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San José in 3 days

Mornings for museums and the market, afternoons under a roof, evenings by booked car; the last day ends with the bags already in the car.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

5km

default plan, all days

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Days
Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

Interests

The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Teatro Nacional, the gold museum, a 12:30 market lunch

EasyLow time risk~1.4 km (0.9 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave Museo del Oro Precolombino by 11:55 to keep the 12:30 last seating.

21 min of buffer left.

  1. 09:00–09:13Walk
  2. 09:13–09:58Teatro Nacional
  3. 09:58–09:59Walk
  4. 09:59–11:29Museo del Oro Precolombino
  5. 11:29–11:35Walk
  6. 11:35–12:30Buffer / wander near Your lunch table (downtown)
  7. 12:30–13:30Lunch around 12:30 (Mercado Central)hard

What this plan gives up

  • L2Skip Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (optional) — protects: Lunch around 12:30 (Mercado Central).

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Teatro Nacional → Café in Barrio Amón (field-verify) (0′)
  • rain Museo del Oro Precolombino → Café in Barrio Amón (field-verify) (0′)
  • heat Museo del Oro Precolombino → Café in Barrio Amón (field-verify) (0′)
  • rain Museo Nacional de Costa Rica → Café in Barrio Amón (field-verify) (0′)
  • heat Museo Nacional de Costa Rica → Café in Barrio Amón (field-verify) (0′)
Why this route?

DFL 1.4 = PFL 1.4 + OFL 0 · walk 1.4 km (0.9 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 21′ · relax L2 · yield 11 · option value 0

Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 15′

β vs α: time risk 3% → 0%; margin +10 min; -CRC 2,300.

trace: generated 8 · rejected no_edge×1 · frontier 3 · seed 2579470849 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Back to the hotel by 15:00, before the rain; dinner in Escalante by car.

Day 2 — La Sabana: art museum and a soda lunch

EasyLow time risk~0.9 km (0.6 mi) walkno long stairsCRC 5,000 taxi
  1. 09:30–09:49Taxi or ride-hail car
  2. 09:49–11:09Museo de Arte Costarricense
  3. 11:09–11:12Walk into the park
  4. 11:12–12:22Parque Metropolitano La Sabana
  5. 12:22–12:29Walk across the park edge
  6. 12:29–13:19Soda Tapia

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi CRC 5,000 (Taxi or ride-hail car) — saves walking and transfers.

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Museo de Arte Costarricense → Café in Barrio Amón (field-verify) (0′)
  • rain Parque Metropolitano La Sabana → Café in Barrio Amón (field-verify) (0′)
Why this route?

DFL 1.4 = PFL 0.9 + OFL 0.5 · walk 900 m (0.6 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L1 · yield 12 · option value 0

trace: generated 12 · rejected none · frontier 2 · seed 2579470849 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Evening: dinner in Barrio Escalante by booked car.

Day 3 — The market, car to SJO at 12:30

EasyLow time risk~2.2 km (1.4 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave Sodas in the Mercado Central by 11:45 to keep the 12:30 boarding.

43 min of buffer left.

  1. 08:30–08:46Walk
  2. 08:46–09:36Mercado Central
  3. 09:36–09:37Walk
  4. 09:37–10:22Sodas in the Mercado Central
  5. 10:22–10:38Walk
  6. 10:38–12:30Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → SJO
  7. 12:30–13:30Car to SJO at 12:30hard

Switches if the ground changes

  • rain Mercado Central → Café in Barrio Amón (field-verify) (0′)
  • crowd Mercado Central → Café in Barrio Amón (field-verify) (0′)
Why this route?

DFL 2.2 = PFL 2.2 + OFL 0 · walk 2.2 km (1.4 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 43′ · relax L0 · yield 9 · option value 0

Deadline: boarding 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 16′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -23 min; -CRC 5,000.

trace: generated 16 · rejected no_edge×1 · frontier 4 · seed 2579470849 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: SJO: allow 3 h before an international departure; the airport road is slow at rush hour.

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