There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Drake by train, plane, taxi, car, shuttle, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, fly to Drake Bay
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Drake Bay (DRK)plane FRA - DRK
31h 6m$382–1,393Train, fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane FRA - XQP
- Drive from Quepos-Airport-XQP to Drakecar
25h 23m$376–1,318Train, fly to Puerto Jiménez Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Puerto Jiménez Airport (PJM)plane FRA - PJM
- Take the taxi from Puerto Jiménez Airport (PJM) to Draketaxi
23h 26m$600–1,908Train, fly to Golfito, drive
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Golfito (GLF)plane FRA - GLF
- Drive from Golfito (GLF) to Drakecar
24h 27m$523–1,898Train, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FRA - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría to Dominical
- Take the bus from Dominical to Palmar Nortebus
- Take the ferry from Sierpe to Bahía Drakeferry
26h 43m$671–1,590
Frankfurt (FRA) to Drake Bay (DRK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Drake is to train and fly and drive which costs $370 - $1,400 and takes 25h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Drake is to train and fly and taxi which takes 23h 26m and costs $600 - $2,000.
The distance between Europe and Drake is 9615 km.
It takes approximately 31h 6m to get from Europe to Drake, including transfers.
Drake is 7h behind Europe. It is currently 9:38 PM in Europe and 2:38 PM in Drake.
There are 144+ hotels available in Drake.
What companies run services between Europe and Drake, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Drake. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Drake Bay (DRK), then take the taxi to Drake. Alternatively, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Puerto Jiménez Airport (PJM), then take the taxi to Drake.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Drake Bay via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Puerto Jiménez Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Puerto Jiménez Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Puerto Jiménez Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Puerto Jiménez Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Golfito via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Golfito via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Golfito via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Golfito via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Drake Bay via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Drake Bay via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Drake Bay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Drake Bay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Golfito via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- 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
- $650–1,900
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +506 2642 0024
- info@zumatours.net
- Website
- zumatours.net
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría to Dominical
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.zumatours.net/
Bus from Dominical to Palmar Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- yoviajocr.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Dominical to Palmar Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $4–7
- Phone
- +506 2221 4214
- info@tracopacr.com
- Website
- tracopacr.com
Bus from Dominical to Palmar Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- tracopacr.com
- Colectivo
- $5–8
- Phone
- +506 8720 0801
- tapirus@yahoo.com
Ferry from Sierpe to Bahía Drake
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Estimated price
- $100–130
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