Half-Day San Jose Evening Bus Tour with Dinner and Pickup

Experience the best of San Jose on this 5-hour evening bus tour. Enjoy a VIP city tour with guided walks to historic landmarks, dinner with local cuisine, and an authentic cultural experience.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Teatro Nacional Costa Rica - Lobby of Theater
  • Museo de Arte Costarricense - Gold Room at Museum, art gallery
  • Central Market (Mercado Central) - shopping and walking tour
  • Plaza de la Libertad Electoral - National Monument
  • VIP City Bus - Beautiful City tour, monuments, churches, parks, market
What's Included
  • Round trip transportation to your hotel
  • Local guide
  • All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
  • Professional art historian guide
  • Dinner included
  • Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
  • DVD (available to purchase)
  • beers
Additional Information

The evening excursion, lasting 5 hours, will commence with your hotel pickup. Our custom tour offers a panoramic perspective of San Jose, enriched with opulent amenities, exclusive VIP service, a bilingual guide, a dinner featuring regional dishes, assorted drinks, traditional costumes, and a genuine cultural immersion with folklore tunes. The VIP City Bus excursion encompasses narrated ambles at significant historic sites such as the Costa Rican Art Museum, National Theatre Lobby, National Monument, Central Market (for shopping) and Central Avenue. At each location, the sophisticated European-style Double Decker City Bus along with our crew will welcome you with a complimentary cocktail. This cultural odyssey spans over 25 attractions, includes transportation to and from hotels, and provides an authentic taste of the locale.

  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
Teatro Nacional Costa Rica
Second Ave. and Fifth St.,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Laverne_h
Aug 30, 2024
Overall, a great tour! - RE VIP City Tour: This tour was great! Our tour guide and driver were very accommodating. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and courteous. I loved walking around the city and getting a feel for the culture and lifestyle in places like San Jose’s Central Market and downtown retail area. The highlight was the delicious meal at the end of the tour. I also liked that the tour was not too long but also not too short. Just the right length! RE Viator: I was traveling solo and the Viator booking website said there was a two person minimum. So I booked for two people just to get the reservation. On the tour, I learned that other solo travelers on the tour had not been required to pay for two tickets. I’m not sure how they booked their reservation. But I definitely didn’t like the double standard. If a direct booking with the touring company would have eliminated the 2-person minimum booking, Viator should place that on their website and instruct solo travelers to book directly with the touring company.
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David_r
Aug 13, 2024
Great tour guide - Great way to experience the city, no stress driving and amazing food. The Central Market was so cool wish we had more time there.
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Tiffany_w
Aug 10, 2024
Wonderful City Tour - This was an Awesome Tour and lots of information. My tour guide Hector was truly Amazing and excellent customer service!! I recommend this tour for anyone that want to know more about the history of Costa Rica!!
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Dream758961
Aug 4, 2024
Fun overview of San Jose! - Very organized and informative and fun! It was a great experience and overview of San Jose. Worth the time and the money! Dinner at a local restaurant was included and was delicious. Recommend!
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Zamantha_z
Jun 22, 2024
It was a great tour! Had... - It was a great tour! Had a great tour guide, thanks to hector our tour guide we got to see and learn about Costa Rica and its history, also got to taste great Costa Rican traditional food
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Lusht06
May 29, 2024
Couple getaway - The tour was very enjoyable. We learned a lot of information about San Jose, great music on the bus, the tour guide was very knowledgeable and dinner was great.
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Jawauna_g
Apr 29, 2024
A nice intro to San Jose - What a great way to spend my 1st day in San Jose. The guides were kind, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic! We went out after a long flight and had a great time with tasty food!
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Kathy_c
Jun 10, 2024
San Jose evening tour - We signed up for a five hour evening tour and it was only 3 hours which included an hour for dinner. It was a good tour but wonder what was missed
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Kawaina_m
May 31, 2024
Great evening tour. Lots... - Great evening tour. Lots of good information on the history of Costa Rica.Tour guide was very knowledgeable .
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Marcie_w
Jul 6, 2024
Average Tour - It’s was nice seeing everything but it was unnecessarily rushed. The tour ended up being 3 hours and not 5 hours like it says in the ad. Hector was nice and very knowledgeable! The pick up from hotels was a long process. The live guitar playing & singing was a nice touch. The dinner was very very good!
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