There are 8 ways to get from Heredia to San Rafael by plane, bus, ferry, car, subway, shuttle, or train
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SJO - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
10h 47m$303–1,334Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sonoma County Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane SJO - STS
- Take the bus from Sonoma Co Airport Terminal to San Rafaelbus
16h 23m$242–1,007Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from San Francisco Ferry Terminal-Gate C to Larkspur Ferry Terminalferry
5d 3h$450–586Drive 3,698.1 mi
- Drive from Heredia to San Rafaelcar 3,698.1 mi
3d 1h$799–1,153Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane SJO - OAK
- Take the bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafaelbus
12h 56m$342–1,457Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane SJO - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Nortesubway
14h 47m$276–774Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Heredia to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane LIR - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
14h 15m$751–2,716Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane SJO - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
15h 34m$379–502
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heredia to San Rafael is to fly and bus which costs $300 - $1,400 and takes 10h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Heredia to San Rafael is to fly and bus which takes 10h 47m and costs $300 - $1,400.
The distance between Heredia and San Rafael is 3096 miles. The road distance is 3719.7 miles.
The best way to get from Heredia to San Rafael without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 5 days 3h and costs $450 - $600.
It takes approximately 10h 47m to get from Heredia to San Rafael, including transfers.
San Rafael is 1h behind Heredia. It is currently 12:25 AM in Heredia and 11:25 PM in San Rafael.
Yes, the driving distance between Heredia to San Rafael is 3720 miles. It takes approximately 3 days 1h to drive from Heredia to San Rafael.
There are 958+ hotels available in San Rafael.
What companies run services between Heredia, Costa Rica and San Rafael, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Heredia to San Rafael. However, you can take the bus to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, walk to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), walk to San Francisco Airport, then take the bus to Larkspur - dropoff. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Heredia to Larkspur Ferry Terminal via Terminal TUASA, Terminal NicaBus, Managua, Los Angeles, Olympic / Union, Vignes / Cesar E Chavez, Los Angeles Union Station, San Francisco Bus Station, and San Francisco Ferry Terminal-Gate C in around 5d 3h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- marinairporter.com
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://marinairporter.com/
- Adult One-way
- $32
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- Nicabusinternacionalsa@gmail.com
- Website
- nicabus.com.ni
Bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- https://nicabus.com.ni/en/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
Bus from Sonoma Co Airport Terminal to San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Heredia to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $315
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +1 415-455-2000
- contact@goldengate.org
- Website
- goldengate.org
Ferry from San Francisco Ferry Terminal-Gate C to Larkspur Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–14
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org
- Schedules at
- https://www.goldengate.org/ferry/schedules-maps/
- Adult
- $14
- Youth 5-18, Seniors 65+, disabled
- $6–7
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