There are 5 ways to get from Gibraltar to Costa Rica by bus, plane, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Málaga Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Aeropuerto Malagabus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane AGP - SJO
18h 5m$306–1,031Bus to Jerez Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Los Barrios to Jerez de la Fronterabus
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane XRY - SJO
19h 38m$485–1,619Bus to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, fly
- Take the bus from La Linea De La Concepcion to Granada Estación de Autobusesbus
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GRX - SJO
22h 19m$435–1,440Bus, train to Seville Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Los Barrios to Jerez de la Fronterabus
- Take the train from Jerez De La Frontera to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SVQ - SJO
21h 11m$314–994Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly
- Take the carferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TNG - SJO
21h 6m$485–1,773
Málaga Airport (AGP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Gibraltar to Costa Rica is to bus and fly which costs $300 - $1,100 and takes 18h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Gibraltar to Costa Rica is to bus and fly which takes 18h 5m and costs $300 - $1,100.
The distance between Gibraltar and Costa Rica is 8559 km.
It takes approximately 18h 5m to get from Gibraltar to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Gibraltar. It is currently 7:05 PM in Gibraltar and 12:05 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 710+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Gibraltar and Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Gibraltar to Costa Rica. However, you can take the bus to Aeropuerto Malaga, walk to Málaga Airport (AGP) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to El Cacique, then take the line 200 bus to 100 m sur De La Agonía. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Hotel Alborán, take the bus to Los Barrios, take the bus to Jerez de la Frontera, walk to Jerez De La Frontera, take the train to La Parra, walk to Jerez Airport (XRY) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to El Cacique, then take the line 200 bus to 100 m sur De La Agonía.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Jerez Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Jerez Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Seville Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Seville Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 54m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Seville Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–900
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Jerez De La Frontera to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Aeropuerto Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–31
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- info@monbus.es
- Website
- Monbus
Bus from Los Barrios to Jerez de la Frontera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10
- Website
- Monbus
Bus from Los Barrios to Jerez de la Frontera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10
- Website
- Monbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from La Linea De La Concepcion to Granada Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–248
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Sirena Seat No Car
- $45
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- $56
- Sirena Seat Car
- $237
- Neptuno Seat Car
- $248
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