SHOPPING
The
Artisans Cooperative of Santa Elena and Monteverde (CASEM), tel.
645-5190, fax 645-5898, email: staelena@soiracsca.co.cr,
www.monteverdeinfo.com/casem/
features the handmade wares of 140 local artisans (closed Sunday
May—Nov.). Sales directly benefit the artists. Next-door
is the coffee roaster of Café Monteverde, tel. 645-5008;
fax 645- 5623, where you can taste locally produced coffee and
watch beans being roasted and packaged ($2 per half-pound). Roaster
Victorina Molina will be happy to tell you all about the local
coffee cooperative.
The Galeria Extasis, tel./fax 645-5548, sells exquisite paintings,
hardwood sculptures, jewelry, bowls, and other creative art by
gifted artist Marco Tulio Brenes, who apprenticed with the master
craftsman Barry Biesanz. The Hummingbird Gallery is well stocked
with souvenirs—locally made hand-carved wooden pieces, embroidered
placemats, wall hangings, and blouses—plus posters, postcards,
and color transparencies. The visitor center at the Monteverde
Cloud Forest Biological Reserve also sells posters, books, and
T-shirts.
Also check out the Monteverde Studios of the Arts and the Centro
Ceramica, both selling works by local artists.
In
Santa Elena, Churches,
tel. 645-5147, fax 645-5551, email: standley@racsa.co.cr,
sells U.S. and English magazines and newspapers, plus a large
selection of books—especially on natural history—in
English and Spanish, as well as laminated Costa Rican Field Guides.
Much
of the information on our site as it relates to Costa Rica is:
 Courtesy
of Christopher P. Baker and Avalon Travel Publishing.
© 2004 Christopher P. Baker. All Rights Reserved.
Spanish Abroad, Inc. highly
recommends Christopher P. Baker's book: Moon
Handbooks Costa Rica. Click on the image to visit
his website where you can purchase this book or find out more
about the author.
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