There are 7 ways to get from Dresden to Costa Rica by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Dresden Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)DRS - SJO
17h 40m$509–2,014Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)NUE - SJO
20h 46m$424–1,557Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)BER - SJO
19h 7m$515–1,071Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)PRG - SJO
21h 59m$515–957Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)LEJ - SJO
19h 3m$497–1,855Fly Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Limón International Airport (LIO)DRS - LIO
35h 18m$469–1,726Train to Frankfurt, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)FRA - SJO
19h 34m$540–1,359
Dresden Airport (DRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Costa Rica is to bus and fly which costs $500 - $1,000 and takes 21h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 17h 40m and costs $500 - $2,100.
The distance between Dresden and Costa Rica is 9712 km.
It takes approximately 17h 40m to get from Dresden to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Dresden. It is currently 1:12 PM in Dresden and 6:12 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 794+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Costa Rica?
Lufthansa, Swiss, and Edelweiss Air fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 5 times a week.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $900–1,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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