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San Jose City Tour and Central Market with Local Food
4.5
28 Ratings
San José
Explore San Jose’s culture and cuisine on a 2.5-hour city tour. Visit museums, parks, and the central market with a local guide.
Explore San Jose’s culture and cuisine on a 2.5-hour city tour. Visit museums, parks, and the central market with a local guide.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Plaza de la Cultura - Let’s explore the capital of Costa Rica!
Discover the charming city of San Jose with a local guide, visiting the most popular spots and learning about our culture, history, and traditions.
During this 2.5-hour tour, we’ll explore key landmarks to deepen your understanding of our country and offer plenty of photo…
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Plaza de la Cultura - Let’s explore the capital of Costa Rica!
Discover the charming city of San Jose with a local guide, visiting the most popular spots and learning about our culture, history, and traditions.
During this 2.5-hour tour, we’ll explore key landmarks to deepen your understanding of our country and offer plenty of photo opportunities! After the city tour, we’ll head to the central market to sample typical foods like “Costa Rica’s empanadas,” drinks, seasonal fruits, and browse souvenirs and medicinal plants.
For coffee enthusiasts, we’ll visit a coffee center to learn about the coffee-making process from seed to cup, with samples of various coffees available for tasting.
What's Included
- Snacks
- Fruits
- Guided tour
- Snacks
- Fruits
- Guided tour
What's Not Included
- Private transportation
- Tip
- Private transportation
- Tip
Additional Information
If you come to Costa Rica this activity will help you to understand better our culture and traditions, walking around the city and our popular food in the central market. During these 2.5 hours, You will have the opportunity to visit the most popular areas in the capital of Costa Rica such as museums, parks, and central market, with a local tour guide…
If you come to Costa Rica this activity will help you to understand better our culture and traditions, walking around the city and our popular food in the central market. During these 2.5 hours, You will have the opportunity to visit the most popular areas in the capital of Costa Rica such as museums, parks, and central market, with a local tour guide where you will have the opportunity to live as a local, visit the central market to get Costa Rican food such as “empanadas, tamal and seasonal fruits , and enjoy the great humble and crazy people we have there. once we finish ,we will go to see the coffee process and get samples and smell the variety we have!
Location
Plaza de la Cultura
Avenida Central
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(28 Ratings)
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Alicia_d
Apr 6, 2025
Tour of downtown San Jose - Highly recommend doing the tour to get the inside San Jose experience from a local who knows the city and the history and fun facts. We really enjoyed our tour and learned so much about the city and the people. Thank you Pablo!
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Blair_s
Mar 31, 2025
A Don't-Miss Tour in San Jose with Alejandro - Don't miss out on booking this one! Alejandro (Alex) was a great guide! Very friendly, knowledgable about the area and history and completely engaging throughout the tour. Answered all of our questions and helped us to learn about the history of San Jose and Costa Rica, the architecture, the roles of the banks and the church in developing the city as well as new plans. We throoughly enjoyed the time we spend with Alex!
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Dream308193
Mar 27, 2025
Fun and Fantastic San Jose City and Marketplace Tour with Pablo - We started at the National Theater and ate our way to and through Central Market! Delicioso! Stops along the way included an artisanal chocolate shop, and a fabulous coffee shop.
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Kelley
Mar 27, 2025
Wonderful tour and tour guide - Pablo was our guide and he was so informative and a lot of fun. He took us to great chocolate and coffee places where we tasted and learned about both. We then went to the Central Market and thank goodness we had Pablo to show us around or we would have been lost! He knew alot about all the different products for sale and we got to eat mango salsa and fresh juices, yummy stuff. I would highly recommend this tour and ask for Pablo
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Kelleyd_h
Mar 20, 2025
Great tour and great guide! - Pablo was a delightful guide. He took us to a wonderful coffee shop and chocolate shop. We went to the central market and Pablo took us around to many of the shops and talked about the culture and history of many of the products. We also tried the fresh fruit juices and mango salsa, delicious! Pablo was very informative, fun and funny. Highly recommend Pablo and this tour👍
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Nikhilvasa
Feb 25, 2025
Perfect Walking Tour of San Jose - Amaral was an incredible tour guide. Extremely knowledgeable about his city’s history, a mastery of English, great sense of humor, and a gifted story-teller. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with him and would highly recommend a tour with him as your guide!
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Samantha_c
Jan 23, 2025
Loved It! - I originally booked the "San Jose City & Central Market with Local Food" tour expecting to join a group, but it turned into a private tour with just me and the guide, Pablo. Pablo was incredibly patient, kind, and knowledgeable, making the experience both enjoyable and informative.
Walking through downtown San Jose with Pablo felt like exploring the city with a friend who shared meaningful insights about its history, culture, cuisine, and the pride of Costa Rica's people.
I highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in exploring the city on foot, taking in the sights, sampling delicious local food, and gaining a deeper understanding of San Jose’s rich history.
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Rachelst1837am
Jan 10, 2025
Everything you need in one tour! - I was in San José with a large group of 22 and we wanted to see the highlights of the city. This tour was excellent and let us see everything. We even stopped to get fresh fruit along the way. The tour guide was great at telling a story for everything and our group was interested the whole time. Definitely recommend this if you are just getting to San Jose and want to see the whole city. The central market is especially amazing!!
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Carriem898
Mar 11, 2025
Loved the tour, but solo traveler advice - I'm not sure how to rate this. The tour was great - but booking it through Trip Advisor didn't go well. The middle-person gave me the wrong start time and the interface only allows you to book for two people and I was traveling solo. I booked/paid for two people our of fear that I wouldn't be able to do the tour otherwise (I'd just had another tour operator cancel an excursion after no one else booked). On the tour I learned that others were able to book solo via the "Get Your Guide" site - though the price was slightly higher per person. The tour itself was fantastic. This was my fourth trip to Costa Rica and I wish I'd taken this tour on my first trip. I learned so much and have a much greater appreciation for San Jose.
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David60898
Mar 2, 2025
Guide never showed up - They never showed up. They did not answer calls or emails. Waisted afternoon. Very disappointed. Guess I now have to fight to get my $70 back.
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