There are 10 ways to get from San Ramon to Playa Santa Teresa by subway, plane, shuttle, taxi, bus, car, or train
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BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
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 a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Santa Teresa
14h 44m$936–2,903BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Cobano
cheapest- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Cobano (ACO)plane SFO - ACO
12h 38m$194–707Taxi, bus, drive
- Take the taxi from San Ramon to San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwichtaxi
- 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 Peñas Blancasbus
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Limonalbus
- Drive from Limonal to Playa Santa Teresacar
4d 23h$565–684Drive 5,864.2 km
- Drive from San Ramon to Playa Santa Teresacar 5,864.2 km
2d 23h$787–1,136BART 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 Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Tambor
14h 54m$736–1,964Fly Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane OAK - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Tambor
16h 35m$739–1,358Fly Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane OAK - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Santa Teresa
16h 49m$1,029–2,397BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- 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 a shuttle bus from Nosara to Santa Teresa
14h 33m$244–837BART 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 Santa Teresa
19h 16mTrain, bus, drive
- Take the train from Oakland to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Marcos Amtraktrain
- Take the bus from San Marcos to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachulabus
- Take the bus from Tapachula to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from El Salvador to La Irmabus
- Drive from La Irma to Playa Santa Teresacar
5d 3h$844–1,650
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Ramon to Playa Santa Teresa is to BART and fly which costs $190 - $750 and takes 12h 38m.
The fastest way to get from San Ramon to Playa Santa Teresa is to BART and fly which takes 12h 38m and costs $190 - $750.
The distance between San Ramon and Playa Santa Teresa is 5070 km. The road distance is 5864.2 km.
It takes approximately 14h 44m to get from San Ramon to Playa Santa Teresa, including transfers.
Playa Santa Teresa is 2h ahead of San Ramon. It is currently 4:29 AM in San Ramon and 6:29 AM in Playa Santa Teresa.
Yes, the driving distance between San Ramon to Playa Santa Teresa is 5864 km. It takes approximately 2 days 23h to drive from San Ramon to Playa Santa Teresa.
There are 427+ hotels available in Playa Santa Teresa.
What companies run services between San Ramon, CA, USA and Playa Santa Teresa, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from San Ramon to Playa Santa Teresa. 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 Liberia Airport, take the shuttle to Liberia, take the shuttle to Tamarindo, then take the shuttle to Santa Teresa. Alternatively, you can take the taxi 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 Peñas Blancas, take the bus to Limonal, then drive to Playa Santa Teresa.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cobano via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cobano via Los Angeles, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
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
- $270–950
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cobano via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
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
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nosara Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Managua Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to San Marcos Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $320–750
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $109
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Santa Teresa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $408
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $176
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Tambor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $300
- 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 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.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 Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $11–16
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Limonal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $11–16
Shuttle from Nosara to Santa Teresa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.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
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from San Marcos to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +𝟓𝟎𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟓𝟒𝟖
- elcondorinternacional@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tapachula to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Tapachula to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from El Salvador to La Irma
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Estimated price
- $140–170
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