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Nicoya is a district and head city of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is one of the country's most important tourist zones; it serves as a transport hub to Guanacaste's beaches and national parks .
Sámara is located approximately 35 km from Nicoya, the economic and administrative hub of the region. Access to Sámara is via paved roads. The paving of the final 35 km of the drive, Route 150 from Nicoya to Sámara on through to Carrillo was completed in early 2006. Public buses operate between Sámara and Nicoya. Express buses operated by ...
The main transport and commercial centre in the region is Nicoya, one of the oldest settlements in Costa Rica. Ferries run between the town of Puntarenas on the mainland and the Nicoya Peninsula. There is an international airport in nearby Liberia and small domestic airstrips in Nosara, Carrillo, Tamarindo and Tambor. [1]
When conquistador Gil Gonzalez Dávila entered Nicoya in 1523, it was the largest cacicazgo (chiefdom) on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Though it is often surmised that the city and peninsula of Nicoya derive their name from a cacique Nicoa (or Nicoya) who welcomed Dávila and his men, actually Nicoya took its name from the Nahuatl appellation Necoc Īāuh, literally "on both sides its ...
Toggle Transportation subsection. 4.1 Road transportation. 5 References. ... San Antonio is a district of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica ...
The residents of Nicoya, Costa Rica—known for its coastal views south of the Nicaraguan border—have routinely enjoyed three foods together for at least 6,000 years old, Dan Buettner, the Blue ...
Toggle Transportation subsection. 5.1 Road transportation. 6 References. ... Quebrada Honda is a district of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa ...
Toggle Transportation subsection. 5.1 Road transportation. 6 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... Belén de Nosarita is a district of the Nicoya canton, ...