There are 8 ways to get from San Ramon to Puntarenas by subway, plane, shuttle, taxi, bus, car, or train
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BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- 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 Jose Airport to Puntarenas
12h 13m$377–790Fly Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)OAK - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
13h 39m$350–884Taxi, 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 Managua
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBus
- Take the bus from Empresarios Unidos to Puntarenas
5d$575–662Drive 5,822.3 km
- Drive from San Ramon to Puntarenas5,822.3 km
2d 22h$781–1,128BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- 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 a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
13h 22m$680–2,118BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from MacArthur to Milpitas
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)SJC - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
15h 21m$376–940Fly Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)OAK - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
15h 5m$683–2,212Train, bus
- Take the train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to San Salvador
- Take the bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Cuatro Cruces Miramar
5d 6h$452–660
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Ramon to Puntarenas is to BART and fly and shuttle which costs $370 - $800 and takes 12h 13m.
The fastest way to get from San Ramon to Puntarenas is to BART and fly and shuttle which takes 12h 13m and costs $370 - $800.
The distance between San Ramon and Puntarenas is 5057 km. The road distance is 5822.3 km.
The best way to get from San Ramon to Puntarenas without a car is to taxi and bus which takes 5 days 0h and costs $550 - $700.
It takes approximately 12h 13m to get from San Ramon to Puntarenas, including transfers.
Puntarenas is 2h ahead of San Ramon. It is currently 8:26 PM in San Ramon and 10:26 PM in Puntarenas.
Yes, the driving distance between San Ramon to Puntarenas is 5822 km. It takes approximately 2 days 22h to drive from San Ramon to Puntarenas.
There are 130+ hotels available in Puntarenas.
What companies run services between San Ramon, CA, USA and Puntarenas, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from San Ramon to Puntarenas. 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to San Jose Airport, then take the shuttle to Puntarenas. 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, take the bus to Terminal NicaBus, walk to Empresarios Unidos, then take the bus to Puntarenas.
- Website
- united.com
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 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 Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
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
- 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
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
- 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
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
- 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 Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- 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
- volaris.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- 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
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
- $70–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +506 2755 1024
- tours@williestourscostarica
- Website
- williestourscostarica.com
Shuttle from San Jose Airport to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $173
- Website
- http://williestourscostarica.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
Bus from Los Angeles to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $290–380
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- Nicabusinternacionalsa@gmail.com
- Website
- nicabus.com.ni
Bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- https://nicabus.com.ni/en/
- Phone
- +506 2221 6600
- servicioalcliente@eupsacr.com
- Website
- empresariosunidos.cr
Bus from Empresarios Unidos to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7
- Schedules at
- empresariosunidos.cr
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Cuatro Cruces Miramar
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–81
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $50–70
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Estimated price
- $140–170
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