San Pedro
San Pedro de Montes de Oca is a city in the Central Valley of Costa Rica east of the capital, San José. It is the main city in the canton of Montes de Oca, and is best known as the location of the University of Costa Rica, the largest public university in the country. Wikivoyage
Population 23,774 (Wikidata)
Before you go
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Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Museo de Insectos Museum · 520 m
- Lic. Rodrigo Facio Brenes Monument · 520 m
- Madera petrificada Monument · 530 m
- Prof. Carlos Monge Alfaro Memorial · 550 m
- Soy UCR Monument · 580 m
- Butterfly Garden Attraction · 590 m
- Monumento Canal 15 Memorial · 590 m
- XXV Aniversario de las carreras de Ingeniería Electrica Memorial · 640 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Eating nearby
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Getting around
- ULatina (Lourdes) 410 m
- UCR (San Pedro) 670 m
- Carmiol - San Pedro - San José Bus Terminal 890 m
- CFIA (Curridabat) 1.4 km
- Ambos Mares 1.7 km
- Parada Taxis Walmart 1.8 km
More train stations: Empalme 1.9 km, Atlántico 2.4 km, La Corte 2.8 km, UACA (Cipreses) 2.9 km, Plaza Cleto González Víquez 3.1 km, Calle Blancos 3.2 km, Pacífico 3.8 km, Cuba 5.0 km, Colima 5.0 km, Contraloría 6.0 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.
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