Guaitil is a village in Diriá 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. Notes External links "Guaitil Map – Satellite Images of Guaitil" Maplandia "Chorotega Indigenous Pottery and Ceramics Tour" Discovery Travel World, photographs for Guaitil pottery Populated places in Guanacaste Province