There are 6 ways to get from Catania to Costa Rica by plane, taxi, shuttle, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CTA - SJO
17h 14m$340–1,200Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane CTA - LIO
28h 32m$366–1,215Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane CTA - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
31h 42m$474–1,329Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane CTA - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Alajuela
30h 51m$613–1,422Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PMO - SJO
22h 24m$447–1,550Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cobano (ACO)plane CTA - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
32h 50m$390–1,431
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Catania to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $340 - $1,200 and takes 17h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Catania to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 17h 14m and costs $340 - $1,200.
The distance between Catania and Costa Rica is 10141 km.
It takes approximately 17h 14m to get from Catania to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Catania. It is currently 8:55 AM in Catania and 1:55 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 710+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Catania, Italy and Costa Rica?
Air Canada, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Newark, Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cobano via Newark, Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cobano via Montreal, Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cobano via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 26m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $258
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- Naviera Tambor
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–25
- Schedules at
- Naviera Tambor
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $25
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