There are 7 ways to get from Liverpool to Costa Rica by train, plane, or shuttle
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAN - SJO
20h 17m$559–1,137Fly Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LPL - SJO
19h 52m$327–1,262Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LBA - SJO
19h 43m$823–1,180Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LGW - SJO
17h$541–1,394Train to Humberside Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Barnetbytrain
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane HUY - SJO
20h 58m$685–2,583Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BHX - SJO
21h 53m$450–1,182Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MAN - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
32h 45m$984–3,336
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $320 - $1,300 and takes 19h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 17h and costs $500 - $1,400.
The distance between Liverpool and Costa Rica is 8659 km.
It takes approximately 20h 17m to get from Liverpool to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 6h behind Liverpool. It is currently 7:42 AM in Liverpool and 1:42 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 775+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Costa Rica?
easyJet, KLM, and five other airlines fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 38m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Orlando, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 59m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–70
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $65–85
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–27
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–22
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–260
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $34–35
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–55
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.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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