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San Jose, Costa Rica City Guide

For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's San Jose, Costa Rica Travel Guide has been your connection to San Jose's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.

Events

San Jose hosts a number of colorful fun filled events, each one attracting large crowds. Many festival and event goers arrive early to sample cuisine and browse the local handcrafts as displayed by local vendors, enjoy cold drinks, beer, ice cream, bolis, toasted plantains, confituras, and peruse handmade jewelry and clothing.

One very popular event, hosted on the even year, San José is host to the biannual Festival de Arte, a city-wide arts showcase featuring theater, music, dance and film. It runs two weeks in March. Specific dates are posted as the festival draws near. Día de San José, on 19 March, marks San José's day for its patron saint with masses in some churches. The day used to be a holiday, but modernization has swayed from this approach.

Come, experience the tastes, the colors, and the excitement of festival and events hosted in San Jose, Costa Rica.

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Bed and Breakfasts in San Jose, Costa Rica

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Pura Vida Wellness Retreat & Spa
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Welcome to Wellness & Yoga in Costa Rica. We look forward to being your host at this beautiful resort. Pura Vida Retreat and Spa is considered by some as the Wellness & Yoga destination of choice outside the United States.

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Out of Bounds Lodge and B&B
Escazu, Costa Rica
We proudly announce the opening of our beautiful new Hotel B&B with amazing views overlooking the Central Valley, located on the Old Road to Santa Ana in the suburb of San Rafael Escazu. The rooms are hotel style rooms, not the typical B&B.