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Nicoya, via Filadelfia and Santa Cruz
US$2.25; 1½ hours; departs Terminal Liberia
every 30 minutes from 3:30am to 9pm.
Playa Flamingo
US$3; 1½ hours; departs Terminal Liberia at 4:30am, 6am, 8am, 11am
and 6pm.
Playa del Coco
US$1.20; one hour; departs Terminal Pulmitan every hour from 5am to
7pm.
Playa Hermosa
,
Playa Panamá
US$1.60; 1¼ hours; departs Terminal Liberia eight
times from 4:50am to 5:30pm.
Playa Tamarindo
US$2.75; 1½ to two hours; departs the Mercado Municipal hourly
between 3:50am and 6pm. Some buses take a longer route via Playa Flamingo.
Puntarenas
US$3; three hours; nine buses from in front of Terminal Liberia from 5am
to 3:30pm. It's quicker to jump off the San José-bound bus in Puntarenas.
San José
US$6; four hours; 12 departures from Terminal Pulmitan from 4am to 8pm.
CAR
Liberia lies on the Interamericana, 234km north of San José and 77km south of the Nicara-
guan border post of Peñas Blancas. Hwy 21, the main artery of the Península de Nicoya,
begins in Liberia and heads southwest. A dirt road leads 25km from Barrio La Victoria to
the Santa María entrance of Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja; the partially paved road
to the Las Pailas entrance begins from the Interamericana, 5km north of Liberia.
There are more than a dozen rental-car agencies in Liberia (none of which have desks at
the airport itself); rates can vary and you'll get steep discounts for rentals of a month or
more. Most companies can arrange pickup in Liberia and drop-off in San José, though
they'll charge you extra. Some companies will drop off your car in town upon request.
Adobe
CAR RENTAL
(
2667-0608, in USA 866-767-8651;
www.adobecar.com
;
8am-5pm)
One of the cheapest companies in Costa Rica.
Avis
CAR RENTAL
(
2668-1196;
www.avis.co.cr
;
6am-10pm)
Budget
CAR RENTAL
