Free walking tours in San José

Surprised! I travel around the world and have done Free Walking Tours very, very often. This one easily makes it on my podium! Very knowledgeable, plenty of fun facts, super nice itinerary, very natural -it was like walking with a friend-. He has everything I could wish for and more. He even brought refreshments! Jules, thank you so much for your amazing tour and more importantly for your kindness!

El tour fue excepcional, muy interesante, entretenido, súper estructurado, nos sorprendió que llevara hasta paraguas para la lluvia. Realmente uno de los mejores walking tours que he tomado.

It was fun and interesting, a super good guide, his nickname Amar a big man not too young with an orange sombrero

Jules was an absolute blast to hang out with. He was accommodating to the group and had so many fun facts to share. I have been living in San Jose for almost a year and it was wonderful to have some of my questions answers as well as have a deeper understanding of the Costa Rican culture and history.

Fantastic morning on this walking tour with our guide Jules. We visited numerous beautiful historical locations as well as galleries, parks, and a local fruit shop. Our guide gave us free delicious refreshments and snacks. Jules is a personable, friendly and charismatic guy who genuinely enjoys meeting his guests and takes pride in providing an informative and entertaining tour. My partner and I learnt a great deal about Costa Rican history and now have a list of activities and things to do for the rest of our time in San Jose. Definitely recommend, thanks Jules! Tam & Amy

War eine wirklich tolle Tour. Mein erster Eindruck von San José war nicht der Beste, die Tour war allerdings Spitze und hat mir eine komplett andere Seite von der Stadt gezeigt. Die Tour war super aufgebaut mit spannenden Infos, Zeit zwischendurch mal eine Pause zu machen und die Atmosphäre war auch toll. Man merkt dass Jules viel Herzblut in die Tour steckt und allen ein tolles Erlebnis bieten möchte. Eine der besten Walking Tours die ich je mitgemacht habe. Vielen Dank und weiter so :)

Excelente tour. Amaral es un guía fantástico. En 4 horas de tour, lleno de historia, experiencias personales y gastronomía, Amaral nos dejó encantados con San José y la vibra Pura Vida de Costa Rica. Súper recomendado.

Jules is undoubtedly a great guide. I enjoyed a lot his tour, not a moment I was bored. All of the topics he covered were very interesting, I can hardly believe how much I have easily learnt in three hours. I was the only one in the tour for today but he was still very professional, did not attempt to shorten the tour and explained everything to me patiently as if there's a big group, he also took me a lot of good pics. And I appreciated it and liked it a lot he brought me to a local place and invited me a coconut juice and some local snacks, he also prepared some fruits and dessert for picnic at a well chosen location. All in all, Jule is highly rated on Guru walk not for no reason, I truly respect his passion as a tour guide while actively learning from his customers from all around the globe. Don't miss his tour even if you have only one day in San Jose, I would highly recommend his tour to anyone. It is a well planned route that covers a little bit of everything about Costa Rica, and lots of fun facts that made it difficult to forget. I have a lot of takeaways from this tour, thank you Jules.

Envié a una visita del extranjero y llegó muy satisfecho con la profesionalidad, amabilidad y conocimientos del guía.

Nossa experiência com André foi maravilhosa! Um guia muito atento, cordial e solícito. Nos mostrou pontos especiais e detalhadados de San José, nos brindando com várias dicas e sugestões de passeios. Recomendo 100%!

Jules is an absolute phenom. Best walking tour I have had thus far.

Oh, muy bueno! El guía muy amable y muy bien informado. Nos hizo conocer como mil lugares en una sola tarde. Excelente!

A very sweet young lady. It was her first time.She did great!

Encantado de tener a una guía como Carolina, jovial, amena, con disposición y preparada, un gusto coincidir y compartir la caminata en el centro de San José, Costa Rica

Jules is a great guide! He loves his tourists and made them experience real costarican pura vida. Definitely go with Jules!!! From the bottom of my heart!

Amazing! Highly recommend:)

Jules was the best! Gave us an amazing, informative tour of the city. Revealed lots of hidden gems to us and our group. What a guy!!

Ama un genio, sabe todo sobre Costa Rica. Respondió preguntas. Hablo sobre la cultura y la historia. Nos dio cosas para degustar. Recorrimos todos los lugares de interés. Super recomendable!

El tour nos gustó mucho e hizo que viesesmos San José de diferente forma. Amaral, además de contar cosas super interesantes, lo hace con humor y detalles lo que mejora la experiencia. Lo recomiendo 100%

I was the only one on the tour so I had a private guide! Jules provided so much info and we saw so many different areas around downtown. Throw in the smoothie and the picnic in the park - it was a fabulous afternoon!

It is fantastic, I really loved the tour. Amaral knows a lot about the city, even details we would never think about.

Divertido y ameno tour guiado por Randall, una persona noble y con un corazón enorme. Súper recomendable. Pura vida mae!!

Jules is an amazing guru! He is extremely knowledgeable and tried really hard to make everyone to try and appreciate small pleasures only locals know. Wonderful also to prepare and serve Costa Rican snacks all along the tour. Thank you Jules for this awesome tour!

Buen conocimiento del guía Amaral acerca de la historia de San José y sus alrededores. Divertido y ameno el tour.

Let’s be honest, there are not too many interesting sites to visit in the center of San José , but Jules pulled off a very interesting and entertaining, 3+ hour tour. He came prepared with lots of materials and resources to provide context on the Costa Rican history and he treated us to a variety of local fruit. We visited some “unusual” places like going inside a hotel, restaurant/ art gallery, and an old brewery turned cultural center that I would not have walked in on my own. Can definitely recommend this tour. Jules is a very passionate and knowledgeable guide.