There are 6 ways to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, bus, 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.
Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LIS - SJO
16h 38m$502–1,108Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane LIS - LIO
26h 23m$344–1,223Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LIS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
29h 37m$776–2,487Bus to Badajoz Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Badajozbus
- Fly from Badajoz Airport (BJZ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BJZ - SJO
19h 25m$720–2,434Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LIS - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
19h 13m$462–1,378Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cobano (ACO)plane LIS - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
22h 1m$429–1,573
Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 16h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 16h 38m and costs $500 - $1,200.
The distance between Lisbon and Costa Rica is 8030 km.
It takes approximately 16h 38m to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Lisbon. It is currently 13:37 in Lisbon and 06:37 in Costa Rica.
There are 756+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Costa Rica?
Air Canada, TAP Portugal, and four other airlines fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 4m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 32m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Badajoz Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 44m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Punta Cana, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Badajoz Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,200
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lisbon to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lisbon to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Lisbon to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- 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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