course, the farmers' market. Naturally you are to click on the little photos to see the bigger ones.

Street Scenes
Main street looking West	Another street to 6the North	A colorful shopping center	And another street	A narrow side street
A residential street just out of town	The back of the church	Old Escazu's main gas station	An older home	A fancy gateway

The Central Park
Escazu's supermarket	Center of the park	School beside the park	Costa Rica's "Mounties"	The church faces the park.
Pico Blanco looms South of town	A busy little post office	The Town Hall or Palacio Municipal	Escazu's seal on the town hall	Barba Volcano
The Saturday Farmers' Market
The market street but not on Saturday	And then comes Saturday morning!	Guanabanas and heart of palm	Corn on the cob	Tomatoes, cucumbers and cabbage
And there are plenty of jocotes in season	There are lots of juicy mangos	Nancies are sold, if you don't mind the smell!	The strawberry lady has some nice ones	Unbelievable mish-mash!
Chayotes, both young and old.	How about some rambutans?	Cabbages green and red	Beans and peppers	Special today, radishes
More rambutans Watermelons & papaya	Woman of Salvador make pupusas.	The makings of many salads	Ah yes, the golden passionfruit	Avocados piled high
Squash and sweet potatoes	Plantains, guavas, carambolas and bananas	Fresh squoze sugar cane juice anyone?	A great variety of flowers	Home baked goods and a corn drink
And of course, plants!	The market street going East	Shaved ice with gloop	An enticing nearby restaurant	Yet another huge school!

Odds 'n Ends
An Escazu stream	An antenna farm?	A local shop	A strange gate decoration	A roofed wall?