Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.
7 activities to book · about €280 per person
No booking needed: The National Theatre · The central market · Barrio Escalante · The museums
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No booking needed: Arenal volcano · The Fortuna waterfall, seen from the top · Lake Arenal · The hanging bridges
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No booking needed: Old-growth forest · Hummingbirds · Trails in the mist · The coffee farms
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No booking needed: The beaches inside the park · Monkeys and sloths · Sunsets over the Pacific · The coastal trails
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€280 per person if you do them all, across 7 bookings. The most expensive is "Zip line through the canopy" at €60, the cheapest "City tour and the markets" at €25. Prices checked when written: confirm them when you book.
16 visits on this itinerary need no ticket or time slot, starting with The National Theatre, The central market, Barrio Escalante, The museums. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.
Arenal and La Fortuna, with 2 activities to book, against 1 at the quietest stop. That is where slots go first.