El Sabor de Doña Carmen
Sodas & Local Food · Arenal & La Fortuna · Casados and typical lunch
A favorite local soda tucked on a side street just south of the Bijagua high school, serving generous casados with fish, chicken or beef and several side salads at local prices.
- Ratings
- 4.7 on Google (373)
Dishes to try
casado de pescado · casado de pollo · casado de res
Contact & directions
- Location: 10.72674, -85.05599 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Heliconias Hanging BridgesBridge · hidden gemThree ~95 m bridges on quiet 2.5 km rainforest trail—calm alternative to Arenal/Monteverde bridges.
- Bijagua River Falls & Tenorio Volcano LookoutWaterfall · about $10 · hidden gemTwo trails on the slopes of Miravalles just outside Bijagua: one through cloud and rain forest to the falls and clear pools of the Río Bijagua, the other to a lookout over Tenorio Volcano and the town.
- Volcán MontezumaNature spotA volcano in the Arenal area, mapped on OpenStreetMap.
- Rio CelesteParkA public park near Palmira, Guanacaste province.
- Los Teñideros (where Río Celeste turns blue)Nature spot · about $14The far end of the Río Celeste trail, where two clear streams meet and the water suddenly turns sky blue.
- Rio Celeste Suspension Bridge (Tenorio Volcano NP trail)Bridge · about $15A rope-and-plank footbridge over the milky-turquoise Rio Celeste on the park trail, where you can look straight down at the color of the water.