San Jose (San Jose) - the capital of Costa Rica - is located on a plateau in the center of the country at an altitude of 1200 m, surrounded by mountains and valleys. About half of the country's population lives in this fairytale city, which is friendly to foreigners, is notable for tolerance to various tastes and habits, diverse noisy commerce, bright nature and expressive architecture.
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How to get to San Jose?
San Jose Airport is a 15-minute drive from the city center. A trip by bus will cost you less than a dollar, a taxi ride costs about 20-25 dollars.
By bus, you can come to San Jose from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Tica buses are chosen by all locals. Another option has recently been the company King Quality. Compare prices: sometimes Tica is cheaper, sometimes not.
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Transport
Taxis in San Jose are cheap, but when traveling you need to know some of the subtleties: you will be lucky if the estimated cost of the trip is not less than 500 columns (about a dollar); it is almost useless to tell the taxi driver the address - it's better to say to which famous landmark in the city you should take.
The bus network in the city is reliable, convenient and very cheap, but you should keep in mind that even when you ask to stop at the object of interest, the driver, full of friendliness, can land in any random place.
Climate San Jose
Cloudy, rain, thunderstorms +21 ° С in the day +18 ° С at night ° С water |
Partly cloudy, heavy rain, thunderstorms +21 ° С in the day +16 ° С at night ° С water |
Overcast +22 ° С in the day +14 ° С at night ° С water |
| San Jose weather forecast for 10 days | ||
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| in the daytime | + 23 | + 24 | + 26 | + 26 | + 26 | + 26 | + 25 | + 25 | + 26 | + 25 | + 25 | + 23 |
| night | + 14 | + 14 | + 15 | + 16 | + 16 | + 16 | + 16 | + 16 | + 16 | + 15 | + 15 | + 14 |
The rainy season lasts from April to December, otherwise the climate of San Jose depends on the direction of the prevailing winds. Temperature from +18 to +26 ° C.
San Jose hotels - $
Most San Jose hotels have a class of one to three stars, so you will find plenty of budget accommodation options. Basically this kind of hotel is in the immediate vicinity of the airport.
From middle-class hotels you can recommend: Adventure - a nice hotel with a sports bar, restaurant, jacuzzi and gym (double room for two $ 90 per night); B & B Tambo Mundo - an amazing hotel with views of the volcano and the national park, the hotel staff speaks a variety of languages, and the room rate starts at $ 40 per person; Hemingway Inn - a luxurious mansion in a quiet area of the city, turned into a hotel, with rooms 35-45 $ for two; or Hotel Presidente, located in the heart of the city, room rates from $ 85.
To really enjoy luxury (and for quite reasonable money) can be in luxury hotels. For example, in the Barcelo San Jose Palacio, which is located just a short drive between San Jose and Heredia. This is an ideal starting point for tourists arriving in the capital of Costa Rica presents a lot of opportunities "from high notes" to start a visit to this tropical paradise.
Costa Rica Marriott Hotel is a beautiful classic colonial style hacienda located on the coffee plantation. The hotel offers you comfortable rooms, great restaurants, two outdoor tropical pools, a spa and much more.
Doubletree Cariari By Hilton San Jose, located five minutes from the airport, offers rooms from $ 90 to $ 230, luxurious architecture and a huge pool..The 13 rooms of Finca Rosa Blanca, located in the Central Costa Rica, surrounded by exotic flora, among hundreds of fruit trees, offer stunning views of volcanoes, rainforests and coffee plantations (the cost of double rooms is 160-240 $) ±$ br >.Hotel Grano de Oro, rebuilt from a tropical Victorian mansion, offers the comfort and privacy of a private house, with lush tropical vegetation, secluded atriums, Italian marble fountains .
Book popular San Jose hotels at the best prices
| Real InterContinental at Multiplaza Mall from 9 972 rubles San José In front of Multiplaza Shopping Center | Costa Rica Marriott Hotel San Jose from 9 357 rubles San José 700 meters west from Bridgestone / Firestone | Wyndham Garden San Jose Escazu from 4 863 rubles San José West Side of Play and EPA Store |
| Tryp San Jose, Sabana from 6 156 rubles San José 38th & 40th Street, 3rd Avenue | Hotel Presidente San Jose City Center from 7,079 rubles San José Avenida Central | Wyndham San Jose Herradura from 5 725 rub. San José Sobre la Autopista General Cañas, frente al Mall Real Cariari |
| Hotel Ave del Paraíso from 3,386 rubles San José 50 Metros Norte Entrada Derecho UCR | Holiday Inn San Jose Aurola from 4 494 rubles San José 5th Avenue 5th Street | Holiday Inn San Jose Escazu from 4 925 rub. San José Plaza Tempo, Contigua al Hospital CIMA, Autopista Prospero Fernandez |
| Hotel Quinta Avenida from 1 539 rubles San José De torre Mercedes Benz 300 Norte, 200 Este, Calle 20 Pase colon | Hotel Kekoldi from 3,386 rubles San José Avenida 9 entre calle 5 y 7 | Costa Rica Backpackers from 678 rubles San José Avenida 6, Calle 21 y 23 |
Restaurants
In the old, lively food market of the city of Mercado, there are many small restaurants and cafes that are very popular with local residents. Here you will be offered fresh fish, shellfish and crustaceans, sopa de pescado (fish soup) and such exotic as squid in ink, Ceviche (small pieces of raw fish in lime juice), helado de sorbetera (local kind of ice cream) and much more. At street vendors buy the delicious strips of unripe mango with salt and lime.
Bar Poas photographs of regular customers adorn the walls of this dimly lit but cozy establishment. In addition to the pleasure of the legendary Chili con Carne, you will get a lot of pleasant emotions from watching local colorful characters, and the owner of the restaurant is just a fount of information about San Jose and Costa Rica.
In the Grano de Oro's restaurant, you can have breakfast with pancakes with bananas and macadamia nuts. Seafood dishes are also excellent here. Slightly expensive, but very tasty. National dishes of all Latin America (and not only) can be tried in restaurants: Machu Picchu - the best Peruvian restaurant where you will taste delicacies such as Causa Rellena, Cebiche, washed down with traditional Peruvian drink Pisco, and Manolo's Churreria, where you need to order churros chicken tacos here you can see how local bookmakers accept rates from regulars).
Tin Jo is the most popular Asian restaurant with Japanese, Thai, Chinese and Indian cuisine. If you are a fan of vegetarian cuisine - you have a direct road to the Vishnu restaurant, where vegetarian and organic dishes are offered at very moderate prices (there are three such restaurants in San Jose).
Shopping
A good souvenir shop Boutique Annemarie is located in the lobby of the hotel Don Carlos; Also, many small souvenir shops are located in the shopping center El Pueblo; if you like to bargain and you like souvenirs "first hand" - visit Mercado Artesania - the market on Second Avenue: there are many shops with painted wooden masks and handmade ceramics.
San Jose Entertainment, Excursions and Attractions
Many museums of San Jose deserve the closest attention, you will not see such artifact collections anywhere: Museo Oro Precolombino ("The Golden Museum") presents a huge collection of gold products from the pre-Columbian era (from 500 AD to 1500 AD). The museum works from 10-00 to 16-30, the entrance for foreigners is $ 9.
Museo del Jade (Jade Museum) - here you can see the collection of jade jewelry of antiquity, as well as with stone, bone, ceramic products of the pre-Columbian era. The museum works from 8-30 to 15-30, entrance is $ 8.
Museo de los Niños (Children's Museum) - touchingly placed in the building of the former prison. Works every day from 10-00 to 16-00.
Museo Nacional (National Museum), located in the old fort, includes a large butterfly garden and a rock garden. Works from 8-30 to 16-30 from Tuesday to Sunday.
Fans of exotic pleasures will probably like the Museum of Insects, located at the University. Here you will see a huge collection of exotic beetles and other tropical insects.
It is impossible to go to Costa Rica and not to go to see the volcanoes. Buses to the Poas volcano depart from Parque La Merced at 8:30 am daily. Buses to the volcano Iraku, located 50 km from the city, depart every day at 8 am from Second Avenue near the National Theater (the road back and forth will cost $ 10).
In an hour's drive from San Jose, there are five La Paz waterfalls, surrounded by tropical forests, and you can also visit the hummingbird gallery, the serpentarium and the Butterfly Garden.