Enjoy San Jose’s Nightlife on your Costa Rica Vacation

The capital city of Costa Rica is San Jose offering fabulous nightlife for people who prefer the city than the beaches. On your Costa Rica vacation, explore the exciting bars and clubs. You will see that the dance clubs and studios are full-packed with lively people dancing to life Central American and international music. Some of the best theater shows are found in San Jose. Its night life is uniquely fast-paced. Tourists will find a great night life in Costa Rica to keep them enthralled for weeks.

Visitors staying at The Costa Rican Condo in San Jose will find things of interest in the immediate vicinity. A copy of the local Tico Times written in English will provide the list of the top places where visitors to the country spends their nights. La Nacion is another useful Spanish-language paper listing the discos, live music events and movies happening in town. Staying in Hotel Costa Rica in town means that you will be near the small theaters, many of them featuring simple comedies and some burlesque fare.

For serious plays, there is the National Theater Company however that presents serious artists like Lope de Vega and David Mamet. The National University and the University of Costa Rica both have their resident dance troupes performing on a regular basis in different clubs and theaters all around the city. In addition, there is Dequis Tiquis and also Los Denmedium, dance and theater companies that are worth a visit.

The favorite dances in San Jose are dance clubs are salsa and meringue; although there are some rock, jazz or blues in some places. Just north of the town, there is a shopping village called El Pueblo which is a place where there are many clubs and where live music is always played. There are bars, discos, clubs and there is even an indoor soccer field in El Pueblo.

There are some really hot clubs you can visit on your Costa Rica vacation like Café 83 Sur with separate music rooms, El Tobagon with its football field-sized dance floor, La Plaza with its celebrity guests and ‘beautiful’ people crowd and Salsa 54 with its tireless salsa dancers on the floor all night.

For the younger crowd, there is a two-block stretch near the University of Costa Rica called San Pedro. The crowd here consists mostly of college students and young professors and there are a mixture of jazz music places, coffee shops, cafes and bookstores. One of the hottest places in San Pedro is the Jazz Café with its live music on most nights, where the place gets truly packed with a smoky retro atmosphere. Terra U is another establishment in San Pedro which is a combination café and bar and is the popular hang out place in the University strip.

For those who like to gamble, casinos are found in most of the major hotels in San Juan. The more popular games are 5-card poker and Black Jack. The casino atmosphere in San Juan is more casual, but there are fancier hotels which will require dressing up. You will find what you are looking for in the way of nightlife activities in your Costa Rica vacation and more. Tourist usually spends a day or two at Hotel Costa Rica in San Juan to explore the town before proceeding to the beaches and national parks.