There are 6 ways to get from Washington to Tamarindo by plane, shuttle, car, train, or subway
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane DCA - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
9h 43m$757–2,764Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane DCA - TNO
8h 57m$278–1,168Drive 5,667.3 km
- Drive from Washington to Tamarindocar 5,667.3 km
2d 22h$760–1,098Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane DCA - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
10h 5m$522–1,314Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane BWI - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
9h 48m$496–2,229Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane IAD - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
12h 11m$486–1,692
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Tamarindo is to fly which costs $270 - $1,200 and takes 8h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Tamarindo is to fly which takes 8h 57m and costs $270 - $1,200.
The distance between Washington and Tamarindo is 3345 km. The road distance is 5667.3 km.
It takes approximately 9h 43m to get from Washington to Tamarindo, including transfers.
Tamarindo is 1h behind Washington. It is currently 5:02 AM in Washington and 4:02 AM in Tamarindo.
Yes, the driving distance between Washington to Tamarindo is 5667 km. It takes approximately 2 days 22h to drive from Washington to Tamarindo.
There are 945+ hotels available in Tamarindo.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica?
Southwest Airlines, World Ticket, and four other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Charlotte, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tamarindo Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $109
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Alajuela to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $284
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
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