City walk San José
Trail photos
Author
Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.74 mi
- Elevation gain
- 361 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 361 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,928 ft
- TrailRank
- 27
- Min elevation
- 3,766 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- one hour 27 minutes
- Time
- 2 hours 13 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1268
- Uploaded
- December 26, 2022
- Recorded
- December 2022
near Yoses, San José (Republic of Costa Rica)
Viewed 71 times, downloaded 1 times
Trail photos
Itinerary description
San José isn't probably the reason why tourists are coming to Costa Rica, but its capital is the ideal hub for visiting other places. Nonetheless it would be a shame to skip the capital at all, because even ugly ducklings can be beautiful swans sometimes.
For this walk I based myself on a proposed route by a travel guide and the second half of the walk I pretty much improvised in order to get back to my hotel. In order to find the most attractive points I tried to find as many parks as possible. And for how lovely the parks are, the main attraction remains the neighbourhood around the national theater which is without a doubt the nicest place of San José. Here you find some nice architecture such as modern buildings and pleasantly designed squares and places. But a bit later you'll find a dumpster that is coming out of nowhere. San José really is a place of contrasts.
San José reminds me of places like Merida (Mexico) where I was last year and unfortunately that's not a compliment. Although Costa Rica's capital has some nice places, the city isn't very vibrant nor vivid, but it would be a shame to skip the capital at all.
For this walk I based myself on a proposed route by a travel guide and the second half of the walk I pretty much improvised in order to get back to my hotel. In order to find the most attractive points I tried to find as many parks as possible. And for how lovely the parks are, the main attraction remains the neighbourhood around the national theater which is without a doubt the nicest place of San José. Here you find some nice architecture such as modern buildings and pleasantly designed squares and places. But a bit later you'll find a dumpster that is coming out of nowhere. San José really is a place of contrasts.
San José reminds me of places like Merida (Mexico) where I was last year and unfortunately that's not a compliment. Although Costa Rica's capital has some nice places, the city isn't very vibrant nor vivid, but it would be a shame to skip the capital at all.
You can add a comment or review this trail
Comments