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"Vibrant hues and fresh flavors converge at the bustling Borbon Fruit Market, where nature's bounty awaits to tantalize the senses. #MarketMoments #FreshFinds"
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Bites and Sights: Walking Food Tour in San Jose
Bites and Sights - Walking Food Tour in San Jose Small Group
Bites and Sights - Walking Food Tour in San Jose Small Group

Bites and Sights: Walking Food Tour in San Jose

By San Jose Urban Tours
4.9 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is £27 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

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 a hands on lesson on exotic plants, fruits, vegetables in the Borbon Market. We’ll take a stroll through the vibrant Central Market, tasting empanada with cheese and beans. Seeing diverse sites like the Cathedral, National Theatre, and the beautiful 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 produced by women, in this special place tasting and learn to prepare Cafe Chorreado, enjoy a tamal cooked by local families and wrapped in a banana leaf, learn how to make plantain empanadas with cheese, try our famous Agua de Sapo make with sugar cañe and lemon.

Activity location

  • Central Market (Mercado Central)
    • Entre Calle 8 Y Avenida 1, Entrada Noroeste Mercado Central,
    • San Jose, Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Los Presentes
    • Calle 4
    • San José, San José, Costa Rica

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Bites and Sights - Walking Food Tour in San Jose Small Group or Private
  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m3h 30m
  • English
Price details
£26.91 x 1 Adult£26.91
Total
Price is £26.91

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedIn the Borbon Market you can try the seasonal fruits.
  • What's includedWhat's includedMake Tortillas and learn how to make mature plantain empanadas with cheese
  • What's includedWhat's includedA tamale, Costa Rica Style, cooked by local families and wrapped in a banana leaf
  • What's includedWhat's includedTasting and learn to prepare Cafe Chorreado.Try our famous Agua de Sapo, with sugar cañe and lemon.
  • What's includedWhat's includedTry in the Central Market the traditional caldosa.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPrivate transport
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAlcoholic Drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge

Know before you book

  • Public transport 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 jewellery.
  • 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.
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Central Market (Mercado Central)
  • 1h
The San Jose Central Market is an important cultural site in Costa Rica as it is one of the oldest and most representative places of San Jose, the capital city of the country. The market opened in 1880, making it one of the oldest landmarks in Costa Rica as the country declared independence in 1821.
Mercado Borbón
  • 45m
The Mercado Borbón is a true sensory experience of sights and smells, and you might catch the daily hand-truck race among the workers. The focus is on produce, though it sells a bit of everything
Correos de Costa Rica
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
This is the best to understand, why is hard to find an address on here.
Metropolitan Church (Catedral Metropolitana)
  • 10m
The Metropolitan Cathedral is the main church in San Jose Costa Rica. This Catholic cathedral stands superbly with neoclassical posture overlooking Central Park and the crowded streets and avenues of the capital city.
Teatro Nacional Costa Rica
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Is include a visit to the entrance hall of Costa Rica’s National Theatre. In the heart of San Jose, the National Theatre (Teatro Nacional) remains one of the capital city’s most popular tourist attractions.” The ornate Neo-Classical theatre is considered the finest historic building in San Jose, and is known for its exquisite interior decorated with lavish furnishings and beautiful murals.
Templo de la Música
  • 15m
La Laguna Plaza was initially called in 1887 because it was erected over a small lake in which the inhabitants of San José of the nineteenth century obtained the mud necessary to make the adobes with which they built their houses. There the New Year holidays were celebrated. The lake, of artificial origin and known as the Villanueva well, was known at least since 1790. In 1808, the then Spanish governor of the Province of Costa Rica, Tomás de Acosta, had urged the authorities to dry out the place. Around it, there was a ditch, called Las Arias, so some families had begun to settle, forming a area called La Laguna. Between 1853 and 1856, President Juan Rafael Mora Porras ordered the construction of the National Liquor Factory in the area, which came to consolidate the housing presence in the area
Parque Espana
  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
With this walking tour we can also enjoy of the beauty of the nature when we visit the Spain park.
Mr. Sloth Coffee Shop
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
In this very special place, we will be having several meals and we will have the opportunity to help and participate in making tortillas and empanadas with ripe plantain and cheese, we will also try a Costa Rican Tamal, cooked by local families and we will make Pinolillo which is chocolate and Corn.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCentral Market (Mercado Central)
    • Entre Calle 8 Y Avenida 1, Entrada Noroeste Mercado Central,
    • San Jose, Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLELos Presentes
    • Calle 4
    • San José, San José, Costa Rica

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