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Explore San Jose on Foot: Food Delights and Sights Tour
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3 Hours
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Offered in: English
Overview
Learn about local life in San Jose through its architecture, history and food. This 3-hour walking tour shows you the typical lifestyle of the capital as you stroll through the streets with a knowledgeable local guide. Get to know the city through its markets and coffee history, ending at Mercado Central (Central Market) where you’ll taste an ice cream and sample some tasty food. Numbers are limited to 12 people, ensuring an intimate experience with a small group.
What's Included
- Enjoy artisan ice cream
- Take a hands-on lesson on exotic plants, fruits, vegetables
- Discover colourful markets: Mercado El Registro and Central Market
- See a side of San Jose known only by locals with a Local English speaking guide
- Get tips on what else to see, do and eat during your stay
- Savor several tasty seasonal samplings and sample local drink (Fresco)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Additional food and drinks
Meeting And Pickup
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Mercado Central
Start time
08:30 AM
What To Expect
Explore the capital city in this 3hrs walking tour, hitting the main highlights and listening the connecting stories between contemporary San José, its past, and what it means for local people. We will meet in front of the National Theatre, one of the most beautiful buildings in Costa Rica with great importance to the cultural and historical aspect of the country.
10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
We will continue this walking tour and we will pass by Plaza del la Culture, architecturally unremarkable concrete plaza in the heart of downtown that is usually packed with locals slurping ice-cream cones and admiring the wide gamut of San José Street life.
• Admission Ticket Free
Our morning walking tour pass by Museo del Oro, that is located in a subterranean building underneath the "Plaza de la Cultura" and is owned and curated by the Banco Central de Costa Rica. Here you will hear the touries about the Costa Rican history and why gold was considered a symbol of authority.
• Admission Ticket Free
We will pass by the Steinvorth Building that is considered one of the main architectural jewels of the Costa Rican capital, where the European aesthetic current of that time is combined with the nascent architectural modernity that prevailed in the cities of North America. It is considered an architectural heritage of the country since 1999. Here you will have a chance to sip a coffee or a beer.
• Admission Ticket Free
Tours will have the personal stamp of every one of our passionate local guides. We will continue our walk by the downtown boulevards, passing by the Central Park.
• Admission Ticket Free
Visit of the Cathedral just can`t be missed.
20 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
From here, we’ll take a stroll through the vibrant market Mercado El Registro, tasting local fresh fruits while learning about the agricultural history of the area. We’ll visit a number of stands, from a coffee stand to learn the Costa Rican chorreado brewing method to a local folk medicine stand where we’ll learn about curing everything from a hangover to a broken heart.
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Central Market (Mercado Central)
Your San Jose market tour continues along local roads towards the Central Market. Seeing the diverse sites of these markets will help you get to know the country and its rich history and, on this tour, you’ll be another sense – taste – to get more in tune with San Jose. At the end of the tour you will be treated with the tasty artisanal ice cream.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This is a child friendly Tour.
- This Tour can accommodate vegetarians and other dietary restrictions. Please notify us in advance if you have any dietary requests.
- Small Group or private option available.
Operated by Intrepid Urban Adventures - Latin America
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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