--- title: "San Nicolas – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to San Nicolas from Manila (Pasay), Olongapo and Mabalacat: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. San Nicolas, officially the…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/san-nicolas" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/san-nicolas.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Chiesa_di_San_Nicola_da_Tolentino_%28Venice%29.jpg/1920px-Chiesa_di_San_Nicola_da_Tolentino_%28Venice%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- ![San Nicolas](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Chiesa_di_San_Nicola_da_Tolentino_%28Venice%29.jpg/1920px-Chiesa_di_San_Nicola_da_Tolentino_%28Venice%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) # San Nicolas San Nicolas, officially the Municipality of San Nicolas, is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. [Plan a trip to San Nicolas](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=San%20Nicolas) [From Manila (Pasay)](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manila+%28Pasay%29&to=San+Nicolas) ## Every way there - Manila (Pasay) → San Nicolas 59 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · ₱170–230 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manila-pasay-to-san-nicolas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manila+%28Pasay%29&to=San+Nicolas) - Olongapo → San Nicolas 26 km · quickest by road, 56 min · ₱80–110 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/olongapo-to-san-nicolas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Olongapo&to=San+Nicolas) - Mabalacat → San Nicolas 42 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · ₱115–150 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mabalacat-to-san-nicolas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mabalacat&to=San+Nicolas) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around San Nicolas, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on San Nicolas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/san-nicolas) What San Nicolas has - Y Scheduled flights Manila (Pasay) (MNL), 65 km - N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country - Y Ferries Taal Volcano Island West, 6 km; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Tagaytay, 19 km. 13.928°, 120.951° According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 24,392 people. How locals move ## Getting around San Nicolas the local way - Get in As of 2025, only DLTB operates buses that go from Metro Manila (Cubao and Buendia, with more frequent trips at the latter) to Lemery, where one can easily get a tricycle or jeepney to Taal; see Lemery#Get in for further info and listings. - Get in Others take the Diversion Road and can drop you at the Flying V intersection where that branches off from the highway that goes into downtown Taal; tricycles and jeepneys are usually available at that intersection. - Get in A one-way tricycle fare costs P60, while jeepneys cost P13. - Get around Jeepneys (mainly on Lemery-Lipa or Lemery-Batangas routes) pass through the town and provide a cheaper way to reach destinations on major roads. - Get around For example, a tricycle between downtown and the Food Streat will cost but jeepney is per person. - Get around If you are going into Lemery, a jeepney () will get you into the town but you will likely need a tricycle (perhaps ) to get to your final destination; it is easier to just get a tricycle all the way (around , though they may ask for ). - Go next It is possible to walk across the bridge, or to drive or take a jeepney, but the commonest way is by tricycle. From [Wikivoyage: Taal](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Taal), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Nicolas%2C_Batangas), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Didier Descouens (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/san-nicolas, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt