There are 7 ways to get from Santander to Quepos by plane, shuttle, bus, or train
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Fly Santander Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)SDR - XQP
31h 8m$614–1,617Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Quepos La Managua Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)BIO - XQP
29h 50m$330–1,242Fly Santander Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)SDR - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Dominical
- Take the bus from Dominical to Quepos
21h 16m$531–1,579Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)BIO - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Dominical
- Take the bus from Dominical to Quepos
22h 24m$517–1,154Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Quepos La Managua Airport
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)MAD - XQP
24h$407–1,309Bus to San Sebastián Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)EAS - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Dominical
- Take the bus from Dominical to Quepos
24h 54m$556–1,718Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)MAD - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Dominical
- Take the bus from Dominical to Quepos
22h 43m$474–1,371
Santander Airport (SDR) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Quepos is to train and fly and shuttle and bus which costs $470 - $1,400 and takes 22h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Quepos is to fly and shuttle and bus which takes 21h 16m and costs $500 - $1,600.
The distance between Santander and Quepos is 8519 km.
It takes approximately 31h 8m to get from Santander to Quepos, including transfers.
Quepos is 7h behind Santander. It is currently 11:19 AM in Santander and 4:19 AM in Quepos.
There are 403+ hotels available in Quepos.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Quepos, Costa Rica?
Iberia, World Ticket, and three other airlines fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) 6 times a week.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,700
Flights from Santander Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Santo Domingo, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,700
Flights from Santander Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,700
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,800
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via London Gatwick, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Santo Domingo, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,700
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,700
Flights from Santander Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,700
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,800
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via London Gatwick, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,200
Flights from Santander Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–2,200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
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
- $450–2,200
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–850
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
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
- $320–850
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–800
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–850
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–750
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from San José to Dominical
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $270
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2642 0024
- info@zumatours.net
- Website
- zumatours.net
Shuttle from San José to Dominical
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.zumatours.net/
- Phone
- +506 2771 2550
- contraloriadeservicios@grupoblanco.cr
- Website
- grupoblanco.cr
Bus from Dominical to Quepos
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Book at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–26
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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