San Jose City Tour and Central Market with Local Food

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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

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Highlights

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…

What's Included

Snacks
Fruits
Guided tour

What's Not Included

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…

Location

Plaza de la Cultura

Avenida Central

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Sarah_b

Aug 29, 2024

Great Tour! - Steve was great! Learned a lot about Costa Rica and its history. Highly recommend for an educational way to travel around the city.

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Global674747

Aug 8, 2024

Excellent service - Excellent attention by Guide Esteban and support during the tour... 😊 They took us to the theater, the museum, we walked through the streets of downtown and craft market. We tasted local fruit and ended up eating some delicious empanadas

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W6991pktracyp

Aug 1, 2024

Fantastic San Jose Walking Tour - Communication with Steve Tours was fantastic! They texted the night before to answer any questions that we had and when I mentioned where we would be driving from, they adjusted the start time of the tour knowing that traffic would be very busy early in the morning. We met Steve at the Plaza de la Cultura to begin our San Jose walking tour. He was immediately friendly and explained what we would be doing. Steve was very knowledgeable about Costa Rica and all of the places we visited. When it began raining hard, he found us a place to get umbrellas and we spent extra time visiting the Nacional De Costa Rica until the rain stopped. We learned so much about Costa Rica and we also loved walking through the butterfly garden. Once the rain stopped, we made our way to a fruit stand where we were able to sample some local fruit! We then made our way to the Central Market. Steve shared some history with us and even showed us the best place to purchase souvenirs and the best coffee!!! I would highly recommend Steve Tours! We felt so fortunate to have Steve as our guide! Thank you Steve Tours! Pura Vida!!! 🇨🇷❤️🇨🇷 We look forward to next time!

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Karla_m

Jul 29, 2024

Morning walking tour!! - Steve was very knowledgeable about the city, he was told us about the history of the city and Costa Rica as a country, we taste dragon fruit and drink some coconut water that was very refreshing. I bought all of my souvenir from the local market (save lots of money compared with airport or hotel stores). The tour itself only 2 and half hours but he packed it with history, sightseeing as well as fruit and coffee tasting! I recommended this to all of my friends

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Josh

Jul 28, 2024

Great experience. Learned a lot!! - Steve had great knowledge of not only San Jose but Costa Rica! Great experience with walking around the central city area with shopping and eating different foods.

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Tara_l

Jul 28, 2024

Amazing Tour - This was an amazing tour ! I highly recommended we were a family of 3 traveling from the United States. We felt safe with the guide he showed us many sights in San Jose ! We had great fruits, empanadas and coffee. He was very friendly and informative. This is a must do in San Jose !!! Don’t miss it ! Thank You for an amazing time in the city.

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Convenientestates

Jul 24, 2024

Amazing Private Tour - Steve is an awesome tour guide. We learned a lot about the history of Costa Rica and walked the city. This was a good introduction to learning about Costa Rica and the rich diversity.

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Explorer45122611001

Jul 22, 2024

Perfect family visit - Superb city tour and discovery of local dishes. Perfect for our family, the ride was well done and allowed us to have a nice overview of the highlights of the city in a relaxed atmosphere.

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Faraway00575191846

Jul 14, 2024

Great introduction to the city and Costa Rica - This was a lovely tour for seeing more of San Jose, hearing about the culture and experiencing the local food and drink! Steve was friendly, knowledgeable and more than happy to help make sure you have the best experience in Costa Rica.

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Y8449klisabelled

Jul 15, 2024

Disappointment - I am very sad to have paid for this activity. The Young Guide had no experience and was on her first guided tour. Little information and only on request from me. She had trouble guiding the group to the Point of Sale. Make sure you have an Experience Guide. I'm very disappointed.

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From $40

up to 15 guests

1 Adult