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
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Marcia_s
Mar 1, 2026
Pura Vida - Very informative, the tour guide Enrique spoke very good English he was very knowledgeable, the food was great and very filling I recommend this tour.
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Marcelbb5741lc
Jan 11, 2026
Value for money! - This was wonderful, the exposure to the capital was welcomed. The tour opened our eyes to San Jose and its elements. Value for your money!
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Loverexperiencinglif
Dec 26, 2025
This tour is a nice way to get to see the city up close - Nice way to see different perspectives (evening/nighttime) with a guide. Enjoyed the meal at the end. If you want to see more landmarks, possibly consider a day time tour. Appreciated that a bus was provided
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Mandi_k
Feb 25, 2026
Good experience - Loved that they customized pick up at smaller BnB’s. Double decker bus was a nice touch but not really needed in San Jose. Overall okay.
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Dalej171
Feb 18, 2026
It was our first time to downtown San Jose and glad we went. - Unfortunately due to San Jose traffic we were delayed over an hour to get started and required too much travel time in the bus. The driver and guide did a wonderful job making up for the delays
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Marilyngx980oz
Apr 18, 2026
Total Ripoff - Bus was Dirty and Hot No Live Music Show Just walked around outside of government buildings then went to Flea market as a group and could only shop in 1 store so we wouldn't get lost Nothing there for us to buy Dinner was ready when we arrived 8 of us so of course it was COLD. TOTAL RIPOFF
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Rob_h
Mar 13, 2026
Sights worthwhile but not enough time - Felt rushed as we experienced heavy traffic after being picked up at our hotel . Resulted in little time at stops. The art gallery and theatre and church were rushed visits and those places were locking doors shortly after arriving. Dinner was our final stop and there was a power outage which meant had dinner in a dark with no lights. We couldn’t see our food but for a few candles. It was unsafe and food was not really edible. The tour guide was really amazing though and I feel bad that he had to support such a subpar experience. I think this company should review their 3pm tour schedule to avoid this happening g to others.
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Ruthwy7557pb
Mar 5, 2026
Don't waste your money - A terrible tour and not worth the money. A drive around San Jose pointing out the land marks, then to an ex president's home to visit some artwork. Around San Jose again and stopped at a market. Sa several stalls I wished to purchase from but was told no, we needed to stay together as a group. Spent 20 minutes waiting for a group to buy food at a stall, then another 25 minutes to buy from the one stall the guide chose and being told you can't explore. The guide stayed in the store the whole time (it was if he was calculating his commission). No explanations of the wonderful produce on sale that is unique to the country, just taken to buy souvenir tack. Then taking to a cathedral whilst the sermon was on. Very disrespectful. Stood outside the cathedral for a speech about it but unable to really look and admire. Taken to dinner. They forgot my order. I was served 10 mins after everyone else had been served and when i received it the rice was not cooked and was inedible. Wasn't given a dessert. Taken to see a lobby of the theatre, not much to see and a plaza, again not much to see. Drove around the town and saw the sights 4 times. I really feel this could be much better organised and more consideration and thought given to the content. Such a shame as there are better things to see and do in the city.
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X7667lcandrewm
Dec 6, 2025
Disappointing - The only excuse might have been that there was a lot going on in the city that day but... The bus was slightly delayed, and yet we had hardly any time at all in the art gallery before it closed at 4pm. Then it seemed we drove around the same streets a few times before being taken on foot through a market, which was a complete waste of time. The cathedral was lovely, but so little time spent there and the lobby, not the auditorium, of the theatre. No other museum, just buildings from the bus. Very ordinary meal, with no chance to chat with the noise. Not worth the high price. AVOID!
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Geraldws612vc
Nov 2, 2025
Lack of communication ends in not-so-good results - Unfortunately, we were unable to take part of this experience. We booked our trip on Thursday afternoon for a Saturday 3pm tour; and immediately received confirmation of our booking. On Saturday morning, my wife and I went walking and exploring our local area. But we were diligent in knowing that our tour pick up was scheduled for 3pm from our hotel. As tourists, we are not obligated to stay in our hotel room nor do we have consistent WiFi/internet connection in places where we’re at. While waiting in the lobby at 2:45 (which is when we were initially told to be there); the front desk assistant alerted us that our guide arrived earlier (at 2pm) and said he would wait “another 15 minutes” before leaving. At this time, I was able to check my email and discovered that the tour company sent me an email stating that the pick up for our tour was changed from 3pm and the new pick up time would be at 2pm. How can this company send out a notification a couple of hours prior to pick up and expect that the tourist be available and/or receive this message? And if they did send a message to tourists, wouldn’t it be considerate to wait for a confirmation?? After seeing the email, we called the company and shared our disappointment. Not once did they offer an apology. When asked, “What should we do now?” The representative said, “You can take an uber and meet up with us on the tour….but at YOUR expense!” THE AUDACITY!! Before hanging up with the representative, I informed her that I would be calling my credit card company to reverse this tour charge, especially since it never occurred… nor was it our fault that the tour company changed our tour time without receiving confirmation from us.
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From $80
up to 15 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).