Archive for December 19th, 2009

Running of the bulls at the Zapote festival

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

The country’s largest and most attended fair is set to open Christmas Day and workers of the Municipalidad de San José are working feverishly to put the finishing touches before the Ministerio de Salud (Health ministry) inspection.

The Zapote Fair is a tradition in San José and Costa Rica, as hundreds of thousands of fair goes visit each year.

The fair grounds are Zapote, on the east side of San José, across from the Registro Nacional. The fair runs until January 3.

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