There are 7 ways to get from Lax to Costa Rica by train, plane, or bus
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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
20h 51m$496–1,672Bus to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1bus
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MXP - SJO
21h 32m$360–1,245Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano P.Garibalditrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LIN - SJO
22h 13m$591–1,269Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Domodossola to Novaratrain
- Take the train from Novara to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TRN - SJO
23h 44m$447–1,483Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Limón International Airport
- 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
31h 54m$542–1,815Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Brig to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FRA - SJO
21h 9m$589–1,867Train, 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
18h 1m$601–2,202
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 bus and fly which costs $360 - $1,300 and takes 21h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Lax to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 18h 1m and costs $600 - $2,200.
The distance between Lax and Costa Rica is 9460 km.
It takes approximately 20h 51m to get from Lax to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Lax. It is currently 11:36 AM in Lax and 3:36 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 753+ 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 El Cacique, then take the line 200 bus to 100 m sur De La Agonía. Alternatively, you can take the train to Brig Bahnhofplatz, walk to Brig, take the train to Domodossola, take the train to Milano P.Garibaldi, take the train to Milano Dateo, walk to Dateo, take the line 4 subway to Linate Aeroporto, walk to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) 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
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- 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
- $420–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Train from Brig to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–250
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Domodossola to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–28
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Domodossola to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Novara to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $75–110
- 2nd Class
- $55–75
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- comazzi@comazzibus.com
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
Bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
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