There are 7 ways to get from Chamonix to Costa Rica by bus, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Geneva International Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airportbus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GVA - SJO
17h 44mBus to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Chamonix to Turinbus
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TRN - SJO
20h 34m$371–1,262Bus to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LYS - SJO
19h 34m$409–1,143Bus to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Chamonix to Milanbus
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MXP - SJO
20h 7m$512–981Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Martigny to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZRH - SJO
20h 4m$636–1,754Train, train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Martigny to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BSL - SJO
22h 34m$400–1,425Bus, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Chamonix to Genevabus
- Take the train from Geneve to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CDG - SJO
19h 19m$526–1,416
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chamonix to Costa Rica is to bus and fly which costs $500 - $1,000 and takes 20h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Chamonix to Costa Rica is to bus and train and fly which takes 19h 19m and costs $500 - $1,500.
The distance between Chamonix and Costa Rica is 9320 km.
It takes approximately 17h 44m to get from Chamonix to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Chamonix. It is currently 8:44 PM in Chamonix and 1:44 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Chamonix, France and Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Chamonix to Costa Rica. However, you can take the bus to Geneva Airport, walk to Geneva International Airport (GVA) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, then take the bus to El Erizo. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop, walk to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, then take the bus to El Erizo.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Basel to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Basel to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Basel to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Martigny to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 27 720 47 47
- info@regionalps.ch
- Website
- regionalps.ch
Train from Martigny to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Schedules at
- regionalps.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $29–34
- 1st Class Ticket
- $50–60
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $35–50
- 2nd Class
- $40–60
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Geneve to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 24 539 10 17
- info@alpytransfers.com
- Website
- alpytransfers.com
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.alpytransfers.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chamonix to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chamonix to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chamonix to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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