There are 4 ways to get from Europe to Limón by train, plane, or shuttle
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Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Limón International Airport
best- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane FRA - LIO
30h 42m$479–1,626Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane HAJ - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Limón
25h 38mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FRA - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Limón
24h 47m$1,590–2,528Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane FRA - XQP
- Take a shuttle bus from Manuel Antonio to Playa Manzanillo
- Take a shuttle bus from Manzanillo to Limon Airport
41h 14m$1,025–2,262
Frankfurt (FRA) to Limón International Airport (LIO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Limón is to train and fly which costs $470 - $1,700 and takes 30h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Limón is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 24h 47m and costs $1,500 - $2,600.
The distance between Europe and Limón is 9476 km.
It takes approximately 30h 42m to get from Europe to Limón, including transfers.
Limón is 8h behind Europe. It is currently 5:22 AM in Europe and 9:22 PM in Limón.
There are 37+ hotels available in Limón.
What companies run services between Europe and Limón, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Limón. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Fulda Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, then fly to Limón International Airport (LIO). Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof, take the train to Göttingen, take the train to Hannover Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Langenhagen Flughafen, walk to Hannover Airport (HAJ) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to Parada Aeropuerto - San José Lateral, take the bus to Avenida 2 con Calle 3, walk to Alajuela, take the shuttle to Monteverde, then take the shuttle to Limón.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Arenal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Arenal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Hannover Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–750
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $315
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Limón
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $685
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $315
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Limón
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $685
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Manuel Antonio to Playa Manzanillo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $501
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- [email protected]
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Manzanillo to Limon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $35
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
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