About Coronado

The city of Coronado is located just 10 kilometers northeast of the center of San José on the outskirts of the nature reserve Braulio Carrillo. Living in Coronado provides you with all the advantages of a clean natural area, and at the same time it gives you the opportunity to enjoy the cultural activities of the capital city. It's just the perfect place to study the Spanish language in a relaxed but central location.

Green Coronado is a lively rural city with an active community life. It is the seat of numerous respected institutions, such as the Interamerican Institute for Agriculture (IICA), the Center for Central American Social Studies (ICAES), the Costa Rican Olympic Committee, and the world-famous snake research center of the University of Costa Rica, the Instituto Clodomiro Picado.

Here you can also find everything for your day-to-day needs: modern supermarkets, a Sunday market, doctors, banks, traditional sodas, and even pizzerias and American-style restaurants. Also you can find some internet-cafes in Coronado. You will find some nice coffee places in Coronado, where you can do your Spanish homework.

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