There are 6 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 42m$323–1,207Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane ZAG - LIO
33h$283–1,019Fly Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SPU - SJO
18h 9m$410–1,512Shuttle 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 34m$539–1,466Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- 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
19h 38m$437–1,784Bus, 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 42m$639–1,165
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 $280 - $1,100 and takes 33h.
The fastest way to get from Croatia to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 18h 9m and costs $410 - $1,600.
The distance between Croatia and Costa Rica is 10018 km.
It takes approximately 19h 42m to get from Croatia to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Croatia. It is currently 5:28 PM in Croatia and 10:28 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Croatia and Costa Rica?
Croatia Airlines, Air France, and four 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
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Ljubljana to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- 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
- $17–26
- 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
- $11–35
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Website
- italotreno.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- italotreno.com
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $47–470
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $47–52
- Private
- $260–470
Shuttle from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $35–280
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $35–45
- Private
- $150–280
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
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