There are 9 ways to get from San Ramon to Nicoya by subway, plane, bus, taxi, car, or shuttle
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BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, bus
best- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane SFO - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoyabus
13h 37m$357–2,122BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Nosara Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane SFO - NOB
- Take the bus from Nosara to Nicoyabus
14h 4m$178–722Taxi, bus
- Take the taxi from San Ramon to San Jose - Huong Lan Sandwichtaxi
- Take the bus from San Jose - Huong Lan Sandwich to Chinatown Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Limonalbus
- Take the bus from Limonal to Nicoyabus
5d$559–661Drive 5,768 km
- Drive from San Ramon to Nicoyacar 5,768 km
2d 22h$774–1,118BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SFO - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Nicoya
13h 16m$547–1,091BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, bus
- Take the subway from MacArthur to Milpitassubway
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane SJC - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoyabus
17h 9m$516–2,222BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane SFO - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Nicoya
14h 20m$355–940BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Managua Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Managua Airport (MGA)plane SFO - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Managua Airport to San Juan del Sur
- Take a shuttle bus from San Juan del Sur to Peñas Blancas
- Take a shuttle bus from Peñas Blancas to Tamarindo
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Nicoya
17h 56mFly Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport, bus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane OAK - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoyabus
15h 10m$450–1,816
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Ramon to Nicoya is to BART and fly and bus which costs $170 - $750 and takes 14h 4m.
The fastest way to get from San Ramon to Nicoya is to BART and fly and shuttle which takes 13h 16m and costs $500 - $1,100.
The distance between San Ramon and Nicoya is 4922 km. The road distance is 5768 km.
The best way to get from San Ramon to Nicoya without a car is to taxi and bus which takes 5 days 0h and costs $550 - $700.
It takes approximately 13h 37m to get from San Ramon to Nicoya, including transfers.
Nicoya is 2h ahead of San Ramon. It is currently 1:49 PM in San Ramon and 3:49 PM in Nicoya.
Yes, the driving distance between San Ramon to Nicoya is 5768 km. It takes approximately 2 days 22h to drive from San Ramon to Nicoya.
There are 48+ hotels available in Nicoya.
What companies run services between San Ramon, CA, USA and Nicoya, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from San Ramon to Nicoya. However, you can take the bus to Walnut Creek BART, walk to Walnut Creek, take the subway to San Francisco International Airport, walk to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) airport, fly to Liberia International Airport (LIR), walk to Llano Grande, take the bus to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia, then take the bus to Nicoya. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to San Jose - Huong Lan Sandwich, take the bus to Chinatown Station, walk to Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, take the line 28 bus to Olympic / Union, take the bus to Managua, walk to Terminal Managua - CCA, take the bus to Limonal, then take the bus to Nicoya.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–950
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Subway from MacArthur to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +506 2665 7520
- tlpampaoficial@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 714-839-3500
- admin@lowfarebus.com
- Website
- xedohoang.com
Bus from San Jose - Huong Lan Sandwich to Chinatown Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/hoangexpress/
- Website
- https://xedohoang.com/en
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Limonal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $21–35
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Limonal to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from San José to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $272
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $163
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Peñas Blancas to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $197
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2685 5352
- traroc19@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Nosara to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 267 248 0844
- info@iskratravel.com
- Website
- iskratravel.com
Shuttle from Managua Airport to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80
- Website
- https://iskratravel.com/
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Managua Airport to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $179
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
- Phone
- +506 6050 6500
- reservations@interbusonline.com
- Website
- interbusonline.com
Shuttle from San Juan del Sur to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- interbusonline.com
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Estimated price
- $140–170
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