There are 5 ways to get from Zagreb to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, or taxi
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Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZAG - SJO
19h 14m$602–1,304Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane ZAG - LIO
32h 32m$292–1,116Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LJU - SJO
19h 41m$438–1,776Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane ZAG - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
28h 17m$451–1,452Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane ZAG - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Alajuela
29h 31m$565–1,590
Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zagreb to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $290 - $1,200 and takes 32h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Zagreb to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 19h 14m and costs $600 - $1,300.
The distance between Zagreb and Costa Rica is 10016 km.
It takes approximately 19h 14m to get from Zagreb to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Zagreb. It is currently 2:53 PM in Zagreb and 7:53 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 775+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Zagreb, Croatia and Costa Rica?
Croatia Airlines, Air France, and four other airlines fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport, Roxana
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Ljubljana to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Munich, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $35–280
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $35–45
- Private
- $150–280
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
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