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Total San Jose Tour: Bites and Sights Including Columbian Gold Museum Visit


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Visiting San Jose?s markets with a guide turns an everyday scene into a rich cultural experience as your guide tells you the stories behind the markets? offerings and takes the guesswork out of deciding what?s worth a try. After visiting top San Jose markets, head to the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum to take a look at the city?s early history.

Highlights

  • San Jose market and city tour with Pre-Columbian Gold Museum
  • Visit top markets to learn about local culture through food
  • Lots of food and coffee tastings included, plus museum entrance
  • A good way for first-time visitors to learn about San Jose history and culture

What You Can Expect

Make the most of your day in San Jose! This tour takes our usual?Bites & Sights Tour?and combines it with a trip to a pre-Columbian Gold Museum for the ultimate Costa Rican cultural experience.

Get your cameras ready because you don?t want to miss a single moment of this colorful local experience. On this San Jose tour, you?ll get up close and personal with Costa Rican life, through local food, history and even the herbal remedies of folk medicine. Enjoy a hands-on lesson on exotic plants, fruits, vegetables and the smoothies they can create in the midst of the vibrant city markets. Nothing could get you closer to authentic San Jose than strolling through the streets with a local as they show you the ins and outs of daily life. Take a wander through the city with us on this tour that takes typical San Jose and turns it into a local experience you?ll never forget.

Your San Jose tour starts with a morning pick-me-up cup of coffee in a caf? located in the Borbons market, where you?ll get to know your guide and relax into your surroundings. From here, we?ll take a stroll through the vibrant market, tasting local fresh fruits while learning about the agricultural history of the area. We?ll visit a number of stands, from a coffee stand where we?ll 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.

Your tour continues along local roads towards the Central Market. There?s no better place to experience local cuisine than the Central Market, a 120-year old building full to the brim with typical Costa Rican food and drink. Here you can sample local delicacies, learn about the herbs used in local medicines, or simply sip on more Costa Rican coffee. The Central Market is an experience that no visitor the San Jose should miss, and with a local guide by your side, you?ll unearth all the secrets behind this San Jose treasure.

We?ll refuel from all that exploring with a lunch stop at one of the most historic coffee shops in San Jose.

After lunch, we?ll visit a museum that?s home to some 1,600 pieces of gold artifacts, dating back to 500 CE. In Costa Rican history, gold was considered a symbol of authority, and the items in the museum display the craftsmanship of the pre-Columbian period.

By the end of your tour, you?ll be full of local knowledge, from food to culture ? but if you want to see, do and eat more, be sure to ask your local guide for more tips on things to do in San Jose.

Inclusions

Local English-speaking guide

Food and drink samples

Lunch

Entrance fees

Exclusions

Additional food and drinks

Souvenirs and personal shopping

Tips/gratuities for your guide

Additional info

  • Confirmation will be received at the time of booking

This is a child-friendly tour. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 inclusively are permitted on this tour at the rate listed above. Please select ?child? above when booking. Children under the age of 6 are permitted to join this tour free of charge. Please inform us at the time of booking if you?ll be bringing a child under the age of 6.

This tour can be customized to cater to dietary restrictions. Please notify us in advance if you have any dietary needs.

For your Urban Adventure, you will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people.

Ticket info

You can present either a paper or mobile ticket for this activity.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

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Departure point

Central Market

Departure time

8.30 AM

Duration

5 hours (approx.)

Return details

National Theatre.

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