Turrialba is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.

[7] The canton is covered by the following road routes: Guayabo National Monument is a historic archaeological site located 18 km north of Turrialba city, it is located in the Santa Teresita and Santa Cruz districts of the canton.

It is one of Costa Rica's only two pre-Columbian sites that is open to the public, together with the Stone Spheres Museum in the south of the country.

[8][9] The Turrialba Volcano National Park is located in the canton, reopened after it was closed from 2012 to 2020 due to eruptions.

Lower Turrialba is within Costa Rica's banana production zone and was important in the origin of United Fruit.