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San Jose Sightseeing City Tour: 4-hour Historic Exploration with Lunch
4.3
35 Ratings
San Jose
Embark on a 4-hour historic exploration of San Jose, visiting museums, theaters, markets, and more. Enjoy a bilingual guide, comfortable transportation, bottled water, and lunch.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- San Jose - This is a must-see on any trip to the capital of Costa Rica. Start the day with a pick-up service at approximately 8:00 a.m or 1:00 pm from your hotel in San José, Alajuela or Heredia. (This tour is available in the morning and in the afternoon) . From the comfort of the minivan, you will enjoy the panoramic views of San José. During the trip, your English speaking guide will inform you about the places you will see on the road, starting with the Costa Rican Art Museum in La Sabana. See the heart of the city center, The National Theater, University of Costa Rica, National Museum and the Arts and Crafts Market to buy souvenirs. After shopping, enjoy a lunch at a Typical Restaurant, with some cultural meals from Costa Rica. After your gastronomic experience, you can relax and enjoy the trip as you will be transported back to your hotel. If you choose the afternoon tour, lunch will be served at the beggining of the tour.
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What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Come, relax and enjoy this popular 4-hour sightseeing tour of the city and see the historic construction sites that include museums, theaters, markets and other interesting places in the city of San Jose.
Tour includes: Bilingual profesional guide, comfortable air conditioning transportation, bottled water and lunch or dinner if taking the afternoon tour
- Dress code is smart casual
Location
San Jose
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(35 Ratings)
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Julio
Aug 20, 2024
First time in Costa Rica - Well-coordinated visit, very friendly hosts, very friendly atmosphere cool and relaxed...no setbacks.
All right.
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Linda_m
Jun 7, 2024
Richness of Costa Rica - First of all, Oscar was an amazing tour guide. He showed me around all of San Jose and stop for me to take pictures. He took me from north to south, and from east to west. There was no stone unturned in San Jose Thad we didn’t see. We ate a an authentic Costa Rica restaurant, where I was able to eat a delicious Costa Rica meal. Overall, the tour was worth it, because Oscar really knew his history. You saw the richness of the city from a proud native.
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Charlotte
May 15, 2024
Great tour - Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about San Jose and made sure we saw lots of things.
He took us to an amazing place to eat, it was like visiting grandmas house and the food was so so good.
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246bassemk
Mar 29, 2024
Excellent tour - The tour guide Edgardo is phenomenal, has great knowledge, super friendly,had answers to all my questions and inquiries, on top took me to the best seafood restaurant in town,thank you Edgardo,i highly recommend this tour guide.
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David_b
Mar 25, 2024
We love San Jose! - Our guide, Oscar, knew everything about San Jose and Costa Rica’s history and after 5 hours and 200 photos ( and a fabulous local lunch), we fell in love with the city and everyone who lives here, ❤️
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Karen_c
Mar 20, 2024
First time Costa Rica visit - Oscar was awesome! Very informative. Just the right tour for me being my first time here in Costa Rica. If you want to have overview of the life here in Costa Rica and learn about them book this tour and ask for Oscar.
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Connie_h
Feb 20, 2024
Excellent and caring guide & driver - We enjoyed our tour very much! Our guide, Oscar, provided very informative details and interesting comments in both English and Spanish. The driver (Marvin) was also excellent, and the traffic here is very difficult! Both men were friendly and concerned for our safety and comfort. They worked hard to ensure we had a great experience. The restaurant, where we had a traditional lunch, was small, quaint and wonderful. The van was new, clean and comfortable. We got our money's worth.
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Kathy_v
May 27, 2024
Informational tour - Jerry was an excellent guide. The restaurant did not have an English menu or a person to translate so we had no idea what we we getting. It was excellent coffee that was made special and the food was great but was a surprise. The last stop was a shopping store with jewelry and art which we were not interested in. Otherwise it was a great way to start our stay here to get to know the city.
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Cheryl_f
Mar 29, 2024
Good way to start the Trip - Oscar was great. We did the evening tour and saw a lot of the city. We went during Easter weekend so a number of stores and businesses were closed. Oscar did a good job of showing us things and explaining some history behind some locations. Good dinner and nice kick off tour to our stay in Costa Rica.
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Patricia_b
Apr 26, 2024
This was a small group,... - This was a small group, which was great. However, all we really did was ride around the city. Even the one "museum" that we stopped at was really just a place to buy high end souvenirs/art/jewelry. Lunch was really good though.
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