There are 6 ways to get from Medellín to Liberia by plane, bus, taxi, ferry, 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MDE - 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
9h$209–494Taxi, ferry, bus
- Take the taxi from Medellín to Cartagenataxi
- Take the ferry from Cartagena to Portobeloferry
- Take the bus from Sabanitas to Terminal de Albrookbus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Albrook to Terminal Tica Busbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberiabus
7d 14h$1,276–1,316Fly to Liberia International Airport
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MDE - LIR
7h 57m$213–770Fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane MDE - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
9h 8m$275–621Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane MDE - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
10h 33m$574–892Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
- Take the ferry from Cartagena to Portobeloferry
- Take the bus from Sabanitas to Terminal de Albrookbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus Panamá to Terminal Tica Bus San Josébus
- Take the bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberiabus
7d 15h$816–865
Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Medellín to Liberia is to fly and bus which costs $200 - $500 and takes 9h.
The fastest way to get from Medellín to Liberia is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs $210 - $800.
The distance between Medellín and Liberia is 1385 km.
The best way to get from Medellín to Liberia without a car is to taxi and ferry and bus which takes 7 days 14h and costs $1,270 - $1,320.
It takes approximately 9h to get from Medellín to Liberia, including transfers.
Liberia is 1h behind Medellín. It is currently 1:10 AM in Medellín and 12:10 AM in Liberia.
There are 104+ hotels available in Liberia.
What companies run services between Medellín, Colombia and Liberia, Costa Rica?
American Airlines, Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., and four other airlines fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–440
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Cobano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–460
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–260
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–240
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–440
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–260
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Bogota, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tamarindo Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–240
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Nosara Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–310
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–390
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–290
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- 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
- $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
- +507 983 9091
- Website
- UTRACOPA
Bus from Sabanitas to Terminal de Albrook
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- UTRACOPA
Bus from Sabanitas to Terminal de Albrook
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- UTRACOPA
Bus from Terminal de Albrook to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $58–90
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $60–90
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@caribeños.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Book at
- mibus.cr
Bus from Terminal Pulmitan De Liberia to Terminal Pulmitan Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Book at
- mibus.cr
- 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 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
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $35–55
- Phone
- +57 604 444 8888
- [email protected]
- Website
- rapidoochoa.com.co
Bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Book at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tica Bus
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus Panamá to Terminal Tica Bus San José
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- Tica Bus
- Phone
- +57 310 704 0425
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Sailing
Ferry from Cartagena to Portobelo
- Ave. Duration
- 6d
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $700
- Website
- Blue Sailing
Ferry from Cartagena to Portobelo
- Ave. Duration
- 6d
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $700
- Website
- Blue Sailing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Estimated price
- $500
Tax Individual
- Phone
- +57 604 444 4444
- Website
- tax-individual.com.co
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