There are 8 ways to get from Providence to Costa Rica by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, train, bus, or shuttle
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Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PVD - SJO
10h 15m$114–479Bus
- Take the bus from Providence Downtown to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Houston Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus
5d 16h$431–993Drive 6,446.6 km
- Drive from Providence to San Josécar 6,446.6 km
3d 7h$865–1,249Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Providence to South Stationtrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BOS - SJO
11h 27m$157–1,046Bus to Worcester Regional Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Providence to Worcester Union Stationbus
- Fly from Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ORH - SJO
25h 30mTrain to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane JFK - SJO
11h 38m$160–1,449Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EWR - SJO
12h 30m$168–1,340Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Providence to South Stationtrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane BOS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
13h 6m$592–2,485
Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Providence to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $110 - $480 and takes 10h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Providence to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 10h 15m and costs $110 - $480.
The distance between Providence and Costa Rica is 3762 km. The road distance is 6446.6 km.
The best way to get from Providence to Costa Rica without a car is to bus which takes 5 days 16h and costs $430 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 10h 15m to get from Providence to Costa Rica, including transfers.
The best way to get from Providence to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 10h 15m and costs $110 - $480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $430 - $1,000 and takes 5 days 16h.
Costa Rica is 1h behind Providence. It is currently 11:29 PM in Providence and 10:29 PM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Providence to Costa Rica is 6447 km. It takes approximately 3 days 7h to drive from Providence to Costa Rica.
There are 749+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Providence, RI, USA and Costa Rica?
Southwest Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Providence Downtown to Terminal Atlántico Norte via Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York Midtown, Atlanta Bus Station, Houston Bus Station, Houston - Harrisburg Blvd, Houston - Hillcroft Ave, Houston, San Salvador, and Terminal San Carlos - CCA in around 5d 16h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Worcester Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Philadelphia, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Worcester Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Worcester Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–460
Flights from Worcester Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Worcester Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York La Guardia, Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 6m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–410
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $5–14
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $6–210
- Business Class
- $45–240
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–280
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $26–280
- Business Class
- $85–330
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $10–450
- First Class
- $110–600
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–700
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $40–480
- First Class
- $180–700
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- peterpanbus.com
Bus from Providence Downtown to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $24–55
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $65–95
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Providence to Worcester Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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