There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to Zermatt by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)SJO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Visp
17h 26mCHF 486–956Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)SJO - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
22h 37mCHF 381–1,381Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)SJO - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Visp
19h 31mCHF 606–966Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)SJO - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
20h 41mCHF 542–859Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Basel (BSL)SJO - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visp
20h 44mCHF 384–1,246Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)SJO - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
20h 54mCHF 433–990Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Frankfurt (FRA)SJO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visp
21h 32mCHF 492–1,256
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Zermatt is to fly and train which costs SFr 430 - SFr 1000 and takes 20h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Zermatt is to fly and train which takes 17h 26m and costs SFr 480 - SFr 1000.
The distance between Costa Rica and Zermatt is 9656 km.
It takes approximately 17h 26m to get from Costa Rica to Zermatt, including transfers.
Zermatt is 7h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 12:25 PM in Costa Rica and 7:25 PM in Zermatt.
There are 2290+ hotels available in Zermatt.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Zermatt, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Costa Rica to Zermatt. However, you can take the bus to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, walk to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Visp, then take the train to Zermatt, Bahnhof. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, walk to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) airport, fly to Geneva International Airport (GVA), walk to Genève-Aéroport, take the train to Visp, then take the train to Zermatt, Bahnhof.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Zurich Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- Schedules at
- Swiss Railways
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- info@glacierexpress.ch
- Website
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
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