CASEM Women's Artisan Cooperative
Local shop · Monteverde
A non-profit shop run by a cooperative of local women artisans, selling embroidery, wood carvings and forest-themed crafts made around Santa Elena and Monteverde.
- Cost
- Free
- Time there
- 20 min
- Best time
- any time
- Kids
- 7 / 10
- View
- 2 / 10
- Crowds
- 3 / 10
- Swimming
- 0 / 10
- Effort
- 0 / 10
- Location
- 10.30661, -84.81191 — Google Maps
Tip
It's not the cheapest souvenir stop in town, but the money goes straight to the makers.
Be careful
Carry small bills in colones; keep an eye on bags and phones in busy areas.
Places nearby
- 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.
- 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.
- The Bat JungleParks & WildlifeIndoor bat exhibit designed by bat biologist Dr.
- 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.
- Hotel Fonda VelaStaysHillside cloud-forest hotel near the Monteverde reserve.
Sources: OpenStreetMap node/7198944453 · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7198944453 · https://www.monteverdeinfo.com/community/casem · https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Monteverde