This Friday, February 14, 2020, the Muellero Park project was inaugurated to boost employment, urban-landscape beautification and tourist activity in the City of Puntarenas, an architectural space with a very peculiar design that extends along 800 meters facing the sea, between the Puntarenas Tourist Pier and the Pacific Marine Park on the Paseo de los Turistas.
The new park has an approximate value of ¢1.200 millions, the Municipality of Puntarenas will be in charge of its administration, it was built by the Pacific Ports Institute to reactivate a historically abandoned area of the city.
“This tourism project seeks to beautify the waterfront of the City of Puntarenas, in order to boost and revive economic activity in that area and offer national and cruise tourists more recreation and stay areas,” said Juan Ramón Rivera , Executive President of INCOP.
The project design is inspired by Palmeral de las Sorpresas of the City of Malaga, and includes elements of the sea such as marine animals, waves and palm trees. It has a system of pergolas that simulate the skeleton of whales, two internal areas dedicated to the Virgen del Mar and the sculpture of the Puntarenense Dock, as well as an amphitheater to enjoy the sea and the sunset.
The project includes green areas, solid waste stations, parking for vehicles, bus stop, two half moons overlooking the sea and access with ramps for entry to the beach for people with disabilities.
The inauguration activity took place during the emblematic sunset that characterizes Puntarenas, revealing one of the most attractive qualities of the Muellero Park, a unique show full of colors achieved through a fine lighting system that extends along the vertebrae, of recreation areas and sculptures.
This lighting system will allow the City of Puntarenas to be decorated during special celebrations and commemorative dates, since the Park can be illuminated to commemorate some events, such as white, blue and red during the patriotic or pink month during the month of the fight against breast cancer, among others.