San Jose: Bites and Sights Walking Food Tour including Markets

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Unmask the beauty and culture of contemporary Costa Rican life on this San Jose walking tour. You'll get up close and personal, through local food, history, culture even the herbal remedies of folk medicine. Enjoy exotic, fruits, in the Borbon Market. We’ll take a stroll through the vibrant Central Market, tasting local ice cream, this ice cream shop is over 100 years old. Seeing diverse sites the Cathedral, National Theater, the beautiful Central and Morazan parks will help you get to know the country and its rich history and from this experience, you'll have another sense taste to get more in tune with San Jose. For the end visit Mr. Sloth Coffee Shop where you will find gourmet coffees and chocolates, in this special place tasting and learn to prepare Cafe Chorreado, enjoy coffee tasting, tradicional caldosa, tamal cooked by local families and wrapped in a banana leaf, make your own plantain empanadas with cheese, try our famous Agua de Sapo make with ginger, sugar cane and lemon.

Thông tin khác

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Safety Tips, San Jose is a big city like any other, it is a preventive measure to dont wear flashy jewelry.

Dont eat before the tour.

The groups are 12 people with a guide.

We can accommodate vegetarians and other dietary restrictions. Please notify us in advance if you have any dietary requests.

Chính sách hủy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Bao gồm

Enjoy local ice cream at the Central Market from a shop over 100 years old.

Savor Costa Rican-style tamales, wrapped in banana leaves, crafted by local families

Indulge the traditional Caldosa corn chips, Green banana or pejibaye

Try fresh, seasonal fruits at the Borbón Market.

The tour is capped at 12 people for a personalized small-group experience.

Plantain empanadas classes with artisanal chocolate are delicious and unique treat

Learn to prepare Café Chorreado with award-winning vandola coffee, and Agua de Sapo infused .

Transportation: if you need to quote transportation service, write to us.

Alcoholic Beverages

Cần Quan Tâm

We begin at the Monumento de los Presentes, where we'll introduce the tour by discussing how the city and its culture have endured through many changes. The monument itself personifies the typical inhabitants of the city, who are at risk of disappearing due to modernization. These figures stand firm, serious, and represent a silent rebellion against the sweeping changes around them, symbolizing resilience and the preservation of identity in the face of transformation.

10 minutes • Không Có Vé

Correos de Costa Rica

This is the best to understand, why is hard to find an address on here.

10 minutes • Không Có Vé

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Bites and Sights - Walking Food Tour in San Jose Small Group or Private

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Worth doing but a bit rushed
Simon H,
14 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Viator
3.00
It’s relatively cheap so we didn’t expect much, so overall is was worth the money. A good initial orientation to San Jose and the guide was good. But it felt rushed the whole time and it seemed their main objective was to get us to the Mr Sloth Coffee Shop at the end. The tour of the markets was interesting but again felt rushed. Overall worth doing for the money, but don’t expect too much.
Fun
Karina R,
12 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Viator
5.00
We enjoyed the tour and got to try several things I wouldn't have tried on out own. Andrea was a wonderful tour guide. She was very knowledgeable.
A very knowledgeable and...
Atila N,
11 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Viator
5.00
A very knowledgeable and nice host, I love food markets so if you do too this experience is for you. Great food.
Extremely pleased.
T5395FAlt,
10 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor
4.00
Easy to find, fee was very fair for all we received. Three hours was perfect. The guides were very nice and friendly. Very knowledgeable and didn't make us feel rushed.
Felt like a local, age like a king (sort of)
ryanhS1304PY,
9 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor
4.00
This is honestly the perfect way to explore San Jose! Our guide Oscar was extremely knowledgable, friendly and had a brilliant way of story telling. He took us though the market to try some fruits and ice cream then bought us to a cafe where we had coffee, tamales and made empanadas. Everything was super well organised and with Oscar as our guide we felt like locals. The only downside was the pork in our vegetarian tamale which wasn’t our guides fault but was disappointing as we specifically requested a veg option.
San Jose Bites and sights walking food tour
Lucia W,
7 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Viator
4.00
It was nice to visit a few places that we might not have found on our own. The guide was so knowledgeable about Costa Rican history. Trying different fruits that we might never have experienced on our own was a nice touch.
Not really a food tour
Chelsea G,
7 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Viator
3.00
I’ve been on a lot of food tours in a lot of countries, and I would not describe this as a food tour. This was an educational walking tour that lasted three hours, and has three stops. The first will take you through the market, you will not sample things at any of the stalls, but you will be taken to a separate area with a tasting room where you will try a few bites of various fruits. There were nine of us and we shared two guavas for example, just to give a perspective on how much food to expect. There were about six or seven bites of fruit total and that was the stop the first hour. You’ll go to another market and walk around for an hour where eventually you will get one spoonful of ice cream. It’s delicious, but definitely not quantity. You’ll walk through the streets looking at churches and old buildings and hearing about the history of San Jose and eventually get to your last stop. There’s a taco with a plantain filling, a tamale with a piece of pork, and a plantain empanada. You’ll also get frog juice (a ginger lemon drink) and coffee at the last stop. I think as a tour, this is fine, but if you go into it expecting to try many things or have more than a few bites, you will be disappointed.
Very informative about...
Thomas K,
6 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Viator
5.00
Very informative about local history. The guide was excellent. The Central Market was the best for me and the ice cream was amazing.
Bites and Sites - Must do tour
Trip450245,
6 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor
5.00
Oscar, our guide, was just lovely. Knowledgeable, attentive and excellent english. The group was 10, a perfect number. This is a fabulous introduction to San jose and Costa Rica. Highly recommend.
Excellent Service and time
lenreyab,
1 thg 11, 2025
- Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor
5.00
Oscar was an exclusive guide. Animated, informative and knowledgeable. He took the thing to explain things on English and though we almost ran out of time he fixed us back to where we could walk to markets after. This is a great your and company. If you go on this tour be sure to bring water and comfortable footwear. Thank you for a great time.