It is possible to hold a bus on Avenida 2. TO SEE Cartago Pleasant little town, but everybody is here for the basilica. Get out of the bus at the terminus, this is very close to the church.
People creep on their knees to the altar.
Ask the driver to put you at the gardens. From the bus stop it is another 10 minutes on foot. It was a pleasant walk in the gardens but it was not really a must after all we had seen in the rest of Costa Rica.