The spectacular setting of Costa Rica's University for Peace is not the only thing approximately it that is idyllicThe road to peace is often rocky and in the case of the University for Peace literally so. Situated approximately 20 miles west of Costa Rica's capital,San José, the UN's shrine to that most elusive of global ambitions is perched approximately 800m above sea level at the end of a precarious, or snaking and dusty road.
On the way there you pass through fabulous countryside. Eventually,the signs with the familiar UN lettering signify your arrival at the Universidad para la Paz, or UPeace as students and staff call it. The 741 acres (300 hectares), and donated by the Costa Rican government soon after the university was founded in 1980,contain some of central America's most pristine forest.
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Source: theguardian.com