There are 6 ways to get from Catania to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, taxi, 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
16h 24m$436–1,180Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane CTA - LIO
31h 57m$372–986Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane CTA - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
34h 54m$1,145–3,706Fly 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
27h 12m$462–1,382Train 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
20h 54m$402–1,433Fly 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
30h$389–1,501
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Catania to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $370 - $1,000 and takes 31h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Catania to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 16h 24m and costs $430 - $1,200.
The distance between Catania and Costa Rica is 10142 km.
It takes approximately 16h 24m to get from Catania to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Catania. It is currently 5:00 AM in Catania and 10:00 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 775+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Catania, Italy and Costa Rica?
Air Canada, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) once daily.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cobano via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cobano via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cobano via Montreal, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–23
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $7
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $23
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