San Jose VIP City Tour: Cultural Evening Experience

Experience the best of San Jose on this 5-hour evening bus tour. Enjoy a VIP city tour with guided walks to historic landmarks, dinner with local cuisine, and an authentic cultural experience.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Teatro Nacional Costa Rica - Lobby of Theater
  • Museo de Arte Costarricense - Gold Room at Museum, art gallery
  • Central Market (Mercado Central) - shopping and walking tour
  • Plaza de la Libertad Electoral - National Monument
  • VIP City Bus - Beautiful City tour, monuments, churches, parks, market
What's Included
  • Round trip transportation to your hotel
  • Local guide
  • All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
  • Professional art historian guide
  • Dinner included
  • Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
  • DVD (available to purchase)
  • beers
Additional Information

The evening excursion, lasting 5 hours, will commence with your hotel pickup. Our custom tour offers a panoramic perspective of San Jose, enriched with opulent amenities, exclusive VIP service, a bilingual guide, a dinner featuring regional dishes, assorted drinks, traditional costumes, and a genuine cultural immersion with folklore tunes. The VIP City…

Location
Teatro Nacional Costa Rica
Second Ave. and Fifth St.,
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
3.9
(83 Ratings)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Cooncasandra
Oct 31, 2024
Snapshot of San Jose - This was a nice taste of San Jose. It was raining off and on and dark so having the bus taking us from spot to spot was helpful. Our guide was knowledgeable and gave a nice history of the different stops. The dinner was good and a good way to end the tour. Wish we had time for more exploring, off to board a cruise.
Review provided by Viator
Pat
Oct 28, 2024
Great city experience - Smooth pick up and drop off. Excellent guide, very informative. Lots of little extra touches (guitar player on bus, etc)Dinner was lovely but too much food; couldn’t finish!).
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Laverne_h
Aug 30, 2024
Overall, a great tour! - RE VIP City Tour: This tour was great! Our tour guide and driver were very accommodating. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and courteous. I loved walking around the city and getting a feel for the culture and lifestyle in places like San Jose’s Central Market and downtown retail area. The highlight was the delicious meal at the end of the tour. I also liked that the tour was not too long but also not too short. Just the right length! RE Viator: I was traveling solo and the Viator booking website said there was a two person minimum. So I booked for two people just to get the reservation. On the tour, I learned that other solo travelers on the tour had not been required to pay for two tickets. I’m not sure how they booked their reservation. But I definitely didn’t like the double standard. If a direct booking with the touring company would have eliminated the 2-person minimum booking, Viator should place that on their website and instruct solo travelers to book directly with the touring company.
Review provided by Viator
David_r
Aug 13, 2024
Great tour guide - Great way to experience the city, no stress driving and amazing food. The Central Market was so cool wish we had more time there.
Review provided by Viator
Tiffany_w
Aug 10, 2024
Wonderful City Tour - This was an Awesome Tour and lots of information. My tour guide Hector was truly Amazing and excellent customer service!! I recommend this tour for anyone that want to know more about the history of Costa Rica!!
Review provided by Viator
Dream758961
Aug 4, 2024
Fun overview of San Jose! - Very organized and informative and fun! It was a great experience and overview of San Jose. Worth the time and the money! Dinner at a local restaurant was included and was delicious. Recommend!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Ruby_o
Nov 11, 2024
A Good Look at the City - Our guide was great, as was transportation. Because it was an evening tour, it was hard to see some things. The food was good, but the steak was a little tough.
Review provided by Viator
Dipanjan_c
Nov 10, 2024
Noce tour, some misleading info - Overall this was a good tour. The guide kept switching between Spanish and English very first without pauses, making it difficult to follow initially. The tour description says that it includes the entry fee to the national theatre, however they only take you to the lobby of the theatre, visiting which is free. Tickets are required only to go inside. So either they should change the description or refund the ticket amount for the national theatre ticket. The dinner was nice in a small restaurant.
Review provided by Viator
Marcie_w
Jul 6, 2024
Average Tour - It’s was nice seeing everything but it was unnecessarily rushed. The tour ended up being 3 hours and not 5 hours like it says in the ad. Hector was nice and very knowledgeable! The pick up from hotels was a long process. The live guitar playing & singing was a nice touch. The dinner was very very good!
Review provided by Viator
Paul_c
Oct 9, 2024
Poor value for money waste of time - This was a totally disappointing tour. Didn’t live up to the hype. Restaurant was dreadful, not the place any tourists or for that matters local would visit through choice.
Review provided by Viator
From $76
up to 15 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).