There are 5 ways to get from Costa Rica to Basel by plane, train, or taxi
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Basel (BSL)plane SJO - BSL
17h 58mCHF 554–1,105Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SJO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
16h 52mCHF 413–1,071Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SJO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
14h 41mCHF 514–996Fly Limón International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LIO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
14h 54mCHF 442–1,506Taxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQPtaxi
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane XQP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
15h 15mCHF 472–1,424
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 410 - SFr 1100 and takes 16h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Basel is to fly and train which takes 14h 41m and costs SFr 500 - SFr 1000.
The distance between Costa Rica and Basel is 9328 km.
It takes approximately 17h 58m to get from Costa Rica to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 8h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 10:11 PM in Costa Rica and 6:11 AM in Basel.
There are 1330+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Basel, Switzerland?
KLM, British Airways, and Lufthansa fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from Limón International Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,400
Flights from Limón International Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,600
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Limón International Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,400
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Limón International Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,400
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Limón International Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,400
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Zurich Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–900
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–130
Coopemargarita
- Phone
- +506 2238 3838
- Website
- facebook.com
Coopeheredia
- Phone
- +506 2262 6262
- Website
- coopeheredia.com
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