There are 6 ways to get from London to Nicoya by train, plane, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
best- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LGW - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Nicoya
17h 23m$757–1,403Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Nosara Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane LGW - NOB
- Take the bus from Nosara to Nicoyabus
30h 7m$298–1,034Fly London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LHR - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoyabus
26h 18m$559–1,248Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane LGW - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Nicoya
19h 43m$485–1,303Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, bus
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LGW - LIR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoyabus
19h 44m$667–2,434Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Cobano, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cobano (ACO)plane LGW - ACO
- Take a shuttle bus from Montezuma to Sámara
- Take the bus from Sámara to Nicoyabus
32h 55m$334–1,093
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Nicoya is to train and fly and bus which costs $290 - $1,100 and takes 30h 7m.
The fastest way to get from London to Nicoya is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 17h 23m and costs $750 - $1,400.
The distance between London and Nicoya is 8986 km.
It takes approximately 17h 23m to get from London to Nicoya, including transfers.
Nicoya is 6h behind London. It is currently 10:11 PM in London and 4:11 PM in Nicoya.
There are 49+ hotels available in Nicoya.
What companies run services between London, England and Nicoya, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from London to Nicoya. However, you can take the train to Gatwick Airport, walk to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, take the bus to Terminal TUASA, walk to San José, then take the shuttle to Nicoya. Alternatively, you can take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Liberia International Airport (LIR), walk to Llano Grande, take the bus to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia, then take the bus to Nicoya.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nosara Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Nosara Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cobano via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nosara Airport via Boston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nosara Airport via Toronto, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 38m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 21m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 6m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,900
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 12m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- 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
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $13–19
- 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
- $21–29
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from San José to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $272
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $163
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2665 7520
- tlpampaoficial@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +506 2685 5352
- traroc19@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Nosara to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Sámara to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–4
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Montezuma to Sámara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Sámara to Nicoya
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
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