Thanks to Cristobal for a very informative and fun tour of Central San Jose. He was highly enthusiastic and gave us a good foundation of information about the buildings and history of this area. He paced the tour very well for a couple of seniors.

This tour was quite interesting. Chris took us to a couple of places we would not hve found by ourselves, old homes that had been re purposed as galleries and restaurants. I dont feel that he had the depth of knowledge that Stacey might have.

This tour is not safe! As my friend and I were walking with Christopher the tour guide a man walked up behind my friend and snatched her gold chain, leaving a bad abrasion on her neck. This was at 10am in the morning! The area is ridden with unhoused and drug addicted low life human beings. If you take this tour do not bring anything valuable with you, keep your cell phone put away, and please be careful.

The guide showed up more than two hours later than the given time in the booking process and the confirmation e-mail. I tried to reach the company several times via the contacts they gave me (phone number, e-mail), but nobody answered. Ticos were super friendly in the park where we should have met -- they also helped me to reach the company using their own phones, but still nothing. When the guide finally arrived, he apologized for their mistake and we agreed that I wouldn't do the tour with such a delay and would get back all the 45 USD I paid them. He called his boss to arrange this with her and everything seemed to be 'fine' (as much as it's fine that they spoiled my day). After all this the company didn't contact me, so I wrote an e-mail to the boss, Stassi, telling her what happened. She answered me very impolitely, then sent me a cancellation document as if it was me who cancelled the tour and never gave my money back. Both the content and the style of her e-mails were surprisingly rude and non-sense. Good news: Since then I heard that there was a free walking tour in San José which is really cool, so maybe it's a better option than no tour for 45USD.

Our guide, Chris, met us in the lobby of the National Theatre for the ‘Glam Bird’ walking tour for ‘history buffs’. Chris was a really lovely guy and worked hard to answer all of our questions. We joined the tour around the theatre and Chris translated for us as the theatre tour was in Spanish - we enjoyed looking at the beautiful interior although may have missed some of the information due to the language barrier, maybe? We learnt about how the theatre was built from Italian materials and about the beautiful paintings on the walls and roof, also about the melting pot culture of the country. We finished with a cup of coffee in the Cafe Alma in the theatre which was lovely. After the theatre tour we headed out with Chris to Park Morazan where we were fortunate enough to see some dancers in National costume making a commercial (for insurance) which was a real treat. We also saw some flamenco dancers practising for an arts festival. Then we walked through the Barrio Amon area of the city looking at the large houses mainly from an architectural point of view. Thai tour really helped us to get our bearings on our first morning in the City.

My friend and I went on a tour with Christopher, and we had a fantastic time! It happened to rain during our tour, and Christopher was great at finding places that would shelter us from the rain, and he adjusted the tour to make it enjoyable. He was SO knowledgable about the history, cultural dynamics and politics of the country. We learned so much, and had a blast meandering through the city with him. I had been to SJ a couple of times before, but because of this tour, I have a new found appreciation, fondness and excitement for this city. This was different than other tours I have experienced in that we were able to have conversation about the information rather than just receive a lecture, and the information was presented in a dynamic and interesting way. Christopher was able to answer any question we threw his way! Highly recommend...

Great communication from the company and easy to locate meetup place. Christopher, our guide, was fantastic. He was knowledgeable of the city and fun to be around. We got hot tips on where to eat and cool things to do. Great experience!

We highly recommend the Bird's Nest/City Highlights Tour from Barrio Bird Walking Tours for anyone who is visiting San Jose for the first time. The guide was extremely friendly, easy to listen to, could answer any questions, and also provided ideas for other things to see in the city along including restaurant recommendations.

We enjoyed our time with Angie. She knew where to go to see interesting architecture. She was willing to answer our many questions about history and also present day culture. Next time we'll do the food tour. The website did not make it clear what tours were running and they did not respond to our questions by e-mail. Despite that, the tour ticked all our boxes. We regret that we did not have time for the gold museum or the interior of the National Theatre.

Great walking tour with an excellent guide - informative and takes you through the key tourist and local sites. Would definitely recommend.

We very much enjoyed a small group tour when in San Jose for a couple of days before heading to the coast for the main part of our vacation. The guide was great - Knowledgeable and good-natured. She had tidbits about the local culture, the architecture, street art, etc. Definitely recommend this if you have some time to kill in San Jose. The 2 hour length of the tour was perfect.

This was the only activity we had planned in the city and the tour guide was a no show and there was no communication.

We loved the fact that David our guide showed us the beautiful, the not so beautiful and the ugly in the centre of San Jose. We felt that the tour was realistic and honest. It gave us a brief understanding of the history of San Jose and Costa Rica. It took us to places and streets which we would not otherwise have seen in the short time we had available. We really enjoyed it tremendously and David was a very nice person who was enthusiastic about what he was doing. He is also an architecture student which was ideal for this kind of tour.

I have booked a bus ticket from San Jose to La fortuna, price was 16 us dollar. Unfortunately there are no prepaid tickets for that route so I had to pay again at the bus. They didn't reply to me when I was asking for the money. I tried to contact them via mail, Facebook or even Instagram but no chance... Be careful when you want to book something there.

Alejandro's insights about the local history and culture was really compelling. We appreciated the recommendations for eateries, too.