There are 8 ways to get from Costa Rica to Greece by plane, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SJO - ATH
17h 35m€570–1,041Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane SJO - SKG
19h 24m€365–1,259Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane SJO - RHO
21h 56m€389–1,325Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane SJO - HER
18h 8m€386–1,329Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane SJO - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
31h 30m€495–1,298Fly Limón International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane LIO - SKG
20h 59m€382–1,414Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SJO - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train stationbus
26h€551–1,187Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane SJO - TIA
- Take a shuttle bus from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
25h 51m
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Greece is to fly which costs €360 - €1300 and takes 19h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Greece is to fly which takes 17h 35m and costs €550 - €1100.
The distance between Costa Rica and Greece is 10909 km.
It takes approximately 17h 35m to get from Costa Rica to Greece, including transfers.
Greece is 8h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 11:47 PM in Costa Rica and 7:47 AM in Greece.
There are 12958+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Greece?
Edelweiss Air, Aegean Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Limón International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Madrid, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chania International Airport via Madrid, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,300
Flights from Limón International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chania International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chania International Airport via Madrid, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,200
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- [email protected]
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–190
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €230–250
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +355 67 609 7542
- [email protected]
- Website
- airporthermesbooking.com
Shuttle from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Schedules at
- airporthermesbooking.com
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- [email protected]
- Website
- likokostatours.yolasite.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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