We spent two days in San Vito, this pleasant little town up in the mountains, which was founded by Italian immigrants a few decades ago and is known for growing coffee. We stayed in this cute but slightly decrepit little cabin that overlooked a fruit orchard.
The main thing we did while in town was spend a day at the Wilson Botanical Garden, a very cool place with hundreds of species of palm trees, also lots of ferns, banana trees, bamboo, heliconias, and orchids (unfortunately not flowering this time of year). My favorite was definitely the bamboo, some of it was huge, thicker than your leg. Also in the garden saw a pair of agoutis, they are very large tail-less rodents, and lots of hummingbirds.
The other excitement in San Vito was the excellent Italian restaurant we went to both nights - we had a pizza with chicken and onions on it that was truly excellent -- its nice to have a break from all the rice and beans!