Things to Do Costa Rica Guanacaste:  Day of the Annexation of Guanacaste

A bullfight in honour of the Day of the Annexation of Guanacaste. Courtesy of the Costa Rica Tourist Board (ICT)

When: 25 Jul (annual)
Where: Guanacaste

On 25 July every year locals from the Guanacaste region including the Nicoya Peninsula, celebrate with verve Costa Rica's annexation of the area in 1824.

Folk dancing, fiestas, horse parades, cattle shows, bullfights and concerts create a frenzy of territorial pride in the north-west of Costa Rica.

If you find the spectacle of bullfighting upsetting or distasteful please avoid this Costa Rica event.

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