Estación del Ferrocarril de Costa Rica

Less than a block east of Parque Nacional is San José's historical train station to the Atlantic, built in 1908. Nowadays offering weekday train service to Heredia, Belen and Cartago, it’s a remarkable example of tropical architecture, with swirling art nouveau–inspired beams and elaborate stonework along the roofline. Hulking iron horses of yore litter the yard.