Free tours a San José

Very nice experience exploring San Jose, discovering sides of the city that you could not see if walking around by yourself. Totally recommend :)

Entertaining and very informative tour that made me wish I had more days to explore San José!

The tour was great. Our guide had much to share about San José history, trivia and interesting details about how Costa Ricans developed a sense of identity and unit as a nation. This is not a free walking tour, though. I joined this tour to get to know the City Striders’ work and buy other tours with them during my stay in San José and was not prepared to give a big tip for this (supposedly) free walking tour. At the end of the tour, when the guide was collecting tips, I separated the money I could give to this first tour, and the guide complained about the fact it was not much, and put some pressure to receive more money for the tip-based free walking tour. I emptied my wallet and felt it was not a very Pura Vida way of finishing the tour. This unfortunately made me refrain from booking paid tours with them, which was a shame. It’s a great tour, but be prepared to pay 15-20usd per person, in case you don’t want to be as pressured at the end of your walk through San José and spoil a bit of the Pura Vida Costa Rican experience.

Truly outstanding walking tour with Jules! We learned a lot about life, history and culture in Costa Rica and visited places which we would have never discovered on our own. Jules kindness and hospitality is unbelievable. He was raised in the US and his English is flawless. If it is your first time in Costa Rica come and join the tour, you won't regret it!

Excellent tour, Jules is a great host and really nice guy, the group were great, had a great afternoon! Would recommend 5/5 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Jules delivered perhaps the best free walking tour we have ever attended across the world. He made it engaging and interesting with lots of amazing facts about the country and its capital. Plus the extra bonuses - providing fruit, snacks and drinks was a delightful bonus! A great last day in San Jose !

Jules ist ein sehr netter Mensch, der kompetent und unterhaltsam uns viele Informationen gegeben hat. Dabei haben wir auch viel über Land und Leute erfahren, was wir sonst in keinem Reiseführer gefunden hätten. Er hat nicht auf die Uhr geschaut und wir waren länger unterwegs als geplant. Jules ist unbedingt zu empfehlen! Vielen Dank!

David was an excellent guide! He gave us an amazing tour and insight to San José and Costa Rican history which helped us connect the dots. He answered all of our curiosities and was good-humored. The right level of information so we could learn and also absorb the info too. It was much much better than even expected. Tip him well!!

Muchas gracias por la información y la experiencia, conocimos más del bello Costa Rica; gracias Amaral por todo Pura Vida, Saludos de tus amigos de 🇲🇽🇨🇷

Excellent tour with of lots of interesting and helpful information. David related well to all of our group. Nice guy who I would highly recommend.

Excellent tour with a very knowledgeable and engaging guide! Highly recommend it!

David bravissima guida. Simpatica e intrattenente e anche molto interessante e preparata

There weren’t enough participants to conduct the English tour.

El tour fué estupendo. Una clase de historia e idiosincracia para entender a San Jose y los josefinos. David fue muy puntual, entretenido y con un buen sentido del humor. Me ha sorprendido mucho y lo recomiendo 100%.

Todo perfecto! Jules ha sido Super!

Knowledgable and gave us a great overview of the city and Costa Rica in general. Showed us some hidden gems and made exploring the city fun and easy

I’ve been to 10 different free walking tours and this one was the most fun! Carlos took us around San Jose and let us try ice cream and chocolate. We learned about the history, ecology, economy, geopolitics, and everything in between. The tour didn’t involve a ton of walking and there were numerous opportunities to sit down if needed. I left gaining a new appreciation for San Jose!

Randall, gracias por todo. Eres un crack!!

Estuvo muy interesante y dinámico. Se nos fue volando el tiempo. Randall nos guió a los lugares más característicos de San José y nos contó anécdotas que venían al caso y que nos dieron un panorama comprensivo de la cultura, política e historia del país. Vale la pena.

Jules made the five hour experience informative and extremely pleasant. Besides the interesting sites and knowledge he presented, he personalized the tour with a picnic and stop for smoothies and coconut. It was a very special tour which I recommend.

It was a great tour to explore San Jose and learn a lot about the history of Costa Rica. We got to try out different food and a coconut or smoothie. Jules was an amazing guide, who knew a lot and how to present it. We were only 8 people in the group which helped to stay focused and hear everything Jules explained.

HET WAS EEN ZEER LEER RIJKE TOER MET GESCHIEDENIS EN LEUKE PLEKKEN WAAR WE ANDERS NIET KOMEN

This was a great intro to Costa Rica on my first morning in the country. While visiting the sites, I learned some interesting history, fun facts, and useful tips that I shared with the rest of my traveling companions, who arrived later, throughout our trip. Since it rained on and off, Jules made minor adjustments to keep us sheltered during the worst of it, and also provided local treats for info and our well-being/energy level. Even after the tour, Jules took the group back to one of the places he recommended for lunch.

Jules is an amazing guide :) very knowledgeable and well prepared. San Jose opened for us from a new perspective thanks to Jules. The tour is 10/10, totally recommend when in town 😎👌🏼

Amara was extremely personable and very knowledgeable. We learned so much about the history of San Jose and enjoyed seeing all the sites we were shown. I would strongly recommend the tour! We had a wonderful time!