There are 6 ways to get from Nice to Costa Rica by plane, train, or taxi
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Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane NCE - SJO
18h 42m$502–1,105Fly Monaco to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Monaco (MCM) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MCM - SJO
23h 22m$344–1,309Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MRS - SJO
19h 42m$521–953Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane NCE - LIO
32h 20m$382–1,417Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Savonatrain
- Take the train from Savona to Torino Lingottotrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TRN - SJO
23h 5m$580–1,188Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane NCE - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
28h 6m$361–1,063
Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Costa Rica is to fly and taxi which costs $360 - $1,100 and takes 28h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 18h 42m and costs $500 - $1,200.
The distance between Nice and Costa Rica is 9368 km.
It takes approximately 18h 42m to get from Nice to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Nice. It is currently 2:34 AM in Nice and 7:34 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Costa Rica?
Air Transat, Iberia, and three other airlines fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Monaco to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Monaco to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Monaco to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Monaco to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $45–65
- 1st Class
- $75–95
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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