There are 5 ways to get from Barcelona to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, train, or taxi
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Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BCN - SJO
17h 25m$493–857Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane BCN - LIO
26h 31m$304–1,220Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane BCN - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
29h 21m$926–3,084Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAD - SJO
16h 39m$456–996Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane BCN - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
19h 1m$422–1,365
Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $450 - $1,000 and takes 16h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 16h 39m and costs $450 - $1,000.
The distance between Barcelona and Costa Rica is 8988 km.
It takes approximately 17h 25m to get from Barcelona to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Barcelona. It is currently 1:39 AM in Barcelona and 5:39 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 747+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Costa Rica?
American Airlines, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 58m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–750
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–950
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–550
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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