Send Flowers to San José, Costa Rica

San José has street numbers on the map, but almost nobody uses them. Ticos give directions from landmarks: 200 metres north and 50 west of a church, a park or a well-known shop, with each 100 metres meaning one city block. When you send flowers to San José from abroad, ask the recipient for the address exactly as they would tell it to a taxi driver, and add the barrio, the district and a mobile number.

The capital of Costa Rica sits in the Central Valley at over 1,100 metres, with a mild climate that suits cut flowers well. Deliveries go to the offices and towers around La Sabana park and Paseo Colón, the restaurants and apartments of Barrio Escalante, the old houses of Amón and Otoya, family homes in Rohrmoser, Pavas, Zapote and San Francisco de Dos Ríos, and the large public and private hospitals in and around the centre.

A local florist delivers the same day, Monday to Saturday, when the order is placed before 11:00 am local time. Later orders are delivered the next day, and there is no delivery on Sundays or main public holidays such as 15 August, which is Mother's Day in Costa Rica. From May to November, rain usually falls in the afternoon, so a morning window is worth requesting.

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