There are 6 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)SJO - EDI
16h 17m£351–811Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle, train
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Newcastle (NCL)SJO - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
18h 23m£271–1,035Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)SJO - GLA
15h 13m£391–551Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)SJO - ABZ
16h 12m£311–1,201Shuttle, 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)LIR - EDI
18h 16m£567–1,707Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)SJO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Central
19h 52m£455–841
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 £390 - £550 and takes 15h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Scotland is to fly which takes 15h 13m and costs £390 - £550.
The distance between Costa Rica and Scotland is 5334 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 17m to get from Costa Rica to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 6h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 9:02 AM in Costa Rica and 3:02 PM in Scotland.
There are 1366+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Scotland?
KLM, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
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 Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,400
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
- £230–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
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 Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
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
- £260–950
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £340–800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,400
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 54m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,800
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £300–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Manchester Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- 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
- £8–25
- 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
- £28–95
- 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 41m
- 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 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–30
- 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
- £17–110
- 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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