There are 6 ways to get from Milan to Costa Rica by plane, train, or shuttle
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Fly Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LIN - SJO
17h 25m$602–902Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MXP - SJO
19h 15m$305–1,106Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TRN - SJO
18h 27m$361–1,334Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MXP - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
33h 54m$779–2,285Fly Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane LIN - LIO
29h 38m$354–1,117Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZRH - SJO
18h 33m$605–1,980
Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $300 - $1,200 and takes 19h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 17h 25m and costs $600 - $900.
The distance between Milan and Costa Rica is 9497 km.
It takes approximately 17h 25m to get from Milan to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Milan. It is currently 8:43 PM in Milan and 1:43 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 713+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Costa Rica?
Iberia, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- 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
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900 / 2640 0811
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
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