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San José Highlights
1
Admiring Costa Rica's artistic traditions past and present at the
Museo de
2
Savoring classical music amid the beaux-arts interiors of the
Teatro Na-
3
Poking around the lively
Feria Verde de Aranjuez
farmers market in
search of locally grown and gourmet treats.
4
Grooving to live bands at the storied
Jazz Café
in San Pedro or up-and-
coming
El Sótano
downtown.
5
Indulging your taste buds at the fun bars and fine eateries of
Barrio Es-
calante
, or pub-crawling alongside hard-partying Tico students in
San Pedro
.
6
Exploring the vast universe of carved stone and ceramic treasures at the
newly reopened
Museo de Jade.
SAN JOSÉ
History
For much of the colonial period, San José played second fiddle to the bigger and relatively
more established Cartago, a city whose origins date back to 1563 and which, during the
