Malo is an excellent tour guide! - The tour ended up being just me and Malo, but that was no problem at all! Malo is extremely personable and very knowledgeable about the city of San Jose. We stopped by numerous interesting locations and had a great dinner. I'd love to take a tour with him again!

Absolute Must-Do - Emil was amazing! Tour ended up being just me and it was really special. This young man is an encyclopedia of information! Highly recommend and the best tour in San Jose!

Had a great time on this tour! - Emil is a fantastic guide! The tour almost got cancelled due to weather and others ended up cancelling or rescheduling, but I joined and Emil ended up giving me a private tour. We toured mostly east from the meet point to Barrio Escalante, which is well worth the walk! A beautiful area with good restaurants serving excellent food. My big thanks goes to Emil. Wise beyond his years, he is extremely knowledgeable and is perfectly fluent in English. I learnt a lot of Costa Rican history from him. He is a clear communicator, friendly and positive.

Fantastic informative tour with interesting and enthusiastic guide and great food - Really informative tour about the city we're walking through and about the history of Costa Rica. Malo was extremely interesting and enthusiastic and we had a fantastic tour. Was perfect amount of walking for children aged 14, 12 and 10 and the food at the end was delicious. Thank you so much. Would highly recommend.

Great Tour - A great arts&culture-focussed tour of central San José and of the established and up- and coming art districts. Our guide Paula was lovely and provided us excellent background information to the sights seen.

A full tour. Be prepared to walk - Emil was very knowledgeable and personable. We learned about Costa Rica history, visited shops, a bakery, and tasted a variety of delicious food. Highly recommend Emil for your tour guide.

Defiantly don’t miss - Emile did a great job showing the highlights of San Jose and explaining their significance to the city and Costa Rico. The food options were great!

Walking your with vein - Interesting tour, it caught my attention that the guide did not have a badge or uniform to identify him. Good knowledge of the route and history, only at the end if a dark and difficult direction can be walked. Dinner was limited to 2 courses instead of three and they moved us to a table at the back of the place. It has possibilities to improve.

Ann enjoyable experience. - Lovely introduction to San Jose and to Costa Rica. It was nice to visit bars and restaurants frequented by locals. Loved seeing the neighborhood park wioth nightlife.

Lack of communication from the tour operator - This is the first time I have given a tour I booked with Viator anything other than a 4 or 5 star rating. And, to be sure, a big part of this is my fault, not the tour operator, but their lack of communication is what caused me to give the low rating. We were due to meet at 4:00 in San Jose and it was 100% my own fault for not allowing plenty of time to get to the meeting point. My Uber app showed that I could get an Uber in 10 minutes and it would take 1 hour to get there so that was what I went with and had that been accurate we would have arrived on time and probably had a great time. But it took the Uber 20 minutes to pick up us up and 1 hour and 20 minutes to get to the meeting point (traffic was terrible) -- making us 30 minutes later for the tour. So, our fault, not the operators. I read in several reviews that these tours often ended up just being private and not groups, so I thought there was a chance that we might be the only guests and if so that the guide might be willing to wait for us and start late. Or maybe that we could "catch-up" with the group. So we got in the Uber, at that time thinking we'd only be 10-15 minutes late, and I immediately started reaching out to the Tour Operator. I sent messages with no response. Still to this day, no response. I called the number that was provided for the Tour Company and got a recording with different options, I called back multiple times during the 1+ hour Uber ride and tried all the options and could never get a person or leave a message. This is why I rated so low. In my opinion, I should have been provided direct contact information for our guide after I made the booking. Had I been able to reach that person (or anyone with the company!), they could have confirmed if we could have started late or caught up with the group. Or let us know that neither of those things were an option and we wouldn't have wasted nearly 2.5 hours in an Uber going to and from the meeting point.