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Sabanilla

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Sabanilla

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Costa Rica

    The University of Costa Rica is a public university in the Republic of Costa Rica, in Central America. Its main campus, Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, is located in San Pedro Montes de Oca, in the province of San José.

    2.2 km · public university in Costa Rica · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Omar Mosque and Islamic Center of Costa Rica

    The Omar Mosque and Islamic Center of Costa Rica is a mosque in San José, Costa Rica.

    3.6 km · mosque in San José, Costa Rica · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Fidélitas University

    Fidélitas University is a private university in Lourdes, Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica. Fidelitas offers fifteen careers in various fields such as engineering, education, business, law and psychology.

    1.5 km · private university in Costa Rica · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Latin University of Costa Rica

    Latin University of Costa Rica, commonly called ULatina, is the largest private university in Costa Rica, with more than 16,000 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs in Business, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences. It was founded in 1989.

    1.9 km · private university in Costa Rica · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Museum of Italian Contemporary Art in America

    The Museum of Italian Contemporary Art in America is located in San José, Costa Rica, at the chancellery of the Italian Embassy.

    3.2 km · Costa Rican contemporary art museum · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Universidad Autónoma de Centro América

    The Autonomous University of Central America is a private university in Curridabat, Costa Rica. Founded in 1976, it was the first private university in the country.

    3.3 km · private university in Curridabat, Costa Rica · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Sabanilla

Airports
Juan Santamaría (SJO), 20 km · Daniel Oduber Quirós (LIR), 180 km
  • Liberia → Sabanilla
    172 km · quickest by road, 4h 51m · $17–24
  • Managua → Sabanilla
    343 km · quickest by air, 5h 35m · $230–340
  • San Andrés → Sabanilla
    388 km · quickest by air, 7h 16m · COL$314,430–485,860
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Sabanilla

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sabanilla. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundInstead of waiting for hours for the bus at the highway, you may be better off trying to hitch-hike.
  • Get aroundHitch-hiking is far more common in rural areas than in urban areas.
  • Get aroundIf you choose to hitch-hike, Costa Ricans are generally very friendly and helpful, particularly in more rural areas where traffic on the dirt roads can be light.

From Wikivoyage: Costa Rica, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isla de OmetepeNI

    12 ways of moving, 49 sources

    245 km
  2. 02
    Capurganá and SapzurroCO

    8 ways of moving, 28 sources

    748 km
  3. 03
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    968 km
  4. 04
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,001 km
  5. 05
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    1,078 km

If you know how people move in Sabanilla – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Sabanilla

Sabanilla is 6 km from San José, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Curridabatdistrict in Curridabat canton, San José province, Costa Rica3.5 km
  • Guadalupedistrict in Goicoechea canton, San José province, Costa Rica1.9 km
  • San Pedrodistrict in Montes de Oca canton, San José province, Costa Rica2.1 km
  • San Vicentedistrict in Moravia canton, San José province, Costa Rica2.2 km
  • Ipísdistrict in Goicoechea canton, San José province, Costa Rica2.5 km
  • Purraldistrict in Goicoechea canton, San José province, Costa Rica2.4 km