Hi Megan,
Assuming you’re referring to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca on the Caribbean Coast (and not Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui located inland), the drive from San Jose is a little long but not bad. It’s about 4 hours along mostly highway. Getting out of San Jose is the most confusing part of the trip, so we definitely recommend getting a GPS or having a maps feature enabled on your smart phone. The Waze App also works really well in Costa Rica. Once you get out of San Jose, you drive along a mountainous highway where there can be some truck traffic, but once you reach the coast, it’s an easy drive south to Puerto Viejo.

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