There are 5 ways to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, bus, or taxi
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Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LIS - SJO
16h 50m$503–810Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane LIS - LIO
26h 8m$364–1,123Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LIS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
29h 37m$1,076–2,987Bus to Badajoz Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Badajozbus
- Fly from Badajoz Airport (BJZ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BJZ - SJO
20h 4m$673–1,750Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LIS - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
19h 13m$502–1,568
Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $500 - $850 and takes 16h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 16h 50m and costs $500 - $850.
The distance between Lisbon and Costa Rica is 8031 km.
It takes approximately 16h 50m to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Lisbon. It is currently 4:33 PM in Lisbon and 9:33 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 797+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Costa Rica?
Air Transat, Porter Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 4m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 47m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 43m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 47m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Badajoz Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Badajoz Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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