There are 5 ways to get from Tarifa to Costa Rica by bus, plane, train, or car ferry
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Bus, bus to Málaga Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Tarifa to Marbellabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane AGP - SJO
18h 30m$433–988Bus, train to Jerez Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádizbus
- Take the train from Cadiz to La Parratrain
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane XRY - SJO
18h 39m$618–1,437Bus, train to Seville Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádizbus
- Take the train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SVQ - SJO
20h 1m$447–1,065Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly
- Take the car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TNG - SJO
16h 51m$511–1,466Bus, bus to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the bus from Malaga Eeaa to Granada Estación de Autobusesbus
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GRX - SJO
21h 38m$536–1,367
Málaga Airport (AGP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarifa to Costa Rica is to bus and fly which costs $430 - $1,000 and takes 18h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Tarifa to Costa Rica is to car ferry and fly which takes 16h 51m and costs $500 - $1,500.
The distance between Tarifa and Costa Rica is 8591 km.
It takes approximately 18h 30m to get from Tarifa to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Tarifa. It is currently 1:11 AM in Tarifa and 5:11 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 773+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain and Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Tarifa to Costa Rica. However, you can take the bus to Marbella, walk to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella, take the bus to Malaga Airport, walk to Málaga Airport (AGP) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, then take the bus to El Erizo. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz, walk to Cadiz, take the train to La Parra, walk to Jerez Airport (XRY) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, then take the bus to El Erizo.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Jerez Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Jerez Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Seville Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Seville Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Barcelona, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–950
Flights from Jerez Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Seville Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,000
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,200
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,000
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Barcelona, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 58m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Cadiz to La Parra
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Malaga Eeaa to Granada Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–23
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–252
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Sirena Seat No Car
- $46
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- $57
- Sirena Seat Car
- $241
- Neptuno Seat Car
- $252
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