When booking a flight for Liberia, it’s worth making sure you’re going to the right one. As well as being a country in West Africa, Liberia is also the capital and largest city of the Guancaste province of Costa Rica.

‘The White City’, as Liberia is known, is famous for its uniquely ice-white buildings topped by red tiled roofs, a product of the local white gravel used to build much of the city. Broad avenues run across the town, traversing the Iglesia de la Agonia, the city’s oldest church to the many ranches surrounding the city, a throwback to its cowboy roots. Once, Liberia’s beautifully lush Guancaste trees provided a shady resting place for weary travellers; now Costa Rica’s oldest town is an important tourist hub, especially for those on their way to the beaches of the nearby pacific coast. Liberia travel guides show it is also a top destination for its Volcanic National Park, the Rincon de le Vieja where visitors can see the bubbling hot springs, volcanic rivers and waterfalls from the safety of hiking trails.