There are 7 ways to get from La Pavona to San Jose by bus, plane, car, train, subway, or shuttle
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Bus, bus to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
best- Take the bus from La Pavona to San Josébus
- Take the bus from Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14 to 50 m este Del Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane SJO - SJC
14h 15m$489–1,180Bus, bus to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport, BART
cheapest- Take the bus from La Pavona to San Josébus
- Take the bus from Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14 to 50 m este Del Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane SJO - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
15h 6m$334–1,039Bus
- Take the bus from La Pavona to San Josébus
- Take the bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station to San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwichbus
5d 2h$490–580Drive 3,685.9 mi
- Drive from La Pavona to San Josecar 3,685.9 mi
3d$796–1,149Bus, bus to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Take the bus from La Pavona to San Josébus
- Take the bus from Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14 to 50 m este Del Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SJO - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
13h 48m$511–898Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Tortuguero to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane LIR - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
15h 32m$1,172–2,013Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Tortuguero to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane LIR - SJC
15h 44m$1,280–2,445
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Pavona to San Jose is to Bus which costs $490 - $600 and takes 5 days 2h.
The fastest way to get from La Pavona to San Jose is to Bus and fly and Caltrain which takes 13h 48m and costs $500 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from La Pavona to San Jose. However, there are services departing from La Pavona and arriving at Santa Clara & Market via Terminal NicaBus, Managua, Olympic / Union, Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station and King & Tully. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5 days 2h.
The distance between La Pavona and San Jose is 3159 miles. The road distance is 3707.4 miles.
The best way to get from La Pavona to San Jose without a car is to Bus which takes 5 days 2h and costs $490 - $600.
It takes approximately 14h 15m to get from La Pavona to San Jose, including transfers.
La Pavona to San Jose bus services, operated by Jungle Tom Safaris Shuttle, depart from La Pavona station.
La Pavona to San Jose bus services, operated by Jungle Tom Safaris Shuttle, arrive at San José station.
San Jose is 1h behind La Pavona. It is currently 10:38 AM in La Pavona and 9:38 AM in San Jose.
Yes, the driving distance between La Pavona to San Jose is 3707 miles. It takes approximately 3 days 0h to drive from La Pavona to San Jose.
What companies run services between La Pavona, Costa Rica and San Jose, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from La Pavona to Santa Clara & Market via San José, Terminal NicaBus, Managua, Los Angeles, Olympic / Union, Vignes / Cesar E Chavez, Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station, San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich, and King & Tully in around 5d 2h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–900
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–900
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +506 2221 7878 / 2221 7373
- [email protected]
- Website
- jungletomsafaris.com
Bus from La Pavona to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75
- Website
- https://www.jungletomsafaris.com/
Bus from La Pavona to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75
- Website
- https://www.jungletomsafaris.com/
Bus from La Pavona to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75
- Website
- https://www.jungletomsafaris.com/
Bus from La Pavona to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75
- Website
- https://www.jungletomsafaris.com/
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14 to 50 m este Del Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14 to 50 m este Del Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14 to 50 m este Del Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- [email protected]
- Website
- nicabus.com.ni
Bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- https://nicabus.com.ni/en/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $330–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +1 714-839-3500
- [email protected]
- Website
- xedohoang.com
Bus from Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station to San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- 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
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tortuguero to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $873
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tortuguero to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $873
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900 / 2640 0811
- [email protected]
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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