Country Info
- San Jose
- Capital
- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
- Currency
- 3,773,057
- Population
- CR
- Country Code
San Jose Slideshow
Top Hotels in San Jose
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Barcelo San Jose Palacio
210 reviews -
Crowne Plaza Hotel Corobici San Jose
108 reviews
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Holiday Inn San Jose Aurola
190 reviews -
BEST WESTERN Irazu San Jose
198 reviews
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Melia Cariari Conf.Center San Jose
281 reviews -
Radisson Europa Hotel & Conference Center San Jose
43 reviews
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Balmoral Hotel San Jose
147 reviews
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Casa Conde Apartotel & Suites San Jose
104 reviews
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Gran Hotel Costa Rica San Jose
301 reviews -
Clarion Hotel Amon Plaza San Jose
32 reviews
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Hotel Presidente San Jose
258 reviews
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Sleep Inn San Jose Downtown
59 reviews
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Hotel Torremolinos San Jose
49 reviews
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Barcelo Palma Real San Jose
99 reviews
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BEST WESTERN San Jose Downtown
125 reviews -
Centro Colon Hotel San Jose
8 reviews
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Hotel Palma Real San Jose
99 reviews
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Hotel Europa San Jose
81 reviews
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Hotel Parque del Lago - Hotel Vivo San Jose
65 reviews
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City One San Jose
13 reviews
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Hotel Inca Real San Jose
45 reviews
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Hotel Villa Tournon San Jose
43 reviews
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Hotel Grano De Oro San Jose
561 reviews
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Hotel Britannia San Jose
47 reviews
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Adventure Inn San Jose
911 reviews
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BEST WESTERN Paradise Inn & Spa San Jose
38 reviews
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Hotel Fleur de Lys San Jose
72 reviews
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Hotel Ambassador San Jose
4 reviews
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Rincon del Valle Hotel & Suites San Jose
36 reviews
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Hotel La Amistad San Jose
154 reviews
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Vesuvio Hotel San Jose
27 reviews
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Hotel Le Bergerac San Jose
151 reviews
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Apartotel El Sesteo San Jose
22 reviews
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Hotel Casa Roland San Jose
26 reviews
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Costa Rica Tennis Club & Hotel San Jose
6 reviews
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Hotel El Maragato San Jose
7 reviews
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Hotel Santo Tomas San Jose
224 reviews
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Colours Oasis Resort San Jose
63 reviews
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Hotel Dona Ines San Jose
3 reviews
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Apartotel La Sabana San Jose
87 reviews
San Jose
Travel Blogs from San Jose, Costa Rica
Oh! Cool Air!
This is a top pick! ... Jose yesterday. Actually, we had to take a bus back to the dreaded Puerto Limon first, then catch a bus to San Jose. It seems like Costa Rica has a less user-friendly bus system than Mexico, or even Panama. We are staying at the Hostel Pangea. It is ...
Merrily We Roll Along
This is a top pick! I wrote a very long and inspiring entry, really it was very good if I do say so myself, and as I was sending it, the internet went dead. So itīs gone now, lost to the internet gods. I will write another one at some point, and maybe it will be even ...
It Rains in Rainy Season - Who Would've Thunk it
This is a top pick! FORECAST FOR TODAY: RAIN So when I came to Costa Rica, I knew I would be hitting their rainy season. What I didn't know is that when they say it rains every day, guess what, it rains every day! I have been here for three weeks and have yet to see a ...
My First Cup of Agua Dulce
This is a top pick! ... but she also invited me to her church. While at an event, I made so many friends, that it really feels like I've been in Costa Rica longer than just a few weeks. At this event, I met Lucy and Anya, from the neighboring town of San Antonio de Escazu. They ...
Ants on Steroids
This is a top pick! OUR FIRST HIKE Once we got settled in, Caro and I set about the challenging task of going for a hike in the surrounding area. Just imagine uphill and downhill were the only directions - not 5 feet of flat land to speak of!! It was worth it though, ...
No Sloths at the Holiday Inn
This is a top pick! We headed straight for San Jose in Costa Rica in hope of getting our digital camera repaired at the Canon shop. We think its been damaged by the heat and humidity of Nicaragua. Getting off the bus in San Jose we realised some lovely person had picked ...
Moving into a writer's paradise
This is a top pick! ... the paradise I'm living in now, I must take a few minutes and share a revelation I had while staying at an extremely cheap hostal in San Jose. They advertise as a B&B, but at $15 a night, $20 with a private bathroom, you really can't expect much. I ...
The hills are alive with the sound of music...
This is a top pick! ... night before, we met Eider, a friendly Boston resident who had just come back from visiting his family in Chapinlandia. He was in Costa Rica for a few days and hung out with us on Saturday. We decided to hike the beautiful green mountain that neighbors my ...
In Case I Forgot I was in Costa Rica...
This is a top pick! ... and the bus riders. In La Estrella there are the walkers and the horse riders. It was a special day in Costa Rica on Wednesday, which always means that at 10 am we all head over to the salon for a special activo civico. ...
Snapshots
This is a top pick! Yesterday someone told me that I look a lot better now that I've gotten fatter. I know it was meant as a compliment, but I still wanted to cry. And of course, when he realized that what he had said was upsetting, though he couldn't understand ...
Pura Vida
This is a top pick! San Jose, Costa Rica...I am back in the modern western world ... a place where you can flush the toilet paper, get a hot shower (my first since leaving El Salvador on June 13, not that I'm keeping track or anything) and all the choices of fast food ...
Paid to Play Episode 1: The One Where I Get a Job
This is a top pick! ... , and finishing a tough day at the local disco tech. So I am officially hard at work now....just like you. In San Jose, Costa Rica, I learned a bunch of office and computer stuff and got to meet the visionary CEO of the company. Next up, ...
Back to Costa Rica
This is a top pick! ... and back to Costa Rica. We take a chicken bus to the border and at the border a TICA bus to San Jose... In a way it's like coming home again. Wauw! Costa Rica is so clean! Even San José, which when I saw it for the first time, appeared like a dirty, ...
This is why Iīm here...
This is a top pick! ... Johnny and Ivan itīs really too late. Their fates were mapped out for them long before I ever even thought about coming to Costa Rica. But when I look at the others, I feel that Iīm racing against time. If they know English well enough ...
San Jose - Chilling Out
This is a top pick! ... in before strolling around the city and having a leisurely breakfast (or more correctly brunch) at the Cafe Parisien in the Gran Hotel Costa Rica. We then paid a quick visit to the opulent National Theatre where we hoped, as it turned out in vain, that we ...
Taking a break from solo traveling!
This is a top pick! ... the way to travel! We sucked the life out of the free wireless internet, muffins and hot chocolate. ARRIVING IN SAN JOSE My first impression of Costa Rica as the plane was pulling in, was how green and lush it was, with beautiful mountains visible in ...
My First Dance
This is a top pick! You couldnīt have asked for a better night. It was warmer than itīs ever been and it hadnīt rained in four days!!! As we finished getting ready and took some pictures, we could hear the band warming up. I was almost giddy with ...
Goodbyes are Never Easy
This is a top pick! LAST WALK TO THE TOWN STORE That morning, Caro and I were up early. Even though her airport pick up was before noon, we were able to squeeze in a killer hike to the town store, our last walk together, before 10 o'clock. These friendly neighborhood ...
The Costa Rican Canopy
This is a top pick! The Toronto Star TRAVEL Saturday, October 2, 1999 My Costa Rica tour - at treetop height Readers' Tales IT WAS 8 p.m. as I approached the giant Kapok tree where I was about to embark on my 11-tree canopy tour through Rincon de la Vieja forest in Costa ...
A Pleasant Reconciliation with San Jose
This is a top pick! ... . I decided to join a neighbor on a city tour and discovered beautiful hidden gems like local parks full of history, an understated cathedral not to be judged by its outsides, the first mall of Costa Rica, the elegant Teatro Nacional and much, much ...
How do we end up where we are?
This is a top pick! As I bumped along my dirt road to civilization, trying not to focus on the overpowering scent of the three different kinds of cologne that seem to be the only ones that Cost Rican men wear, my thoughts were flying. My family had left Monday after a ...
Exploring the Beverly Hills of Costa Rica
This is a top pick! ... nice replacement!! After a short 10 minute cab ride with Paco (remember him?), I was at the Multiplaza of Escazu, Costa Rica's biggest mall. The mall really had everything I could ever need and the prices weren't as expensive as I ...
My Mom's Last day in Costa Rica
This is a top pick! SAYING GOOD-BYE IS NEVER AN EASY THING... My mom's visit to Costa Rica was amazing. We packed so much into 7 days! We visited 4 out of 7 Costa Rican provinces and 2 countries in Central America in less than 1 week! On her last day, we took it easy and ...
on and on the rain will fall (Costa Rica)
This is a top pick! ... out at night plus I had to be up very early the next day so I just stayed in at the hostel (another wild and crazy night). Costa Rica really is a beautiful country even with all the rain. If I ever do make it back to Costa Rica, it won't be during the ...
cows and skateboarding
This is a top pick! I headed to the well advertised around central America Tranquilo backpackers in San Jose. The place was packed and looked scruffy.. I think this place is a joke a hope any traveller reading this avoids it and crosses the road to the cleaner and mellowed ...
Belated Prologue
This is a top pick! ... entry is to introduce ourselves and our purpose...a mission statement, so to speak. Chantra: leo/21/ASU grad has been in Costa Rica for 9 months working at a Sports book...pretty much Slave labor...Kiley: capricorn/22/SMS grad recently left real estate ...
Steve's back.....
This is a top pick! ....from the Mediterranean a little earlier than he planned due to irreconcilable differences with his boss...and armed with an entire surf bag full of illegal rare plants to put on his property. I still have no idea how he made it past customs b/c they ...
The visitor
This is a top pick! I picked up a jet lagged Nele at the airport. Now, after a good night's sleep and a great breakfast, we are ready to start our 2 week round trip in Costa ...
Crack Whores and a Crazy old man
This is a top pick! ... by 9:30, which is when we are supposed to meet Jamison at Cafe Milagro. Turns out, it took us 2 hours to even get out of San Jose, so we ended up there at about midnight, so it took us 6 hours instead of 4 1/2... We met this guy Tony who supposedly ...