There are 6 ways to get from Palermo to Costa Rica by plane, bus, taxi, shuttle, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PMO - SJO
19h 8m$414–1,506Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CTA - SJO
21h 44m$353–1,230Fly Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane PMO - LIO
30h 41m$436–1,521Fly Palermo Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane PMO - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
33h 11m$554–1,666Fly Palermo Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane PMO - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Alajuela
33h$691–1,787Fly Palermo Airport to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Cobano (ACO)plane PMO - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
34h 29m$471–1,771
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Costa Rica is to bus and fly which costs $350 - $1,300 and takes 21h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 19h 8m and costs $410 - $1,600.
The distance between Palermo and Costa Rica is 9986 km.
It takes approximately 19h 8m to get from Palermo to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Palermo. It is currently 4:12 AM in Palermo and 9:12 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 710+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Costa Rica?
United Airlines, Ryanair, and six other airlines fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Newark, Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cobano via Newark, Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 26m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cobano via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–18
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $258
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- Naviera Tambor
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–25
- Schedules at
- Naviera Tambor
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $25
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