Offering heat-escaping shade under its giant Guanacaste trees, and rich grazing land for the herds of cattle. It was known as the resting place for travelers between San José and Nicaragua (and beyond) for hundreds of years. With approximately 60,000 inhabitants, Liberia is the regional hub of the Costa Rican northwest.
Culturally diverse, Guanacastecos are fiercely proud of their unique heritage. Given an option, the inhabitants of Nicoya, Santa Cruz, and Cañas decided that they did not want to belong to Nicaragua, but to Costa Rica, and they announced their annexation on July 25, 1824-now a national holiday. During colonial times, Guanacaste was not part of Costa Rica.
According to history, the first humans who found Costa Rica (thousands of years before Christopher Columbus) arrived on the peninsula of Nicoya. This cultural heritage originates from the first Indigenous groups who populated the area 10,000 years ago. The name Guanacaste is derived from the Indigenous quahnacaztlan, a native word for the Guanacaste tree which is now the national tree of Costa Rica. Guanacaste has a rich history and culture unlike the rest of the country. To talk about Liberia, one must regress a bit to understand the province itself. Liberia has been nicknamed La Ciudad Blanca (The White City) because of the white gravel that was once used to “pave” the city’s streets and for the whitewashed colonial houses from a bygone era. Liberia is the largest city of Guanacaste province, located northwest of the capital city, San José, a four-hour drive away. Liberia, Costa Rica: A Working City With Hidden Gemsĭecades ago, Liberia, Costa Rica did not show up on tourists’ radars, however with the region’s fast-paced growth and booming international airport, times are changing.
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