Palmares is a district of the Palmares canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. Palmares has an area of 1.14 km² and an elevation of 1,017 metres. It is in the Central Valley, 6 kilometers southeast of the city of San Ramón, 38 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela, and 56 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose.