There are 6 ways to get from Bristol to Costa Rica by train, plane, or taxi
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LHR - SJO
15h 40m$545–1,279Fly Bristol Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BRS - SJO
19h 12m$352–1,313Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BHX - SJO
17h 41m$396–1,299Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LGW - SJO
20h 3m$581–1,004Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Limón International Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane LHR - LIO
27h 24m$456–1,492Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LHR - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
30h 29m$624–1,837
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bristol to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $550 - $1,000 and takes 20h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Bristol to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 15h 40m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Bristol and Costa Rica is 8925 km.
It takes approximately 15h 40m to get from Bristol to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Bristol. It is currently 9:46 AM in Bristol and 2:46 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 761+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Bristol, England and Costa Rica?
easyJet, Air France, and four other airlines fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) once daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Limón International Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Arenal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Limón International Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 38m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,000
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Punta Cana, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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