Soda Don Rogelio (leche dormida)
Sodas & Local Food · Guanacaste · Soda · local food
The little soda by Cañas' central park where Rogelio Gutiérrez started making leche dormida in 1946 – a cold, sweet milk drink whose recipe the family still keeps secret. A must-sip stop when driving Route 1 through Cañas.
Dishes to try
leche dormida
Before you go
- Kids
- Good for kids
- Checked
- 2026-10
Contact & directions
- Location: 10.425787, -85.092528 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Cañas Mosaic Church (Parroquia Patriarca San José)Landmark · Free · hidden gemCañas' parish church on the central park is covered top to bottom – including its nearly 30 m bell tower – in bright tile mosaics designed by Cañas-born painter Otto Apuy: winding vines, starbursts, religious and jungle scenes made from whole and broken tiles.
- Cerro ChopoNature spotCerro Chopo is a former inactive volcano 6 km north of Cañas, now largely a quarry.
- El Farallón Petroglyphs (Cañas)Landmark · about $10 · hidden gemA rock wall on a family farm in Cedros de Sandillal, north of Cañas, carved with dozens of pre-Columbian petroglyphs, from sun-like circles to other designs.
- Cerro Pelado (Cañas)Viewpoint · about $6A bald, wind-blasted ridge east of Cañas – an old extinct volcano – where a short, steep climb from a farm gate puts you on a 2 km grassy crest with 360° views: the Tilarán wind turbines behind you, the Guanacaste lowlands and the Gulf of Nicoya ahead.
- Reserva Forestal TabogaNature spotA forest reserve created in 1978 in the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area.
- Parque del Viento & Cross Lookout (Tilarán)Viewpoint · Free · hidden gemA municipal park on the breezy hill at the west edge of Tilarán, crowned by a large cross.