City break in San Jose. Active leisure ideas for San Jose - attractions, recreation and nightlife

The city of San Jose will be of great interest for active leisure fans and hiking enthusiasts as it features plenty of inimitable nature attractions and sites. A visit to the National Park will be a perfect sort of entertainment for the whole family. Its visitors will have a chance to estimate the diversity of local flora and fauna. Among the park inhabitants tourists will meet lazy iguanas and exotic birds. During weekends the park often holds various concerts and other entertaining events. For quiet and serene leisure as well as for morning runs tourists will hardly find a better place in San Jose than the Parque La Sabana located not far from the center of the city.

The Spirogyra Butterfly Garden is a unique nature reserve. As it becomes clear from the name of the destination the main inhabitants of this garden are butterflies. The insects are living there in specially created conditions imitating their natural environment. Tourists will also enjoy a vast collection of tropical plants and flowers in the garden. The city invites its guests to visit an excellent zoological park named the Parque Zoologico Nacional Simon Bolivar being of great popularity among tourists travelling with children. The zoological park boasts the richest collection of bright parrots.

The city hosts several excellent sport centers as well meanwhile in the suburbs of this destination tourists will find upscale golf centers. The most popular centers among them are the Melia Cariari Golf Course and Costa Rica Golf Day Tours ones. The Kasasana recreation center is as well of great popularity among city guests wishing to improve their health during a vacation in San Jose. Tourists who will lack these attractions and entertainments of the city should necessarily visit local amusement parks. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The Pueblo Antiguo park offers various attractions for kids of all ages meanwhile the Costa Rica Fun Adventures park presents plenty of entertainments for the whole family. The city of San Jose offers excellent day spa centers. Each of them is ready to enjoy its visitors with a rich choice of exclusive treatments and services. Those tourists wishing to relax should visit the Del Rio Spa center or the Mioderma complex. Local shops and stores deserve special attention of tourists. A diversity of stores and shopping complexes will amaze and absorb true shopping addicts.

To hunt some memorable gifts and souvenirs tourists are recommended to set to a local market named Mercado Artesania hosting dozens of stalls offering unique goods as well as numerous popular restaurants and cafes. A good choice of souvenirs, clothes and accessories is presented in the largest shopping center of the city named El Pueblo. One of the most popular souvenirs hunted by tourists is still coffee. The city has several specialized coffee stores to buy various sorts of aroma coffee.

Different kinds of ecological tours are highly popular among tourists – all thanks to the surroundings of the capital of Costa Rica. They are so incredibly picturesque that at first glance they may seem completely unrealistic. Guests of the city will be able to book one of the great tours that will let them take a trip into the jungle, walk along the suspension bridges, refresh themselves in the beautiful natural pools or row a kayak down the mountain river. Canyoning, rappelling, bungee and rope jumping, zipline, kayaking, hiking and trekking, horse riding – all these can be experienced around San Jose while simultaneously enjoying incredibly beautiful views. Indiana Jones himself would envy such leisure.

An interesting experience can be obtained by enrolling in the Spanish school Academia Tica. This place can offer not only language courses but also an interactive program, excursions, as well as expeditions – it helps to understand the basics of Spanish and gives some opportunities for practice. Meanwhile, it is an enjoyable and active leisure. Taking part in fascinating tours around the country’s coffee factories (Britt Coffee Tour), as Costa Rica is famous for coffee, is another option to consider. Here you can learn a lot of interesting information about the country, its history and economics and, of course, about coffee itself. Costa Rica is an agrarian country with well-developed rural tourism. Visiting the farm La Gran Vista, for instance, might be an interesting activity. It is surrounded by picturesque spaces, and you can enjoy here the pacifying atmosphere, as well as get acquainted with the traditional lifestyle of the Islanders.

Those who prefer to travel with the family will appreciate the restaurant Finca lechera y Rancho Samana. It has a family-friendly atmosphere and also a children’s playground. The restaurant is frequently visited by locals, which gives you a chance to make acquaintances with them and, furthermore, indicates about its high quality. If you want to please yourself with fresh food, besides going to a farm, you should definitely go to the market Feria Orgánica El Trueque. Here you can find the best products, welcoming attitude of sellers, and attractive prices. Little tourists will highly appreciate local play areas for mini-golf. The Jungle Safari Minigolf is the best among the mini-golf zones. Turu Ba Ri Tropical Park is perfectly suited for an active pastime (even with kids). You can try a zipline, ride an elevator, and enjoy a walk or a horse trail along the palm grove, as well as visit stables and a mini-zoo. Furthermore, you will be able to enjoy lunch at the local bar.

Parque Diversiones is one of the most mesmerizing places with its rides suited to every fancy and age (including extreme ones). You can spend the whole day here since it is a great example of places where time flies. Speaking of skating enthusiasts, they would be keen on such an entertaining center as Skate World. Additionally, San Jose is a paradise for gambling men. Bingo lovers would enjoy the excellent entertainment club Bingo Multicolor. It becomes more popular on weekends when there is live music in the local bar and you can sing karaoke. There are several centers where gamblers would be happy to visit. The best among them is Fiesta Casino slot machines are represented, as well as the Casino Club Colonial, where guests can enjoy playing slot games.

If the trip includes children, you should take them to the recreational spot Jump Center. It is an excellent spot for family entertainment because adults will be just as happy to jump on trampolines like the kids. The capital of Costa Rica can boast of the fact that there are beautiful theaters and art cafes on its territory, for example, Teatro Espressivo and Teatro Lujan. Performances in the Teatro Torres are very much loved by those who like to laugh and appreciate the sense of humor of the locals. It is definitely a place of choice. Art cafe El Tablao Flamenco, as you can easily guess, gives its guests a chance to enjoy the show with a dance program. The most popular cinema in San Jose is Cine Magaly, with its comfortable hall and interesting repertoire.

Such centers as Escape Room Costa Rica and Escape Room 506 are worth visiting. Inside, guests can find all the conditions necessary to enjoy escape quests. People prefer to come here in the company of a readymade team consisting of their family members or friends. It should be noted that everyone will be able to find entertainment to their liking here – all thanks to a wide choice of themed rooms for escape. Speaking of the nightclubs and bars, it is necessary to highlight a few popular ones. The first one is the beautiful club with live music named Jazz Cafe. Those who want to have fun, dancing all night long and forgetting about any problem, should go to the club “Rapsodia” or “Amnesia Party”. Havana Humidor Room is in special demand among cigar clubs in Costa Rica. It is also worth mentioning El Sotano bar with its spacious atmosphere. It is distinguished for being popular among both travelers and locals.