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Santa Cruz Destination Guide

Explore Santa Cruz in Costa Rica

Santa Cruz in the region of Guanacaste is a town in Costa Rica - some 137 mi or ( 220 km ) North-West of San José , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Santa Cruz

Current time in Santa Cruz is now 03:35 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Costa Rica " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Tegucigalpa, Sapoa, and Pueblo Nuevo. Since you are here already, make sure to check out San Salvador . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Santa Cruz ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Costa Rica to Nicaragua Border Crossing

6:55 min by Michael Alan D'Angelo
Views: 9900 Rating: 4.64

Hey Everyone! DAngelo and michael alan here. We know a lot of people that visit Costa Rica also like to see other places in Latin America- so many visit Nicaragua as well (which we highly recommend). ..

Border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica

1:03 min by DIEGOJOVEN
Views: 3953 Rating: 3.00

Border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Guy chasing us trying to convince us to let hi deal all the immigration paperwork for us ..


Andrew Zutell Costa Rica 2009

6:13 min by azutell
Views: 114 Rating: 0.00

My first 2 weeks in Costa Rica. Some of the photos are from Nicaragua. ..

weltreisen365: Mit dem Bus von Costa Rica nach Nicaragua (Grenze Peñas Blancas)

3:00 min by Falk Werner
Views: 88 Rating: 5.00

weltreisen365.de präsentiert: Falk Werner unterwegs mit dem Bus nach Nicaragua. Von Liberia, Costa Rica, zur Grenzstation Peñas Blancas und weiter nach Managua. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Cárdenas, Rivas

Cárdenas is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua. In 2002, the municipality of Cardenas had threatened the government in Managua with sucsesion and becoming part of Costa Rica. Costa Rica claimed that it would respect Nicaraguan territory and had no intention of annexing the municipality.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 11.20 -85.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Rivas Department, Populated places in Nicaragua

La Cruz (canton)

La Cruz is the tenth canton in the province of Guanacaste in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,383.90 km², and has a population of 18,004. Its capital city is also called La Cruz. The canton is the northernmost in the country. It encompasses the Pacific coastline from the border with Nicaragua as far south as Bahía Nancite, including the Península de Santa Elena.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 11.07 -85.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Cantons of Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province