There are 8 ways to get from Europe to Tamarindo by train, plane, or shuttle
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane FRA - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
31h 45m$1,004–2,462Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tamarindo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane FRA - TNO
22h$408–1,388Train to Frankfurt, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- 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 Alajuela to Tamarindo
20h 58m$875–1,764Train to Frankfurt, fly to Nosara Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane FRA - NOB
30h 21m$574–1,482Train to Frankfurt, fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane FRA - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Tamarindo
33h 33m$506–1,488Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cobano, shuttle
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cobano (ACO)plane FRA - ACO
- Take a shuttle bus from Montezuma to Tamarindo
33h 39m$432–1,788Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane AMS - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
25h 5m$875–1,737Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZRH - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
25h 33m$884–1,976
Frankfurt (FRA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Tamarindo is to train and fly which costs $400 - $1,400 and takes 22h.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Tamarindo is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 20h 58m and costs $850 - $1,800.
The distance between Europe and Tamarindo is 9675 km.
It takes approximately 31h 45m to get from Europe to Tamarindo, including transfers.
Tamarindo is 7h behind Europe. It is currently 9:13 AM in Europe and 2:13 AM in Tamarindo.
There are 974+ hotels available in Tamarindo.
What companies run services between Europe and Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Tamarindo. 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 Liberia International Airport (LIR), walk to Liberia Airport, take the shuttle to Liberia, then take the shuttle to Tamarindo. 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, take the bus to El Erizo, walk to Alajuela, then take the shuttle to Tamarindo.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Tamarindo Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Tamarindo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Nosara Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Cobano via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Nosara Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Tamarindo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Roxana
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- 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
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- 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
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $20–30
- 1st Class
- $35–65
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $109
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Alajuela to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $284
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $89
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +506 2642 0024
- info@zumatours.net
- Website
- zumatours.net
Shuttle from Montezuma to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $40–380
- Website
- https://www.zumatours.net/
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