There are 5 ways to get from Costa Rica to Barcelona by plane, taxi, shuttle, or train
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane SJO - BCN
15h 30m€423–1,007Fly Limón International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
cheapest- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LIO - BCN
17h 32m€351–917Taxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQPtaxi
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane XQP - BCN
16h 58m€455–1,040Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LIR - BCN
19h 38m€838–2,827Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane SJO - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain
16h 16m€403–956
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Barcelona is to fly and train which costs €400 - €1000 and takes 16h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Barcelona is to fly which takes 15h 30m and costs €420 - €1100.
The distance between Costa Rica and Barcelona is 8988 km.
It takes approximately 15h 30m to get from Costa Rica to Barcelona, including transfers.
Barcelona is 8h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 4:23 AM in Costa Rica and 12:23 PM in Barcelona.
There are 5021+ hotels available in Barcelona.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Barcelona, Spain?
Iberia, British Airways, and six other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Limón International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
Flights from Limón International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Limón International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €350–950
Flights from Limón International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €340–900
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €340–900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Philadelphia, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Limón International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–1,500
Flights from Limón International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–1,400
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €360–3,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,500
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €800–2,200
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–550
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €182
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €234
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €57–60
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Estimated price
- €110–140
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