There are 8 ways to get from Granada to Rivas by plane, shuttle, bus, or train
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Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Managua Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Managua Airport (MGA)plane GRX - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Granada to Rivas
21h 54m$680–1,782Train to Málaga Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane AGP - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Peñas Blancasbus
25h 4m$675–2,542Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GRX - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to La Fortuna
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Peñas Blancas
22h 59m$942–1,745Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Liberia International Airport, bus
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane GRX - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Peñas Blancasbus
25h 32m$1,005–3,909Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAD - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to La Fortuna
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Peñas Blancas
22h 8m$905–1,553Train to Málaga Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane AGP - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to La Fortuna
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Peñas Blancas
22h 31m$962–1,378Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane GRX - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Peñas Blancas
23h 37m$714–2,122Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MAD - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Peñas Blancasbus
25h$978–2,567
Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Managua Airport (MGA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Granada to Rivas is to train and fly and shuttle which costs $950 - $1,400 and takes 22h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Granada to Rivas is to fly and shuttle which takes 21h 54m and costs $650 - $1,800.
The distance between Granada and Rivas is 8656 km.
It takes approximately 21h 54m to get from Granada to Rivas, including transfers.
Rivas is 7h behind Granada. It is currently 12:55 AM in Granada and 5:55 PM in Rivas.
There are 215+ hotels available in Rivas.
What companies run services between Granada, Spain and Rivas, Nicaragua?
There is no direct connection from Granada to Rivas. However, you can take the bus to Aeropuerto Granada-Jaen, walk to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) airport, fly to Managua Airport (MGA), walk to Managua Airport, take the shuttle to Granada, walk to Granada, then take the shuttle to Rivas. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Aeropuerto Granada-Jaen, walk to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, take the bus to El Erizo, walk to Alajuela, take the shuttle to La Fortuna, take the shuttle to Peñas Blancas, walk to Peñas Blancas, then take the shuttle to Rivas.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 36m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Liberia International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 33m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,200
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Liberia International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 51m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Málaga Airport to Liberia International Airport via Lisboa, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 13m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Málaga Airport to Liberia International Airport via Casablanca, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 48m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Liberia International Airport via Barcelona, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 48m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 6m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 51m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 36m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Liberia International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Liberia International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Liberia International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Liberia International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–650
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Granada to Rivas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $129
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Alajuela to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $271
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $197
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2666 0517
- info@grupotranbasa.com
- Website
- grupotranbasa.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- grupotranbasa.com
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