Transportation from San Jose City Center to San Jose Airport
Buses going in the direction of Alajuela from the TUASA Terminal in San Jose city center also carry passengers to the airport located on their route. The journey from the city center takes an average of 35 minutes. The ticket office in the terminal or the bus driver sells the bus ticket. Since the airport is not the last stop, you need to carefully follow the announcements made on the bus.
Another option for this trip is to take a taxi. You can request a taxi from the reception of your hotel to your hotel, or you can take a taxi from any center where taxis are busy. When using a taxi, be sure to agree with the taxi driver about your destination, travel time and cost.
If you don't want to run a taximeter, get out of the taxi or insist on the taxi driver to turn on the meter. There are boards on average taxi fares at certain points in the city. You can get information about estimated distance and taxi fares from these points.
You can also use the Uber application in order not to struggle with tourist taxi tension or to experience stress. Uber service is also widely used in the city of San Jose.
You can also reach the airport from the city with a shuttle that you have booked from the tourism agencies in the city or online.
Transportation from Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport to Santiago City Center
Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport stands out as an easy-to-reach airport with its location approximately 20 km from the city center. There are many ways to reach the city center from the airport.
The easiest of these, of course, is to take a taxi. You can take two types of taxis from the airport. One of them is the taxi called Vía Controlada, which is under the control of the airport and you can get on by paying in advance, with a fixed tariff, in order to prevent fraud, and their color is blue. Others are taxis that serve with taxi meters and their colors are yellow-black.
In addition, Cabify and Uber companies provide service in this city and their prices are close to normal taxis.
Another option is to use the airport buses. There are two companies operating from the airport to the city. One of them, Centropuerto, organizes reciprocal flights between the airport and Los Heroes Metro Station. These flights are organized every 20 minutes between 06:00 in the morning and 23:30 in the evening, every day of the week, and every hour after midnight.
Another company, TurBus, organizes reciprocal flights to Los Héroes Metro Station between 06.00 - 22.30 only on weekdays.
One of the most suitable options for this journey is the shuttles that have offices at the airport. Although this minibus service, which leaves when full but takes you to your hotel, is more expensive than the bus, it stands out as a very reasonable option as it leaves you at the door of your hotel. The journey can take between 30 and 60 minutes, depending on the location of the places where the dolmus passengers stay.
Although there is a metro in the city of Santiago, it is not possible to reach the airport by metro yet.