There are 6 ways to get from Costa Rica to Portugal 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane SJO - LIS
15h 45m€455–961Fly Limón International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
cheapest- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane LIO - OPO
16h 59m€372–1,315Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane SJO - OPO
15h 48m€504–1,009Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Lisbon-Portela 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 Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane LIR - LIS
18h 7m€744–2,343Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vigo, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Vigo (VGO)plane SJO - VGO
- Take the bus from Vigo Urzáiz to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Bragabus
18h 33m€523–1,750Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane SJO - SCQ
- Take the bus from Santiago de Compostela to Bragabus
19h 33m€498–1,650
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Portugal is to fly which costs €500 - €1100 and takes 15h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Portugal is to fly which takes 15h 45m and costs €450 - €1000.
The distance between Costa Rica and Portugal is 8038 km.
It takes approximately 15h 45m to get from Costa Rica to Portugal, including transfers.
There are 9110+ hotels available in Portugal.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Portugal?
JetBlue Airways, TAP Portugal, and eight other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
Flights from Limón International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vigo via Panama City, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vigo via San Salvador, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Panama City, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Limón International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Limón International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Limón International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,100
Flights from Limón International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Limón International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,300
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vigo via Bogota, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vigo via Panama City, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €187
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €241
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €58–62
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Vigo Urzáiz to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Vigo Urzáiz to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Santiago de Compostela to Braga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Flixbus
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