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 36m$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
15h 14m$178–723Taxi, bus
- Take the taxi from San Ramon to Palo Alto Transit Centertaxi
- Take the bus from San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich to Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoyabus
5d 2h$524–635Drive 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 28m$557–1,591Fly 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 19m$450–1,916Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport, bus
- 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
15h 47m$514–2,220BART 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
13h 39m$443–979BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Managua Airport, shuttle, bus
- 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 Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoyabus
19h 15m$601–929
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 15h 14m.
The fastest way to get from San Ramon to Nicoya is to BART and fly and shuttle which takes 13h 28m and costs $550 - $1,600.
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 2h and costs $500 - $650.
It takes approximately 13h 36m to get from San Ramon to Nicoya, including transfers.
Nicoya is 1h ahead of San Ramon. It is currently 7:19 AM in San Ramon and 8:19 AM 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 34+ 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 Palo Alto Transit Center, take the line 22 bus to Tully & King, walk to San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich, take the bus to Los Angeles, CA - 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 Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA, walk to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia, then take the bus to Nicoya.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
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
- $240–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 38m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 44m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Every day
- 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
- 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, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich to Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/hoangexpress/
- Website
- https://xedohoang.com/en
- Adult One-way
- $45–60
- 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 Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $16–24
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $5–8
- 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
- $251
- 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
- $4–6
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Estimated price
- $110–140
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