There are 6 ways to get from Portugal to Costa Rica by plane, bus, or shuttle
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Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane OPO - SJO
16h 6m$453–1,005Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane LIS - LIO
26h 14m$293–1,016Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LIS - SJO
16h 32m$443–954Bus to Vigo, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga to Vigo Urzáizbus
- Fly from Vigo (VGO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane VGO - SJO
18h 1m$431–1,322Bus to Santiago De Compostela Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Braga to Santiago de Compostela - Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SCQ - SJO
19h 37m$395–1,528Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LIS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
27h 54m$888–2,603
Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portugal to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $450 - $1,000 and takes 16h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Portugal to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 16h 6m and costs $450 - $1,000.
The distance between Portugal and Costa Rica is 8088 km.
It takes approximately 16h 6m to get from Portugal to Costa Rica, including transfers.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Portugal and Costa Rica?
Iberia, Air Transat, and three other airlines fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–850
Flights from Vigo to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Vigo to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 37m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
Flights from Vigo to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Vigo to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–850
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 41m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 27m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Punta Cana, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga to Vigo Urzáiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–18
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Braga to Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–25
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Braga to Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.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/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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