There are 6 ways to get from Athens to Arenal Volcano by plane, shuttle, bus, taxi, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ATH - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to La Fortuna
22h 40m$689–1,520Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane ATH - XQP
- Drive from Quepos-Airport-XQP to Arenal Volcanocar
33h 18m$350–1,255Fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane ATH - FON
31h 27m$495–1,270Fly to Liberia International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane ATH - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Cañasbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Cañas to La Fortuna
33h 14m$1,048–3,311Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle, taxi
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane ATH - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Nosara to Monteverde
- Take the taxi from Monteverde to Arenal Volcanotaxi
35h 59m$710–1,580Fly to Cobano, shuttle, taxi
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cobano (ACO)plane ATH - ACO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tambor to Monteverde
- Take the taxi from Monteverde to Arenal Volcanotaxi
33h 26m$817–1,855
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Arenal Volcano is to fly and drive which costs $350 - $1,300 and takes 33h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Arenal Volcano is to fly and shuttle which takes 22h 40m and costs $650 - $1,600.
The distance between Athens and Arenal Volcano is 11031 km.
It takes approximately 22h 40m to get from Athens to Arenal Volcano, including transfers.
Arenal Volcano is 8h behind Athens. It is currently 3:54 PM in Athens and 7:54 AM in Arenal Volcano.
There are 642+ hotels available in Arenal Volcano.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Arenal Volcano, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica?
Air Canada, SANSA, and seven other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON) twice daily.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nosara Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nosara Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nosara Airport via Montreal, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nosara Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cobano via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cobano via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cobano via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nosara Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nosara Airport via Newark, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nosara Airport via Charlotte, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,700
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nosara Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nosara Airport via Montreal, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,700
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 27m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Alajuela to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Cañas to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $156
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $326
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tambor to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $300
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2663 1752
- reinadelcamposa@hotmail.com
- Website
- reinadelcampo.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- reinadelcampo.com
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@grupocaribeños.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Phone
- +506 6061 5674 / 2645 7272
- jorge27fm@gmail.com
- Website
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $190
- Schedules at
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
Taxi Monteverde Central 7
- Phone
- +506 2645 7777
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Monteverde
- Phone
- +506 2645 7272
- Website
- facebook.com
Jorge's Taxis and Shuttles
- Phone
- +506 6192 3389
Taxi Monteverde Central 7
- Phone
- +506 2645 7777
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Monteverde
- Phone
- +506 2645 7272
- Website
- facebook.com
Jorge's Taxis and Shuttles
- Phone
- +506 6192 3389
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