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 Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)SFO - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoya
13h 37m$457–1,722BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Nosara Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Nosara Airport (NOB)SFO - NOB
- Take the bus from Nosara to Nicoya
15h 19m$158–622Taxi, bus
- Take the taxi from San Ramon to San Jose - Huong Lan Sandwich
- Take the bus from San Jose - Huong Lan Sandwich to Chinatown Station
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to San Salvador
- Take the bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Parada Rotonda Liberia
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoya
4d 22h$530–688Drive 5,766.4 km
- Drive from San Ramon to Nicoya5,766.4 km
2d 21h$774–1,117BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)SFO - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Nicoya
13h 16m$477–891Fly Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport, bus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)OAK - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoya
15h 20m$460–1,816BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, bus
- Take the subway from MacArthur to Milpitas
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)SJC - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoya
16h 15m$496–1,922BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)SFO - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Nicoya
14h 10m$365–940BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Managua Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Managua Airport (MGA)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 56m
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 $150 - $650 and takes 15h 19m.
The fastest way to get from San Ramon to Nicoya is to BART and fly and shuttle which takes 13h 16m and costs $470 - $900.
The distance between San Ramon and Nicoya is 4922 km. The road distance is 5766.4 km.
It takes approximately 13h 37m to get from San Ramon to Nicoya, including transfers.
Nicoya is 2h ahead of San Ramon. It is currently 4:01 AM in San Ramon and 6:01 AM in Nicoya.
Yes, the driving distance between San Ramon to Nicoya is 5766 km. It takes approximately 2 days 21h 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 San Salvador, drive to Terminal San Benito - CCA, take the bus to Parada Rotonda Liberia, walk to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia, then take the bus to Nicoya.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- 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
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- 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
- $190–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–950
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- 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 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- 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 San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $290–380
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Parada Rotonda Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–81
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $45–65
- 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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