There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to Europe by plane, train, or taxi
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hannover Airport, train
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane SJO - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhoftrain
21h 14mFly Limón International Airport to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LIO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
20h 53m$372–1,493Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SJO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
19h 6m$592–1,482Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane SJO - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbftrain
21h 4m$705–3,523Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SJO - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
22h 20m$674–1,272Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane SJO - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
22h 41m$563–1,565Taxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQPtaxi
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane XQP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
20h 44m$482–1,634
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Hannover Airport (HAJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Europe is to fly and train which costs $550 - $1,500 and takes 19h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Europe is to fly and train which takes 19h 6m and costs $550 - $1,500.
The distance between Costa Rica and Europe is 9587 km.
It takes approximately 21h 14m to get from Costa Rica to Europe, including transfers.
Europe is 8h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 4:44 PM in Costa Rica and 12:44 AM in Europe.
There are 852+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Europe?
There is no direct connection from Costa Rica to Europe. However, you can take the bus to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, walk to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) airport, fly to Hannover Airport (HAJ), walk to Langenhagen Flughafen, take the train to Hannover Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Göttingen, take the train to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof, take the train to Sontra Bahnhof, walk to Sontra Breitwiese, then take the line 260 bus to Nentershausen-Süß Gerstunger Straße. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, walk to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) airport, fly to Frankfurt (FRA), walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Fulda Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Sontra Bahnhof, walk to Sontra Breitwiese, then take the line 260 bus to Nentershausen-Süß Gerstunger Straße.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–2,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–2,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Zurich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–2,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–2,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Frankfurt via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Frankfurt via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Limón International Airport to Frankfurt via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Frankfurt via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Limón International Airport to Frankfurt via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Frankfurt via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hannover Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Limón International Airport to Frankfurt via Juan Santamaría International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Frankfurt via Juan Santamaría International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–2,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–2,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $14–16
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Estimated price
- $130–160
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