There are 5 ways to get from Madrid to Liberia by plane, bus, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Liberia International Airport
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MAD - LIR
16h 32m$616–1,872Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAD - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedesbus
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberiabus
17h 28m$471–1,316Fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane MAD - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
20h 50m$558–1,383Fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane MAD - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Cañas
- Take the bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberiabus
29h 18m$672–1,571Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane MAD - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
18h 20m$842–1,584
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Liberia is to fly and bus which costs $470 - $1,400 and takes 17h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Liberia is to fly which takes 16h 32m and costs $600 - $1,900.
The distance between Madrid and Liberia is 8591 km.
It takes approximately 16h 32m to get from Madrid to Liberia, including transfers.
Liberia is 8h behind Madrid. It is currently 5:36 AM in Madrid and 9:36 PM in Liberia.
There are 106+ hotels available in Liberia.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Liberia, Costa Rica?
Iberia, American Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) 4 times a day.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Santo Domingo, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Santo Domingo, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Roxana
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tamarindo Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Roxana
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–900
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedes
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- [email protected]
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Caribe Shuttle
- Phone
- +506 2663 1752
- [email protected]
- Website
- Reina del Campo
Bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- Reina del Campo
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@grupocaribeños.com
Bus from Cañas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
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