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ACADEMIA DE ESPAÑOL D'AMORE is a high quality
educational institution located in the Central Pacific Coast of
Costa Rica, immersed in the community of Manuel Antonio, just four
miles south from Quepos.
Quepos, one of the main districts of the
province of Puntarenas and a former banana plantation, has become a
worldly famous town by sport fishing enthusiasts. With the
remainings of a sleepy fisherman's town, you can still feel the
southern dusty hidden appeal, flowered with all sorts of cultural
experiences, including learning Spanish in one of the most
prestigious schools of Spanish: ACADEMIA DE ESPAÑOL D'AMORE.
The blue water of this coast provides exceptional
challenge and excitement for seasoned, as well as occasional
angles. International bill fishing tournaments in these waters
routinely tie and break world records.
Either by bus, by car,
or by plane, getting to this small town should be one of the most
exciting travel experience, as you will pass through various
picturesque towns such as La Garita, Atenas, San Mateo, Orotina,
Jaco, Parrita, and the intriguing African Palm
plantations.
Manuel Antonio is home to one of the most famous
sites of Costa Rica: Manuel Antonio National Park. This park
has been described as a tropical paradise. It is one of the most
beautiful parks in the country and the most popular, with locals and
foreigners alike. The hilly evergreen forest providing natural
shade from the tropical sun lines two gorgeous white sand beaches
sloping to the gentle surf. Several trails lead through dense
jungle growth to hidden sandy coves and magnificent lookouts over
the ocean beaches.
Despite its small size and great
popularity, Manuel Antonio has managed to remain one of the premiere
natural spots in the country. The rain forest and mountains
literally meet the sea here and the ecosystem is teaming with land,
sea and air species. if there is one place to visit in this
country and be assured of seeing animals in the wild, this is
it. Just a couple of hours walking, the park's trails are
likely to present various colorful and majestic birds, whit-faced
monkeys, two and three-toed sloth, coatis, pacas, brilliantly
colored land crabs, a variety of multihued butterflies, and
interesting insects. The endangered squirrel monkey and a
subspecies of the squirrel monkey endemic to Costa Rica are also
frequently seen. In all, over 100 species of animals and
nearly 200 species of birds have been identified in this
park.
Manuel Antonio National Park is located 132 kilometers
from San Jose and has 682 hectares. Lying on the Pacific
Coast, 7 kilometers south of the town of Quepos between Damas and
Matapalo, was created in November 15, 1972, at a time when the area
was poised with massive tourism development, funded primarily
by foreign interests. The land constituting the park had, by
then, gone through several different foreign owners. Today,
the park protects a beautiful remnant piece of the tropical forest
that once covered a wide variety of marine life.
The area
between Quepos and Manuel Antonio National Park has dozens of hotels
and restaurants offering the visitor a wide variety of
accommodations and dinning choices.
With one of the most
stunning picture-postcard backdrops in the country, this is one of
the places with the most lushness in Costa Rica, with spectacular
white-grey sand beaches fringed by thickly forested green
hills. There is a huge variety of things to do -walking the
Park's easy trails, Whitewater rafting, ocean cruising, hoserback
riding, fishing, sea kayaking, to name but a few.
Manuel
Antonio is one of Costa Rica's best known and most often visited
park, despite the fact that is also the smallest. The park is
an island of verdant wildness in a rapidly developing area with a
relatively intact wet tropical forest and abundant
wildlife.
This park has remarkably long list of species
inhabiting it: brown pelicans, brown boobies, tyrant
hawk-eagles, gray-headed chachalacas, solater's ant bird,
coatimundis, two and three toe sloths, toed anteaters, ocelots
amongst others.
The scenic bus ride from San Jose has proven to
be an unforgettable experience for our students. You will
witness everything from mountainous coffee plantations to crocodiles
sunning themselves on the river's edge. Along the way you will
also experience the charm of small town life nestled gently in the
tropical jungle.
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