Monteverde, Costa Rica (Spanish for 'green mountain') is a small town in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. However, the name has come to represent a much wider area around it - at least to (eco)tourists, for whom this is one of the better known destinations in the country. Since the town itself is too small for an article and there is no proper name for the wider area, which deserves to be treated as a whole, this article is about that wider area, which includes the nearby Tico town of Santa Elena (which has also started to cater to (budget) tourists and is closer to some of the attractions).