Half-Day San Jose Evening Bus Tour with Dinner and Pickup
3.8
69 Ratings
San Jose
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:
1 day
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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 Bus excursion encompasses narrated ambles at significant historic sites such as the Costa Rican Art Museum, National Theatre Lobby, National Monument, Central Market (for shopping) and Central Avenue. At each location, the sophisticated European-style Double Decker City Bus along with our crew will welcome you with a complimentary cocktail. This cultural odyssey spans over 25 attractions, includes transportation to and from hotels, and provides an authentic taste of the locale.
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
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
3.8
(69 Ratings)
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Jawauna_g
Apr 29, 2024
A nice intro to San Jose - What a great way to spend my 1st day in San Jose. The guides were kind, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic! We went out after a long flight and had a great time with tasty food!
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Jasmine_b
Mar 17, 2024
History and Culture - We enjoyed Maria tremendously! She taught us a lot about Costa Rica’s History and the food was great!
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Willesleyann_r
Dec 19, 2023
Was a nice experience - Was a nice bus trip but couldn’t go to museum due to parade. Dinner was good and they provided a fruit juice
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Aisha_h
Apr 28, 2024
Quick - It was rushed and minimal time to enjoy the locations visited. Dinner was good, it was great going to mass as well.
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Patti_b
Mar 3, 2024
A quick overview of a crazy city! - Maria was our guide and she was an absolute delight! We was so enthusiastic about showing off the city she was proud of. She was informative, knew the history of the city and hustled along from place to place. She was very impressive!
The not so great parts were the tour did not match the description of what would be offered. We spent more time sitting in traffic than actually seeing the sights. We only went into one museum and were rushed out. Were supposed to receive an alcoholic beverage with the tour and didn't.
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Kathy_s
Feb 1, 2024
Best part was learning... - Best part was learning about the history of Costa Rica. The Art museum and National monument were great. meal was just OK - they didn’t seem to be interested in sharing a meal with us… no greeting, explanation of what we were served, probably not the best restaurant to experience.
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Rejani_g
Jan 19, 2024
This trip was not value for money - We saw a few of the historical places and museums. But the dinner was not value for Money. They took us to a local restaurant
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Juancarlos_v
Mar 15, 2024
Disappointed - I don't recommend it to anyone, unless you want to waste your money and time.
The"tour" takes you to places with free admission like: Central market, National Theater( just the lobby) and the art museum.
The dinner... Is a " casado"( tipical rice and beans, plantain and a protein ) served in a place with a Chinese menu, it doesn't worth the experience.
When you pay almost $80.00 per person to enjoy a tour that satisfy your curiosity for a country you are visiting, you expect at least a better experience.
Go and enjoy San Jose by yourself and I assure you that you will have a better experience.
Mention apart to the staff, because they do their best, but even that, they do not have the right to have dinner with the group ( they stayed in the bus, while we have the dinner).
Unfortunately I wasted my money and time!
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Anil_m
Mar 11, 2024
Terrible guide - This trip was not worth the money inpaid. The guide was not very informative and more over not very pleasant attitude. Through out the trip she was more telling about her life story and the bad experiences she had to face when she was in US and the sufferings of her people from the colonization. Past is past. Me and my family were very unhappy. The food was also not very good.
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Sahra_a
Nov 9, 2023
Would not recommend. - I would not recommend this tour. We barely had time to go to the museum (only 10 mins of free time which is not enough), couldn't visit the church (there was a service), the market was only souvenir shops that were all similar (the photos online showed fruits markets instead), and we were not able to enter the theater. This tour is quite expensive, and not worth it.
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