Best of San José City Tour

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About this activity

Discover San José like never before, we are the only operators that gives you the opportunity to truly integrate and get to know the culture of Costa Rica on a city tour, we combine the walking tour and guarantee maximum benefit from the experience while We also have all the comforts of tourist transportation.

This tour will take you through the most important part of the city of San José, we will visit beautiful typical shops, monuments, museums, government buildings and churches that are important for the People of Costa Rica, in addition you will have a highly trained guide to carry out the tour. this activity.

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At a glance

Duration: 5 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 15 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English, Spanish
Operated by: Summer Travel Costa Rica

Ages: Adults (1–90 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Bottled water
Included: Snacks
Included: Tickets to attractions

Not included

Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

Museo de Arte Costarricense

45 min Admission included

We will visit the beautiful Costa Rican art museum, a building that was once the old airport of San José, Costa Rica.

In this Museum we can see more than 110 works of art by Costa Rican artists, we will also visit the golden hall that tells the history of Costa Rica since pre-Columbian times, we can also appreciate the beautiful views of the La Sabana metropolitan park.
Stop 2

30 min

On our tour, we will visit the beautiful Morazán Park, in this place we have a lot of history and curious facts.

We will also be able to see historic buildings of the city such as the Pink School, Yellow House and the Youth Development Center, all of these are important government buildings.
Stop 3

30 min

We continue our journey towards the San José National Park, we have important monuments such as the statue of the Battle of Rivas, for which we fought to avoid the domination of reveldes from the north of the continent, we can appreciate the statue of our national hero Juan Santamaría, we can also See important buildings such as the Congress of the Republic and the National Registry, as well as the Supreme Court of Elections.
Correos de Costa Rica

one hour

After visiting the Congress of the Republic and its surroundings, we will begin a short walk through the center of the city, through the pedestrian zone of San José.

At this point we will visit important historical buildings such as the Costa Rica Post Office, Central Bank, Central American Development Bank, Plaza de la Cultura and many other local buildings.
Central Market (Mercado Central)

one hour

On our tour we cannot miss our beautiful central market of San José, more than 300 different food, alternative medicine, clothing and general commerce stores.

It is the best representative of Costa Rican culture, this place allows you to know even what you did not imagine or expect about our country.
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Joseph of Costa Rica

45 min

To finish our tour in the best way and followed after the central market, we will walk from the central market to the metropolitan cathedral, crossing the central park of San José, we will be able to see the Melico Salazar theater and we will visit the most important church in the province of San José. José.
Teatro Nacional Costa Rica

30 min

Finally we will finish at the jewel of the city, our National Theater of Costa Rica, a beautiful building built in the 19th century, inspired by Spanish designs and built by important French, Costa Rican and Spanish architects.

On this occasion, we will visit the main lobby of the national theater, optionally and on your own you can enjoy a coffee in the most prestigious cafeteria in the country.