page_title: Tamarindo, Costa Rica
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Tamarindo, Costa Rica / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: Panoramic view of Las Baulas National Marine Park — Tamarindo, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.
context_page_description: Tamarindo is a town and district of the Santa Cruz canton, located on the Nicoya Peninsula on the Northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica in the Province of Guanacaste. The town of Tamarindo is the largest developed beach town in Guanacaste and the district has a population of 6,375 as of 2011. Main attractions in the area are surfing and eco-tourism.
  Towns belonging to the district besides Tamarindo include Villarreal, Santa Rosa, Garita Nueva, Hernández and San José de Pinilla.
context_section_description: Tamarindo is the most accessible location along the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica with an airstrip. There is a scheduled daily bus service to and from San José, and a paved highway from San José with an average driving time of 3.5 to 6 hours depending on traffic.
  Liberia International Airport is the closest international airport to Tamarindo, about an hour away.
  Tamarindo is served by Route 152.
caption: Panoramic view of Las Baulas National Marine Park and Playa Grande, located 2 km from downtown Tamarindo.
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