There are 5 ways to get from America to Costa Rica by train or plane
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane AMS - SJO
15h 40m$537–1,871Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane AMS - LIO
27h 43m$508–1,884Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane DUS - SJO
20h 24m$628–1,151Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoventrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BRU - SJO
19h 9m$555–1,195Train to Frankfurt, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FRA - SJO
17h 52m$599–1,656
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from America to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $550 - $1,200 and takes 19h 9m.
The fastest way to get from America to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 15h 40m and costs $500 - $1,900.
The distance between America and Costa Rica is 9233 km.
It takes approximately 15h 40m to get from America to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind America. It is currently 6:39 AM in America and 10:39 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 785+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between America, Netherlands and Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from America to Costa Rica. However, you can take the taxi to Horst-Sevenum, take the train to Schiphol Airport Train Station, walk to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, then take the bus to El Erizo. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Horst-Sevenum, take the train to Venlo, take the train to Duesseldorf Hbf, take the train to D-Flughafen Terminal S, walk to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, then take the bus to El Erizo.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Limón International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–2,000
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Limón International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–2,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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