There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to Palermo by plane, taxi, ferry, shuttle, or bus
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SJO - PMO
18h 36m€384–1,507Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SJO - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
24h 41m€281–1,320Fly Limón International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LIO - PMO
18h 59m€342–1,316Taxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQPtaxi
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane XQP - PMO
19h 25m€459–1,531Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Naples Airport, ferry
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane SJO - NAP
- Take the ferry from Port of Naples to Port of Palermoferry
26h 42m€472–761Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Trapani Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane SJO - TPS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Lazio Municipio
39h 2m€492–1,812Ferry to Cobano, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the ferry from Puntarenas to Paqueraferry
- Fly from Cobano (ACO) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ACO - PMO
23h 47m€408–1,647
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Palermo is to fly and ferry which costs €470 - €800 and takes 26h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Palermo is to fly which takes 18h 36m and costs €380 - €1600.
The distance between Costa Rica and Palermo is 9986 km.
It takes approximately 18h 36m to get from Costa Rica to Palermo, including transfers.
Palermo is 7h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 6:57 AM in Costa Rica and 1:57 PM in Palermo.
There are 5713+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Palermo, Italy?
Iberia and Ryanair fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palermo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,500
Flights from Limón International Airport to Palermo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Palermo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Naples Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt, Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Trapani Airport via Madrid, Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Trapani Airport via Madrid, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Trapani Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Trapani Airport via Zurich, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Trapani Airport via Zurich, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Trapani Airport via Madrid, Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Cobano to Palermo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palermo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,500
Flights from Limón International Airport to Palermo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Palermo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Naples Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Cobano to Palermo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Naples Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Naples Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Naples Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,300
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Shuttle from Trapani Birgi Airport to Lazio Municipio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Naples to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Puntarenas to Paquera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–20
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- €2
- Child
- €1
- Moto
- €6
- Bike
- €4
- Car
- €20
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Estimated price
- €100–130
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