Bus tickets to San José

14 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

14 places connect to San José by Buses, across 4 countries, run by 0 operators. The cheapest arrival costs None. Origins run from 83 km away to 873 km, with a median of 340 km.

Priced for 25 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in San José

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into San José, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Guatemala City to San José busNoneNone873 km
Managua to San José busNoneNone340 km
San Salvador to San José busNoneNone695 km
Liberia to San José busNoneNone167 km
Puntarenas to San José busNoneNone83 km
Chinandega to San José busNoneNone447 km
Rivas to San José busNoneNone254 km
  • 14Places you can arrive from
  • 4Countries
  • 0Operators

12Go fares to San José

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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The coach gets you into San José. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in San José for the night the coach gets in

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km429%Puntarenas, 83 km
200 to 600 km643%Rivas, 254 km
600 to 1,500 km429%San Salvador, 695 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Nicaragua643%
Costa Rica429%
Guatemala214%
El Salvador214%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in San José

San José

Coach
  • San José - Loma Larga ruta 126
  • Terminal Lumaca (San José - Cartago)
Leaving

Leaving San José

Common questions about Bus tickets to San José

Where can I travel to San José by Buses from?

14 places connect to San José by Buses on our network, across 4 countries The nearest is 83 km away in a straight line and the furthest 873 km.

Which terminal does the Buses to San José use?

Buses services into San José use 2 named terminals, among them San José - Loma Larga ruta 126, Terminal Lumaca (San José - Cartago). The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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Other ways to reach San José

The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near UCR Railway Station

Most of the points near UCR Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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