There are 6 ways to get from Glasgow to Costa Rica by plane, bus, or shuttle
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Fly Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GLA - SJO
21h 5m$295–1,016Fly Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane GLA - LIO
33h 18m$245–928Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EDI - SJO
17h 57m$563–1,319Fly Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane GLA - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
23h 13m$890–2,815Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane EDI - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
34h 25m$888–2,918Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Limón International Airport
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane EDI - LIO
33h 43m$263–931
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $240 - $950 and takes 33h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Costa Rica is to bus and fly which takes 17h 57m and costs $550 - $1,400.
The distance between Glasgow and Costa Rica is 8470 km.
It takes approximately 21h 5m to get from Glasgow to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 6h behind Glasgow. It is currently 7:25 AM in Glasgow and 1:25 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 750+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Costa Rica?
United Airlines, WestJet, and Air Transat fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) once daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via London Gatwick, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via London Gatwick, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via London Gatwick, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 56m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 56m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 53m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 12m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 46m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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