There are 6 ways to get from Pamplona to Costa Rica by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Pamplona Airport
best- Fly from Pamplona Airport (PNA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PNA - SJO
16h 22m$953–2,804Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BIO - SJO
18h 16m$273–1,219Bus to San Sebastián Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Pamplona to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EAS - SJO
18h 43m$562–1,725Bus to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Pamplona to Logroño Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Logroño-Agoncillo Airport (RJL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane RJL - SJO
21h 24m$566–1,720Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pamplona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAD - SJO
17h 17m$449–1,222Bus, bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Pamplona to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritzbus
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BIQ - SJO
19h 45m$519–2,044
Pamplona Airport (PNA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pamplona to Costa Rica is to bus and fly which costs $270 - $1,300 and takes 18h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Pamplona to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 16h 22m and costs $950 - $2,800.
The distance between Pamplona and Costa Rica is 8661 km.
It takes approximately 16h 22m to get from Pamplona to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Pamplona. It is currently 9:10 AM in Pamplona and 2:10 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 775+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Pamplona, Spain and Costa Rica?
Iberia, Iberojet Airlines, and Copa Airlines fly from Pamplona Airport (PNA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) once daily.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,200
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 53m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Logroño-Agoncillo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Logroño-Agoncillo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Logroño-Agoncillo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–900
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Pamplona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 945 18 20 60
- alavabus@araba.eus
- Website
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://alavabus.eus/es/inicio
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Pamplona to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 (0) 948 326 509
- info@laestellesa.com
- Website
- laestellesa.com
Bus from Pamplona to Logroño Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14
- Website
- https://laestellesa.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–19
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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