San Jose is the capital of our small and beautiful country, and although it
has only a few excellent colonial buildings left, because of sismic activity,
it is an expanding city with cultural activities. The tour will take you primarily
downtown to visit the prestigious National Theater. This building is the pride
of San Jose and was declared a national monument in 1965. Our country is proud
of having destinated this economical resources and efforts to this cultural
building, while other neighbor nations where destinating most of their resources
to enlarge the army or the police forces. It is decorated in a renaissance style
with important paintings of famous Italian artists.
After this, the tour takes you to the National Museum. This
old fortress building houses the heritage of our country and has a large collection
of Pre-columbian pottery. Your tour guide will give you a talk on our first
inhabitants and its traditions and beliefs, and here you will find the roots
of our characteristic peace and loving for nature. After driving around San
Jose and visiting some pleasant neighborhoods of the city, you will visit the
Souvenir Stores in Moravia. You will have time for shopping and the tour will
leave you at your hotel. This half day tour can be taken in the morning or in
the afternoon.
Includes entrance fees to the National Theater and National
Museum.
Pleasant climate, no mosquitoes, raingear only in the green season. No flash
allowed inside the Theater or National Museum.
