There are 6 ways to get from Rome to Costa Rica by plane, train, shuttle, taxi, 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 Fiumicino International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FCO - SJO
18h 16m$480–1,111Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane FCO - LIO
33h 49m$300–873Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Florence Santa Maria Novellatrain
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FLR - SJO
19h 9m$580–1,023Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane FCO - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
22h 24m$985–2,910Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane FCO - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
20h 59m$419–1,259Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Cobano (ACO)plane FCO - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
23h 27m$336–1,372
Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rome to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $300 - $900 and takes 33h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Rome to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 18h 16m and costs $480 - $1,200.
The distance between Rome and Costa Rica is 9833 km.
It takes approximately 18h 16m to get from Rome to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Rome. It is currently 2:19 AM in Rome and 7:19 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 745+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Rome, Italy and Costa Rica?
Ethiopian Airlines, United Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cobano via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cobano via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cobano via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 17m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Florence Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/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
- $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/
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–23
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $7
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $23
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