There are 7 ways to get from Philadelphia to Guanacaste by plane, train, bus, car, 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 Philadelphia International Airport to Liberia International Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane PHL - LIR
9h 6m$378–1,473Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane JFK - LIR
10h 25m$340–1,784Train, bus
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Houstonbus
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus San Salvador to Liberiabus
5d 8h$1,003–1,651Drive 5,798.1 km
- Drive from Philadelphia to Liberiacar 5,798.1 km
3d$778–1,124Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PHL - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Cañas
12h 11m$766–1,387Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Managua Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Managua Airport (MGA)plane PHL - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Granada to Peñas Blancas
14h 19m$423–1,155Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EWR - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Cañas
11h 24m$1,126–1,550
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Guanacaste is to fly and shuttle which costs $420 - $1,200 and takes 14h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Guanacaste is to fly which takes 9h 6m and costs $370 - $1,500.
The distance between Philadelphia and Guanacaste is 3438 km. The road distance is 5798.1 km.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Guanacaste without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 8h and costs $1,000 - $1,700.
It takes approximately 9h 6m to get from Philadelphia to Guanacaste, including transfers.
Guanacaste is 2h behind Philadelphia. It is currently 9:00 AM in Philadelphia and 7:00 AM in Guanacaste.
Yes, the driving distance between Philadelphia to Guanacaste is 5798 km. It takes approximately 3 days 0h to drive from Philadelphia to Guanacaste.
There are 103+ hotels available in Guanacaste.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Guanacaste, Costa Rica?
American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and two other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Managua Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tica Bus
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus San Salvador to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- Tica Bus
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $315
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $268
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $315
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $268
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- +506 8812 4012
- [email protected]
- Website
- EasyRide CR
Shuttle from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- EasyRide CR
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