There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to Scotland by plane, train, or shuttle
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SJO - GLA
15h 15m£221–851Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SJO - EDI
15h 22m£351–1,011Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SJO - ABZ
17h 6m£321–1,201Fly 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
18h 19m£271–1,085Shuttle, 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 38m£597–1,907Fly 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
19h 47m£453–938Fly 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£288–1,311
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Scotland is to fly which costs £220 - £850 and takes 15h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Scotland is to fly which takes 15h 15m and costs £220 - £850.
The distance between Costa Rica and Scotland is 5293 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 15m to get from Costa Rica to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 6h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 11:07 AM in Costa Rica and 5:07 PM in Scotland.
There are 1382+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Scotland?
KLM, United Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Cartagena, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £330–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,600
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300–950
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- 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 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–22
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–95
- 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
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–23
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- 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
- £127
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £166
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–55
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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