There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to Greece by plane, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SJO - ATH
17h 50m€580–1,036Fly to Rhodes International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane SJO - RHO
19h 31m€372–1,304Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane SJO - SKG
18h 19m€373–1,303Fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane SJO - HER
19h 53m€392–1,403Fly to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane SJO - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
22h 20m€541–1,651Fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane SJO - PVK
- Take the bus from Preveza to Ioanninabus
22h 45m€566–1,922Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SJO - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train stationbus
24h 40m€499–1,144
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Greece is to fly which costs €370 - €1300 and takes 18h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Greece is to fly which takes 17h 50m and costs €550 - €1100.
The distance between Costa Rica and Greece is 10904 km.
It takes approximately 17h 50m to get from Costa Rica to Greece, including transfers.
Greece is 9h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 4:15 AM in Costa Rica and 1:15 PM in Greece.
There are 13687+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Greece?
Edelweiss Air, Swiss, and six other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,400
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chania International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Preveza Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via London Heathrow, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,700
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chania International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,100
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–190
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €230–250
- Phone
- +302651083071
- ktelioamagazine@gmail.com
- Website
- KTEL Ioanninon
Bus from Preveza to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- KTEL Ioanninon
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Citylines
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