There are 3 ways to get from Prague to Costa Rica by plane, train, or shuttle
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Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PRG - SJO
18h 1m$553–756Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Schwandorftrain
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane NUE - SJO
22h 2m$743–3,554Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane PRG - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
23h 25m$976–3,583
Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Prague to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $550 - $800 and takes 18h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Prague to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 18h 1m and costs $550 - $800.
The distance between Prague and Costa Rica is 9770 km.
It takes approximately 18h 1m to get from Prague to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Prague. It is currently 9:43 AM in Prague and 1:43 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 776+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Prague, Czechia and Costa Rica?
KLM, Air Canada, and two other airlines fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,000
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 6m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Schwandorf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- 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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