The two most important, most used for me are to Alajuela & to San Jose, at Atenas Bus Station:
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| These printed schedules can be changed easier than the old painted ones. I go to Alajuela for Aeropost, Pricesmart, Walmart, movies, restaurants, mall But can’t stay too late, last bus back is at 10:30 pm! 🙂 Past my bedtime! 45 minute ride station to station either way |
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| I go to San Jose less often for lawyer, US Embassy, government offices and sometimes museums, concerts, other cultural events. It is also the hub for buses to anywhere in Costa Rica. Next month I will go through San Jose to get to Orosi, Costa Rica. 1 hour ride station to station either way except rush hour is longer |
I keep copies of these inside my closet door in case I’m going at an irregular time. The schedules are also posted on the website www.coopetransatenas.com Click “Horario” and then the dropbox down arrow to click the town you want to go to. “Buscar” after choosing the town will give you a full week schedule like the above. In Costa Rica thousands of people use buses every day to go to work or take care of business, medical appointments, shopping, etc.
TRANSLATIONS:
SALE = to leave or go out of
L aV = Lunes a viernes or Monday to Friday
SAB Y FER = Sábado y ferias or Saturday and holidays
DOM = Domingo or Sunday
FOR BUS SCHEDULES BEYOND ATENAS you English speakers are lucky that there is one in English available at http://thebusschedule.com/EN/cr/index.php in which you fill in the form for where you want to travel, the date and time of day and they will give you a bus itinerary for your trip and often several options. It is what I use to plan my trips. It couldn’t be easier, but some Americans are still afraid to try the buses which go to almost every town in the country. This is the way local people travel! And yes, it is slower than going in your car but at an enormous savings and I would say generally safer plus more social with more cultural experiences and certainly more relaxing than driving. Where I do spend the money (still cheaper than a car) is to avoid some long bus rides I will take one of the local airlines to more distant places. Lazy old man!
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| One of the Coopetransatenas Buses leaving the Alajuela Station In San Jose there are lots of other bus companies to other towns and most have similar equipment, from Germany, China or Korea usually |
¡Pura Vida!