San Jose Walking and Bus City Tour


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From $72.00

138 reviews   (4.38)

Price varies by group size

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 5 hours

Departs: San Jose, San Jose

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

This city tour provides a bird’s eye view of San Jose enhanced with an authentic cultural experience with on-board folkloric music. The tour includes guided city walks in important historic landmarks like the National Theater, the National Monument and San Jose’s Central Market, Gold Museum and others. It is also important to mention that our tour has been declared of “cultural interest” by the Ministry of Culture of Costa Rica.


What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Live commentary on board

Local guide

Lunch

Professional art historian guide

Transport by air-conditioned minivan

What's Not Included

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Souvenir photos (available to purchase)


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
  • CHILD: Age: 3 - 12
  • ADULT: Age: 13 - 59
  • SENIOR: Age: 60 - 85

Additional Info

  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

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

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Teatro Nacional Costa Rica
Lobby of Theater

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Central Market (Mercado Central)
Shopping, local people.

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Plaza de la Libertad Electoral
National Monument

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

VIP City Bus
Beautiful tour, monuments, churches, market, walking tours.

4 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Pre-Columbian Gold Museum
Walking tour by Gold Museum

• Admission Ticket Free

Museo de Arte Costarricense
Gold Room

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Included


Reviews

Review for walking and bus tour
Ariga_M, 25-09-2022
Perfect tour. Visited the nicest part of San José, museums, shopping places, historical building and etc. The tour was overall perfect.
Everything was just perfectly ran. Couldn't ask for a better tour guide and driver. Enjoy
204sammyn, 19-09-2022
The bus was nice and clean. Tour guide and driver was freaking awesome. You are going to love it! The food was tasty. I definitely look forward to taking another tour.
World Cup visit
Nolan G, 15-08-2022
Our Tour with VIP bus was awesome! So educating and our tour guide, Jess, was the best. She was very engaging and thorough with explains all interesting parts of San Jose
we had a beautiful...
Adriana_Z, 10-08-2022
we had a beautiful surprise in the bus. the knowledge of Jordan is amazing, he loves his country and makes everybody feel welcome.
Great
Tatiana_T, 11-01-2023
Very good guide Jordan and the driver Ivan make the trip very enjoyable . Culture, museums , food- everything was good. Will recommend.
Yessie (please forgive my...
Habiba_H, 09-01-2023
Yessie (please forgive my spelling) was graceful, knowledgeable, candid, kind and fun!
I feel lucky that she was our guide. I didn’t feel rushed. She was respectful to everyone and the vibe was entirely relaxing.
Thank you so much to you both.
Habiba
Great way to discover San Jose
Diane_P, 07-01-2023
Great tour guide Jordan very knowledgeable, very passionate and very funny. Start to finish made to feel important to the tour and to the country. Excellent 10/10
Covers the basics
Andrea C, 09-09-2022
The trip takes you to the most recognizable/famous places in San Jose. Pleasant surprise was the entry to the pre-Colombian gold museum. Amazing artifacts. The pace was comfortable.
Nice way to see San Jose
UtahJerry, 07-01-2023
This was a good experience and a great way to get a feel for the city and hit some of the hot spots. We rode in a very comfortable double decker bus with a driver and a tour guide. The driver stayed with the bus, so it was safe to leave your valuables in the bus. There were a couple places they asked us to leave our things on the bus. The central market for our safety and the Gold Museum per museum security. Our guide was very knowledgeable and passionate. The tour ended with a nice meal at a local restaurant. The meal was scheduled ahead, so we were in and out really quickly and it was very good. We did't stop for lunch until around 2pm, but there was an opportunity to grab something to snack on at the central market.
Great overview of San Jose and Costa Rica History
TeresaB25, 05-01-2023
We arrived in Costa Rica a few days before our NatHab tour and opted for this experience to see San Jose. Our guide, Jordan, was exceptionally knowledgeable and organized. The sites we visited were unique and gave us a good explanation of the country’s cultural, political, and social history. The Oro Museum was excellent. I wish there had been time to see the Jade Museum, too. The bus was clean and the open windows were perfect for experiencing San Jose.




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