There are 7 ways to get from Croatia to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, bus, or train
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Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZAG - SJO
19h 17m$753–1,707Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LJU - SJO
18h 51m$288–2,418Fly Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SPU - SJO
18h 19m$426–1,492Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane VCE - SJO
21h 51m$652–2,297Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane ZAG - LIO
32h 45m$444–1,120Bus, train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BLQ - SJO
22h 37m$715–1,589Bus, shuttle to Vienna International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane VIE - SJO
23h 51m$662–1,275
Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Croatia to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $440 - $1,200 and takes 32h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Croatia to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 18h 19m and costs $420 - $1,500.
The distance between Croatia and Costa Rica is 10017 km.
It takes approximately 19h 17m to get from Croatia to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Croatia. It is currently 1:20 PM in Croatia and 5:20 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 786+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Croatia and Costa Rica?
Croatia Airlines, Air France, and two other airlines fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–1,600
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–1,600
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–1,600
Flights from Ljubljana to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–2,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $38–420
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $38
- Private
- $176
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $52–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $52
- Private
- $290
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–300
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- info@easydrive.si
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
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