There are 6 ways to get from Atenas to Athens by plane, bus, shuttle, car, or train
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SJO - ATH
18h 29m€563–914Drive to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Drive from Atenas to Quepos-Airport-XQPcar
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane XQP - ATH
20h 5m€382–1,227Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane SJO - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
37h 17m€631–2,147Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LIR - ATH
25h 29m€824–2,130Shuttle to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Atenas to La Fortuna
- Fly from La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane FON - ATH
22h 4m€578–1,512Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane SJO - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain
24h 36m€416–1,357
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Atenas to Athens is to fly which costs €550 - €950 and takes 18h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Atenas to Athens is to fly which takes 18h 29m and costs €550 - €950.
The distance between Atenas and Athens is 10932 km.
It takes approximately 18h 29m to get from Atenas to Athens, including transfers.
Athens is 9h ahead of Atenas. It is currently 3:02 PM in Atenas and 12:02 AM in Athens.
There are 13460+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Atenas, Costa Rica and Athens, Greece?
Edelweiss Air, Swiss, and six other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Heathrow, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Athens International Airport via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Athens International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from La Fortuna Arenal Airport to Athens International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Athens International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from La Fortuna Arenal Airport to Athens International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,500
Flights from La Fortuna Arenal Airport to Athens International Airport via Quepos La Managua Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Athens International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from La Fortuna Arenal Airport to Athens International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from La Fortuna Arenal Airport to Athens International Airport via Quepos La Managua Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Athens International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from La Fortuna Arenal Airport to Athens International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from La Fortuna Arenal Airport to Athens International Airport via Quepos La Managua Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Heathrow, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,500
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,400
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Athens International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via London Heathrow, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,600
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 27210 28581
- info@ktelmessinias.gr
- Website
- ktelmessinias.gr
Bus from Kalamata to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €276
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €236
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Atenas to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €184
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €57–61
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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