Great cultural experience in San Jose! I booked this excursion two days in advance and received great communication. I ended up being the only participant for the day which allowed my tour guide, Christopher (I think that was his name) to be a little more flexible. I learned there's a lot of European influence in the architecture throughout the city. I really enjoyed myself! I really enjoyed Ñ and ended up purchasing a few souvenir items from there.

It was interesting to see the interesting variety of architecture in the neighbourhoods we walked Our guide was excellent unfortunately I can’t remember his name. He was very knowledgeable about the buildings.He did not rush us and was happy to answer any questions we had even if they were not related to the tour. The tour was a very good way to see some of Sa Jose and well worth the cost. I would strongly recommend it as a way of exploring the city

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...

I really enjoyed my walking tour of downtown San José with my guide Sharon! She shared a lot of interesting history that I wouldn’t have otherwise gleaned without her knowledge of the city. Definitely one of the highlights of my Costa Rica trip.

Great experience for discovering San Jose in a different way! We had a history and art tour with Angie, who told us many stories about the city, the main buildings, but also less known ones. We visited Barrio Amon, Otoya, and city center, during a 2 hour pleasant walk. Perfect for a small activity before taking your flight! I highly recommend.

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.

This tour was wonderful! We learned about aspects of the culture and history you don’t get from museums. Our guide, Alejandro, was knowledgeable, friendly, and passionate about the topics he covered. One of the best walking tours I’ve been on.

Our guide was friendly and enthusiastic about the City, having lived in San Jose for many years, I was wondering what more could I possibly learn? My expectations were exceeded, there were so many amazing gems around the city that I had completely overlooked, places our guide pointed out and discussed with us. It was a very interactive and fun tour. Great conversation and informative tour. I learned a lot with Barrio Bird walking tours and I highly recommend it to anyone coming to San Jose. The meeting location was very easy to find and our guide was right on time! Thank you Barrio Bird Walking Tours!

Really glad I did this 2 hour tour of San Jose! Got a sense of the cultural and historical perspective that one can miss by skipping the city! Our guide was lovely. She showed us beautiful galleries and street art. Highly recommend taking this tour and spending one day in San Jose doing this, a museum and the central market.

It was an absolutly beautyful and super inteesting experience with our lovely guide Alejandro! He explained us something about the arquitechture in town, about cr-history, special places to go, about does and donts… 👍

I am not sure where to the begin.... and I mean that in the best way possible. We had a great guide in Ale. He was well informed and educated and we felt like we have known him for years. We were a group of 4 and none of us had really spent a lot of time in downtown San Jose or the neighboring barrios. We saw a lot and learned a lot. It was very well worth it and I would recommend it to anyone who has lived her for a short time or a while or anyone passing through......we are looking forward to another tour with Ale.

I booked this tour a couple of weeks in advance but never heard from the company, which is fine since I got a confirmation from TripAdvisor. On the morning of the tour, we couldn’t find the meeting location on our own. Someone pointed us in the right direction based on the information given on the confirmation, but we could not find anyone in the area (including when we walked around the park). As a traveler, I don’t have an international phone plan to be able to contact the company when out and without WiFi, so after 30 minutes of looking I assumed we wouldn’t be able to go on the tour anyway. I expected SOME contact from the company afterwards, or to see some attempt to contact me when they realized we didn’t arrive to the correct location, but there was nothing. I never got any messages, emails, texts, or calls, which seems weird considering the price of the tour - not something I imagine most people just walk away from.

Ale is an Intelligent and friendly guide. I took the art and architecture tour. I throughly enjoyed it.

This was the fourth time that we did a tour with Barrio Bird and have recommended them to friends in the past. The first three were great, but this time we did a food and walking tour and were extremely disappointed. Our group comes to Costa Rica every year and love to learn about the culture and area. We were quoted a price that was supposed to include a lunch of food samples or chosen meals of which was confirmed the night before. This did not happen! Our guide did his best, but it was not his fault. Through quite a few emails, it was not resolved and, in fact, my emails we’re not responded to by Barrio Bird. Unfortunately, I won’t recommend this group again.