Swiss quality with warm hospitality, the Fleur de Lys is a small, enchanting, discrete Hotel located in the cultural district of San José, Costa Rica. This newly restored Victorian mansion offers 31 individually decorated rooms, to make you feel at home. Rather than impersonal numbers, every room is lovingly named after a species of flower native to Costa Rica. Native artwork adorns the walls of each room, lobbies and corridors of the Hotel. Warm woods and soft colors provide an atmosphere for complete relaxation, and large comfortable beds guarantee a good night's sleep. Discover the hotel's charming atrium gardens with lush tropical planting
Some fun art from San Jose
our transportation
San Jose with 288,000 population is about twice the size of Eugene, but the
metropolitan area is well over 1,000,000. We hope to dance, eat, explore, find
cool music, art, and visit the Bellavista Fortress near to the hotel. Ellen is
hoping to keep up her training for the Mother's Day 1/2 marathon in Eugene.
The Bellavista Fortress, a crenallated, ochre colored building was built in
1917 and was originally a military barracks: the exterior walls still have many
bullets lodged in them from the country's 1948 civil war. It became the site
of a museum in 1950. As a result of this coup attempt the president abolished
the military in Costa Rica. Because of this Costa Rica has one of the highest
literacy rates in the Americas of 95%. The infant mortality rate is about 8.7
per 1,000 live births compared to the U.S. rate of 6.2 per 1,000.
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We hope to find more than "casado" (rice and beans) to eat while in San Jose. This may be the best food in the middle of the country. We are not expecting too much in the way of fine cuisine on the road, however this looks very good!
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