There are 7 ways to get from Lax to Costa Rica by train or plane
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Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the train from Brig to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GVA - SJO
19h 56m$696–4,463Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane ZRH - LIO
19h 45m$372–2,206Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZRH - SJO
17h 51m$601–1,243Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LIN - SJO
21h$512–1,067Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MXP - SJO
22h 18m$519–968Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TRN - SJO
23h 37m$654–999Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Brig to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FRA - SJO
21h 49m$650–1,933
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lax to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $500 - $1,100 and takes 21h.
The fastest way to get from Lax to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 17h 51m and costs $600 - $1,300.
The distance between Lax and Costa Rica is 9461 km.
It takes approximately 19h 56m to get from Lax to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Lax. It is currently 4:47 AM in Lax and 8:47 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 743+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Lax, Switzerland and Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Lax to Costa Rica. However, you can take the train to Brig Bahnhofplatz, walk to Brig, take the train to Genève-Aéroport, walk to Geneva International Airport (GVA) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, then take the bus to El Erizo. Alternatively, you can take the train to Brig Bahnhofplatz, walk to Brig, take the train to Bern, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, then take the bus to El Erizo.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–750
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,900
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Brig to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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