The Best San Jose Costa Rica City Tours

  We booked the market tour for the same day, luckily they confirmed right away. Our tour guide was Ama (Amaral) and was easy to spot at the meeting place. We... read more started in the entrance of the Central Theatre to check out the statues, walked though the lovely church near by and proceeded to the market. The market is kind of like an enclosed flea market with everything from house hold supplies, meats, shoes to souvenir trinkets.

Ama made this tour absolutely delightful, sharing his passion and love for his hometown. We tried about 6 larger samples that were included in the tour price, ranging from chicharones con carne, coffee, fruits to the oldest ice cream in San Jose. If we weren’t so full, I would have loved a larger serving of the unique ice cream. So delicious! Also, I grew up eating tamales, but have never had a Costa Rican tomale which are creamy, rich and better than any I’ve ever had! Looking forward to getting more before our departure.

I highly recommend this tour to get a taste of Costa Rica from Ama, a proud and patient Tico. Thank you Carpe Chepe and Ama!

  Disfrute de un pubcrawl de Carpe Chepe y es algo que definitivamente hay que hacer en San José. La atención fue excelente y los guías muy atentos. Tienen mucho conocimiento... read more de la ciudad y los lugares que seleccionaron para el recorrido todos muy diferentes y...Más

  We met our guide in front of the National Theatre at 10:00 am. Nacho was informative and personable. We had a gelato type of treat in the market and visited... read more several parks. The tour was about 2.5 hours.More

  I advise anyone who wants to get a feel of the nightlife in San Jose to sign up for this. As usual, I was traveling alone, so I wanted to... read more find a safe way to experience the nightlife and meet others. From this experience, I...More

  We joined the pub crawl mid February with visiting friends from Argentina, the United States, Italy and The Philippines. It was a great way to spend time together, have our... read more guests see some of San José, and learn more about Costa Rica from locals.

We had previously joined Carpe Chepe for the free city tour, and since we had a good time then, we decided to sign up for this pub crawl. We were not disappointed. All of our friends enjoyed themselves and we got to discover some new places ourselves as well.

We visited different bars and didn't have to wait in line at any of the these places. This was really nice because some of the bars had lots of people lined up outside waiting for their turn to go inside. The guides were very friendly, bilingual, and made sure everyone enjoyed their night out. They seemed to be having a good time themselves as well and they kinda just felt like part of our group!

It sometimes took a while to get drinks, but other than that we had zero complaints. We would definitely sign up for this pub crawl again in the future, or try one of the other tours that Carpe Chepe offers. If you're looking for a fun night out, this is it!