Caburé Chocolates
Local shop · Monteverde
A family chocolatier in Monteverde making bean-to-bar chocolate and Argentine-style truffles; the café counter makes a sweet stop between hikes.
- Cost
- Free
- Time there
- 30 min
- Best time
- afternoon
- Kids
- 8 / 10
- View
- 2 / 10
- Crowds
- 4 / 10
- Swimming
- 0 / 10
- Effort
- 0 / 10
- Location
- 10.30803, -84.8121 — Google Maps
Tip
Just buying truffles at the counter is enough; the afternoon chocolate tour is optional.
Be careful
Carry small bills in colones; keep an eye on bags and phones in busy areas.
Places nearby
- The Bat JungleParks & WildlifeIndoor bat exhibit designed by bat biologist Dr.
- Stella's Monteverde Bakery & CaféFood & CoffeeBakery opened in 1992 by English-born Stella Wallace, now a breakfast and lunch café across from the CASEM crafts co-op, using local cheeses and house bread.
- Restaurante La Cuchara de la Abuela (CASEM)Food & CoffeeCooperative-run kitchen at CASEM, the women's craft co-op, serving typical plates and handmade corn tortillas.
- El Establo Mountain HotelStays · from $253Mountain hotel in Monteverde with its own 65-hectare cloud forest reserve.
- Pizzería e Ristorante TramontiFood & CoffeeFamily-run Italian restaurant since 1993 (founded by an Italian and Costa Rican couple), with a wood-fired oven, house-made ravioli and lasagna and a glass-and-timber dining room above the valley.
- Valle Escondido Nature ReserveParks & Wildlife · from $8Family-run 17-hectare reserve with trails, wooden platforms over a ravine and waterfall views, plus one of Monteverde's first night tours.
Sources: OpenStreetMap way/1038143404 · https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1038143404 · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9172650117 · https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Monteverde