Getting around San Juan del Sur without a car

Most visitors do not need a rental car here, and plenty of residents do not have one either. The town itself is walkable. The two things that catch people out are the beaches and the shopping.

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Delivery from C$184 in town and C$276 to the outer beaches. Every fee is agreed before we set off.

A rider on the road above San Juan del Sur bay

The town is genuinely walkable

  • The bay, the restaurants and most places to stay are within a flat fifteen-minute walk of each other.
  • The exception is the hillside. Pelican Eyes, La Talanguera and the roads above the bay are a short distance and a real climb, which is fine going down and less fine coming back up with shopping.
  • After dark, streets away from the centre are not well lit. That is worth a taxi rather than a principle.

The beaches are the real gap

  • Maderas, Remanso and Marsella are not walkable. The roads out to them are rough in places and worse in the wet season.
  • Shuttles to the surf beaches exist and run on fixed timetables, which is fine if your day fits the timetable.
  • A private ride is the flexible option — you go when you want and come back when you want, which matters when the surf is good and the last shuttle is not.

What you would otherwise need a car for

  • The weekly shop. This is the big one — water bottles, gas, cases of drinks. Delivery replaces the car trip entirely.
  • Anything from Managua that will not fit in hand luggage: furniture, appliances, a package waiting at a shop.
  • Trips out of town — Rivas, the San Jorge ferry for Ometepe, Granada, the border. All of those are one-off journeys, which is exactly what you would not want to buy a car for.
  • Blink covers all three: deliveries around town and to the beaches, Managua pickups, and private transfers on the longer routes.

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