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San José Vacations
The capital of Costa Rica, a town where it's always spring and the strategic joint between the two sides of the country.
Visit San José
- Museums
- Art & Culture
- Place or Historical Monument
San José: How to get there?
13 hour flight from Paris
San José: See when to go ?
Year round
San José: For how long?
One day
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San José: What to see nearby?
What our travelers think of their stay
The capital of Costa Rica, a town where it's always spring and the strategic joint between the two sides of the country.
My suggestion
You're likely to get bothered a lot in the street. Be careful, there are a lot of scams about, especially that of the Frenchman who has "just had all his stuff stolen" and just needs a few colons to get by.
If you are going to Costa Rica by plane you will arrive at San José, but it's really just the administrative and economic capital of the country.
My suggestion
If you need to drive around San José or want to find a specific address you'll need a GPS. The sprawling road network, punctuated by one way streets, is really not designed to be helpful to strangers.
San José is the capital of Costa Rica. The international airport at Alajuela is just twenty minutes from the capital.
My suggestion
San José is somewhere to arrive or leave from, a place to stay between two others or an overnighter, but not somewhere to stop.
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