Getting to Southern Tip of Nicoya Peninsula. Which airport is better?
Jun 1st, 2012, 01:03 PM
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Getting to Southern Tip of Nicoya Peninsula. Which airport is better?
We are looking at a stay at the Barcelo Tambor Beach located on the southern tip
of the Nicoya Peninsula. If we fly into San Jose, the trip is 120 km plus a ferry ride of 20 minutes. If we fly into Liberia airport, the trip is 175 km plus a ferry ride of 20 minutes. Knowing that many roads are questionable in CR, which would be the quickest journey and/or best roads? We plan to use some type of public transportation, i.e. not renting a car.
Thanks so much for any/all information.
of the Nicoya Peninsula. If we fly into San Jose, the trip is 120 km plus a ferry ride of 20 minutes. If we fly into Liberia airport, the trip is 175 km plus a ferry ride of 20 minutes. Knowing that many roads are questionable in CR, which would be the quickest journey and/or best roads? We plan to use some type of public transportation, i.e. not renting a car.
Thanks so much for any/all information.
Jun 2nd, 2012, 07:42 AM
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If you're doing public, I'd say fly into SJO. Even if you're not doing public, I usually recommend SJO.
I spend a lot of time near Tambor (at Montezuma) and I never get a car.
Montezuma Expeditions can book you shuttle vans from the hotels airport area to Tambor ($40-45 a person, I think), they or several other companies do that.
You can take the air conditioned Directo public bus from SJ (which is not near the SJO airport, $25/30-ish cab ride) twice a day 6am/2pm for $14-ish a person. It does stop at the airport (20 or 30 minutes later) but most people recommend that you take it from SJ, I've never understood why; the 3 times I've taken it (to or from San Jose La Coca Cola bus terminal) it's always stopped by the airport. I could see a problem if your traveling at a holiday, you don't want it to fill up. I can get you more info if you're interested in that.
Be sure to check out Montezuma while you are at Tambor.
Gary
I spend a lot of time near Tambor (at Montezuma) and I never get a car.
Montezuma Expeditions can book you shuttle vans from the hotels airport area to Tambor ($40-45 a person, I think), they or several other companies do that.
You can take the air conditioned Directo public bus from SJ (which is not near the SJO airport, $25/30-ish cab ride) twice a day 6am/2pm for $14-ish a person. It does stop at the airport (20 or 30 minutes later) but most people recommend that you take it from SJ, I've never understood why; the 3 times I've taken it (to or from San Jose La Coca Cola bus terminal) it's always stopped by the airport. I could see a problem if your traveling at a holiday, you don't want it to fill up. I can get you more info if you're interested in that.
Be sure to check out Montezuma while you are at Tambor.
Gary
Jun 2nd, 2012, 08:04 AM
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You say you are "looking at a stay", any particular reason there? And not Montezuma (my favorite place on the planet)?
I meet people from the resorts when I stay in Montezuma because it's not Costa Rica-ish, so they leave the resort to check out the area (which the resorts are kind of isolated from the other places, so it's not easy).
Just wondering...
So here's a few personal links of mine specifically about Montezuma (photos, stories, videos, interactive 360/720 panoramas).
I love this area so much, I even created a photo site, just for that area of Costa Rica http://MontezumaPacific.com/
I blogged about lots of my trips at my blog http://GarySaid.com/tags/montezuma/ you can search there for "Costa Rica" too. The stories are probably more detailed in the past, since I've been there SO many times, I tend to not write as much now...
A few dozen of my videos at YouTube of Montezuma http://www.youtube.com/user/garylapo...uery=montezuma
And some cool 720(?) degree 3D-ish PhotoSynths at http://photosynth.net/userprofilepag...content=Synths
but I don't know how to restrict to just Montezuma (but I'd guess half are from Costa Rica) so you might have to flip pages because I've got some AWESOME ones of the waterfalls (including from the edge of the top of the 90 foot one looking down and up the 40 foot upper falls!).
Once I'm in Montezuma, usually the only thing I want a car for is to go over to watch the sunset on the other side (the easiest way is via Cabo Blanco, but I've read there is a shortcut through Delicias that I haven't done yet, so ask if adventurous). Otherwise, I don't really use it. So if you do get an ATV rental for a day, be sure to catch sunset in St. Teresa.
Let's see: Cabo Blanco (this is one of the most preserved parks in the country) is closed Monday and Tuesday, there is a bus from town at 8am or 8:20-ish and it drops you off at the bottom of the driveway, not at the entrance (maybe a kilometer away?), if you don't have a car (if you have a car, be there at 7:59 so that you can get in before the noisy tourists show up). It's beautiful there but VERY hilly. No climbing with your hands but it's VERY steep up and down (they've put in cement blocks). You only have two choices there. a 75-90 minutes loop or and 2 hour walk to the beach (and 2 hours back). FYI, Even the short loop at Cabo Blanco is much harder than climbing to the upper falls in Montezuma.
I meet people from the resorts when I stay in Montezuma because it's not Costa Rica-ish, so they leave the resort to check out the area (which the resorts are kind of isolated from the other places, so it's not easy).
Just wondering...
So here's a few personal links of mine specifically about Montezuma (photos, stories, videos, interactive 360/720 panoramas).
I love this area so much, I even created a photo site, just for that area of Costa Rica http://MontezumaPacific.com/
I blogged about lots of my trips at my blog http://GarySaid.com/tags/montezuma/ you can search there for "Costa Rica" too. The stories are probably more detailed in the past, since I've been there SO many times, I tend to not write as much now...
A few dozen of my videos at YouTube of Montezuma http://www.youtube.com/user/garylapo...uery=montezuma
And some cool 720(?) degree 3D-ish PhotoSynths at http://photosynth.net/userprofilepag...content=Synths
but I don't know how to restrict to just Montezuma (but I'd guess half are from Costa Rica) so you might have to flip pages because I've got some AWESOME ones of the waterfalls (including from the edge of the top of the 90 foot one looking down and up the 40 foot upper falls!).
Once I'm in Montezuma, usually the only thing I want a car for is to go over to watch the sunset on the other side (the easiest way is via Cabo Blanco, but I've read there is a shortcut through Delicias that I haven't done yet, so ask if adventurous). Otherwise, I don't really use it. So if you do get an ATV rental for a day, be sure to catch sunset in St. Teresa.
Let's see: Cabo Blanco (this is one of the most preserved parks in the country) is closed Monday and Tuesday, there is a bus from town at 8am or 8:20-ish and it drops you off at the bottom of the driveway, not at the entrance (maybe a kilometer away?), if you don't have a car (if you have a car, be there at 7:59 so that you can get in before the noisy tourists show up). It's beautiful there but VERY hilly. No climbing with your hands but it's VERY steep up and down (they've put in cement blocks). You only have two choices there. a 75-90 minutes loop or and 2 hour walk to the beach (and 2 hours back). FYI, Even the short loop at Cabo Blanco is much harder than climbing to the upper falls in Montezuma.
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I did have someone write me and they didn't want to take a chance with the airport directo, so they took the taxi from the airport to La Coca-Cola bus terminal in San Jose for the 2pm bus and they say it DID NOT stop at the airport on the way to Montezuma...
The time I went from SJ to Montezuma it was the 6am. But both my buses back from Montezuma (2pm buses) did stop at the airport and they specifically asked when they were tagging my luggage (airport or coca-cola).
Gary
http://GarySaid.com/tags/montezuma/
The time I went from SJ to Montezuma it was the 6am. But both my buses back from Montezuma (2pm buses) did stop at the airport and they specifically asked when they were tagging my luggage (airport or coca-cola).
Gary
http://GarySaid.com/tags/montezuma/
