There are 9 ways to get from Tamarindo to Santa Rosa by shuttle, plane, bus, car, train, subway, or taxi
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Shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Sonoma County Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane LIR - STS
15h 20m$558–1,391Fly Tamarindo Airport to San Francisco International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Tamarindo Airport (TNO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane TNO - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
- Take the train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
12h 3m$212–750Bus
- Take the bus from Tamarindo to Central Autobusera Inteligentebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus to El Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from San Salvador to Tapachulabus
- Take the bus from Tapachula to Mexico City Politécnico Stationbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tepicbus
- Take the bus from Tepic to Santa Rosabus
4d 13h$306–596Drive 3,666.7 mi
- Drive from Tamarindo to Santa Rosacar 3,666.7 mi
2d 23h$792–1,143Shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, bus, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane LIR - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
- Take the train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
13h 56m$765–2,275Shuttle to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, bus, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Alajuela
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SJO - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
- Take the train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
14h 46m$784–981Shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane LIR - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Nortesubway
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
16h 38m$589–1,565Shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane LIR - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
19h 40m$607–1,608Shuttle, taxi, bus, drive
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Peñas Blancas
- Take the taxi from Peñas Blancas to San Juan del Surtaxi
- Take a shuttle bus from San Juan del Sur to Managua
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles - Limousine Express Bus Terminal to SACA - Sacramento Central Autobuses Incbus
- Drive from Hutchison Drive & California Way to Santa Rosacar
5d 1h$837–961
Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Sonoma County Airport (STS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tamarindo to Santa Rosa is to fly and bus and train which costs $210 - $750 and takes 12h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Tamarindo to Santa Rosa is to fly and bus and train which takes 12h 3m and costs $210 - $750.
No, there is no direct bus from Tamarindo to Santa Rosa. However, there are services departing from Tamarindo and arriving at Santa Rosa via Terminal Tica Bus, San Salvador, Tapachula, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte and Tepic. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 13h.
The distance between Tamarindo and Santa Rosa is 3083 miles. The road distance is 3688.1 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 20m to get from Tamarindo to Santa Rosa, including transfers.
Tamarindo to Santa Rosa bus services, operated by Transporte Inteligente de Guanacaste, depart from Tamarindo station.
Tamarindo to Santa Rosa bus services, operated by Transporte Inteligente de Guanacaste, arrive at Central Autobusera Inteligente station.
Santa Rosa is 1h behind Tamarindo. It is currently 6:45 AM in Tamarindo and 5:45 AM in Santa Rosa.
Yes, the driving distance between Tamarindo to Santa Rosa is 3688 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 23h to drive from Tamarindo to Santa Rosa.
There are 284+ hotels available in Santa Rosa.
What companies run services between Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica and Santa Rosa, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Tamarindo to Santa Rosa via Central Autobusera Inteligente, Terminal Tica Bus, El Salvador, San Salvador, Tapachula, Mexico City Politécnico Station, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, and Tepic in around 4d 13h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
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 Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
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
- $220–850
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
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Tamarindo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
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 Liberia International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Phone
- +1 707-794-3330
- Website
- sonomamarintrain.org
Train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $341
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $301
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- [email protected]
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- [email protected]
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Tamarindo to Central Autobusera Inteligente
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- [email protected]
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus to El Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from San Salvador to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Phone
- +𝟓𝟎𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟓𝟒𝟖
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from San Salvador to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 55 5526 2961
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tapachula to Mexico City Politécnico Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- [email protected]
- Website
- autobuseselite.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Book at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- [email protected]
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- [email protected]
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Tepic to Santa Rosa
- Ave. Duration
- 38h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–250
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- marinairporter.com
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://marinairporter.com/
- Adult One-way
- $32
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://marinairporter.com/
- Adult One-way
- $32
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://marinairporter.com/
- Adult One-way
- $32
- Phone
- +1 267 248 0844
- [email protected]
- Website
- iskratravel.com
Shuttle from San Juan del Sur to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80
- Website
- https://iskratravel.com/
- 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
- +1 866 691 9732
- [email protected]
- Website
- eplalimo.com
Bus from Los Angeles - Limousine Express Bus Terminal to SACA - Sacramento Central Autobuses Inc
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://eplalimo.com/
- One Way
- $55–85
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Estimated price
- $40–50
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