There are 8 ways to get from Costa Rica to Scotland by plane, train, or shuttle
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SJO - EDI
16h 10m£401–911Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SJO - GLA
15h 49m£234–906Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane SJO - DND
20h 58m£293–1,204Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SJO - ABZ
15h 52m£286–1,208Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane SJO - INV
16h 37m£295–1,210Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SJO - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 39m£277–1,200Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LIR - EDI
18h 28m£718–2,378Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SJO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
18h 20m£441–750
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Scotland is to fly which costs £230 - £950 and takes 15h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Scotland is to fly which takes 15h 49m and costs £230 - £950.
The distance between Costa Rica and Scotland is 5334 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 10m to get from Costa Rica to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 7h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 4:42 AM in Costa Rica and 11:42 AM in Scotland.
There are 852+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Scotland?
British Airways, Air France, and five other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Miami, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Miami, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Orlando, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Miami, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,400
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–1,300
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £159
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £204
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £49–53
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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