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Puntarenas
Puntarenas · Costa Rica · View on map
A port town spread along a long sandbar projecting into the Pacific, serving as Costa Rica's Pacific cruise gateway. It is a base for nature tours to tropical rainforests, coffee plantations, and volcanoes. Ecotourism and its relaxed Central American atmosphere are major attractions.
Port highlights
Unit: °C · Calculated from NOAA GHCN-Daily station observations · Period: 1991–2020 · Station: LIBERIA · about 103 km from port · elevation difference about 75 m · Approximate (distant station) · Last checked: Oct 4, 2026 · A guide for choosing your travel month.
Compared with Tokyo, beer is somewhat cheaper; coffee costs about the same; water, meals and a Big Mac are much more expensive.
Prices in Puntarenas. · Amounts in the recorded local currency. No currency conversion applied. · Last checked: Oct 2026 (partly estimated) · Sources: Shop and menu prices · The Economist, Big Mac Index (CC BY 4.0)
Getting there from Japan
Details being researched: Nearest airport
Access from Japan: A = direct flight / B = one connection / C = two or more connections (indicative)
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Sources
- Encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org
- Secondary sourcevisitcostarica.com
Source: Wikipedia “Puntarenas” (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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