Signs in Costa Rica
October 7, 2008 – 3:39 pmSignalization in Costa Rica is not one of the strengths, however the signs in regards to tourist attractions and National Park have improve tremendously tru out the last year. Also the main highways have better signalization now a days. We used in Costa Rica a similar code of signs like in California, because of that the sings visually are pretty easy to understand by our visitors, but some of the preventive and mandatory written sign are unknown, because of that fact you can find adescription of the meaning of some of them. “Alto” means stop, “Ceda el Paso” means yield the way, ”Despacio” means slow down, “Peligro” means caution, “Interseccion adelante” means intersection ahead. All official signs for distance are in kilometers, which correct abbreviation is “Km”. On some of the signs there is no the “Km” sub-fig so just the number of kilometers to the destination. Onsome signs you may read “mts” as an abbreviation for meters.
Tags: Driving Costa Rica, National Parks, Signs
