Booking fee
The booking fee includes the costs of booking your tickets such as charges for payment processing. It also covers the provision of our customer care center for processing your order, and all charges imposed by our suppliers.
* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
This 5-hour evening tour will begin with pick you up at your hotel, our personalized city tour provides a bird’s eye view of San Jose enhanced with luxury, VIP customer service, bilingual tour guide, dinner local cuisine, beverages, folkloric attire, and an authentic cultural experience with folcloric music. The VIP City Bus tour includes guided city walks in important historic landmarks like Costa Rican Art Museum, Lobby National theater, National Monument, Central Market (shopping) and Central Avenue; where the European-style Double Decker City Bus and staff will greet you with a welcome cocktail. This cultural journey includes more than 25 landmarks, hotel pick-ups and drop-offs, come and enjoy a real local experience.
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Round trip Transportation to your hotel
Local guide
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Professional art historian guide
Dinner
Live commentary on board
DVD (available to purchase)
beers
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
Every Hotels around San José Costa Rica
Teatro Nacional Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica Lobby of Theater 20 minutes
Museo de Arte Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica Gold Room at Museum, art gallery 25 minutes
Central Market (Mercado Central), San Jose, Costa Rica shopping and walking tour 25 minutes
Plaza de la Libertad Electoral, San Jose, Costa Rica National Monument 20 minutes
VIP City Bus, San Jose, Costa Rica Beautiful City tour, monuments, churches, parks, market 240 minutes
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
On Sundays Central Market is close, we visit Handcraft market of San Jose Downtown
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
KathrynG
10 Feb 2025
This was a nice overview of the city and to show what a lively interesting place it is. The brief visits inside each place helped me plan the rest of our visits to return to
Kathy_P
30 Jan 2025
David, the guide was excellent. Art museum was wonderful, particularly the garden. Good restaurant for local food
Yatika_K
25 Jan 2025
Good overview if you are short on time and have a Birds Eye view of San Jose in few hrs. Nice to sit on the upper deck of the double decker bus
This tour in
Costa Rica
is organized by
Vip City Bus (City tour)
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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