Guaitil is a village in Diria District, Santa Cruz Canton, Guanacaste
Province, Costa Rica. It lies along the old route between Santa Cruz and
Nicoya. The town is famous for its pottery in the pre-Columbian Chorotega
style. Potters using local clays and the same tools and techniques of their
indigenous ancestors produce ceramics for local use and the tourist trade in
reds, creams and blacks
