There are 6 ways to get from Zug to Costa Rica by train, plane, 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.
Train to Basel, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BSL - SJO
19h 11m$754–1,277Fly Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane ZRH - LIO
27h 54m$348–1,237Fly Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZRH - SJO
15h 36m$516–1,922Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FRA - SJO
20h 15m$613–1,415Fly Zurich Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane ZRH - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
18h 9m$466–1,382Fly Zurich Airport to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cobano (ACO)plane ZRH - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
20h 57m$383–1,387
Basel (BSL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zug to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $340 - $1,300 and takes 27h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Zug to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 15h 36m and costs $500 - $2,000.
The distance between Zug and Costa Rica is 9446 km.
It takes approximately 19h 11m to get from Zug to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Zug. It is currently 6:00 AM in Zug and 10:00 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 708+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Zug, Switzerland and Costa Rica?
Edelweiss Air flies from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a week.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Basel to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Basel to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Basel to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Basel to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- Naviera Tambor
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–25
- Schedules at
- Naviera Tambor
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $25
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