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Europe with a passport from Costa Rica

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countries let you in without a visa

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With a passport from Costa Rica, 41 of the 43 countries we cover in Europe let you in without a visa; 2 take an e-visa or ETA you apply for online before you fly. Of the 199 passports we cover, 140 get into fewer of these countries without a visa and 48 into more.

The cheapest trips for this passport

€116 per person with a cabin bag buys 3 flights through 4 countries on a passport from Costa Rica, from Lisbon. That trip's oldest price was seen 3 days ago and may be higher now. See more of the cheapest trips for this passport, with what each country on a trip asks of it.

From Lisbon, 11–17 Dec €116per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€44 without bags · prices seen up to 3 days ago, may be higher now

LisbonValencia3nMilan2nTirana

Airport change in Milan

Country by country

For a short visit as a tourist, from Passport Index (February 2026), with the countries whose rules changed since checked against their official rules. Rules change: check the official source before you travel.

Where this passport differs from most

London, United KingdomAberdeen, United KingdomBirmingham, United KingdomKirkwall (Orkney), United KingdomManchester, United KingdomNottingham, United KingdomLeeds, United KingdomBelfast, United KingdomBristol, United KingdomNewcastle, United KingdomBournemouth, United KingdomGlasgow, United KingdomLiverpool, United KingdomEdinburgh, United KingdomYerevan, ArmeniaCardiff, United KingdomExeter, United KingdomSouthampton, United KingdomInverness, United KingdomNewquay, United KingdomIslay, United KingdomGyumri, ArmeniaAalborg, DenmarkCopenhagen, DenmarkAmsterdam, NetherlandsAarhus, DenmarkMalaga, SpainGdansk, PolandParis, FranceStavanger, NorwayKrakow, PolandArrecife (Lanzarote), SpainTenerife, SpainBarcelona, SpainMilan, ItalyPrague, Czech RepublicMadrid, SpainLas Palmas (Gran Canaria), SpainSevilla, SpainBerlin, GermanyCork, IrelandFrankfurt, GermanyDublin, IrelandWarsaw, PolandValencia, SpainBrussels, BelgiumSantiago De Compostela, SpainLyon, FranceBilbao, SpainShannon, IrelandBratislava, SlovakiaPoznan, PolandIzmir, TürkiyeMersin, TürkiyeIstanbul, TürkiyeKayseri, TürkiyeAntakya, TürkiyeAntalya, TürkiyeMardin, TürkiyeSamsun, TürkiyeLisbon, PortugalBatman, TürkiyeVienna, AustriaHamburg, GermanyDusseldorf, GermanyAnkara, TürkiyeTrabzon, TürkiyeSivas, TürkiyeGaziantep, TürkiyeAthens, GreeceStuttgart, GermanyVan, TürkiyeCologne, GermanySkopje, North MacedoniaRize, TürkiyeRome, ItalyPodgorica, MontenegroBelgrade, SerbiaMus, TürkiyeZurich, SwitzerlandSanliurfa, TürkiyeErzurum, TürkiyeDiyarbakir, TürkiyeMunich, GermanyBasel, SwitzerlandBremen, GermanySarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaOrdu, TürkiyeAdiyaman, TürkiyeAalesund, NorwayOslo, NorwayBergen, NorwayAlicante, SpainAkureyri, IcelandAngelholm/Helsingborg, SwedenStockholm, SwedenVenice, ItalySan Sebastian, SpainBrno, Czech RepublicBucharest, RomaniaMemmingen, GermanyBudapest, HungarySofia, BulgariaAsturias, SpainKarlsruhe, GermanyMarseille, FranceRiga, LatviaVilnius, LithuaniaWroclaw, PolandPorto, PortugalEindhoven, NetherlandsRotterdam, NetherlandsGeneva, SwitzerlandKaunas, LithuaniaTallinn, EstoniaPalma (Majorca), SpainSantander, SpainNantes, FranceNice, FranceBologna, ItalyGothenburg, SwedenLuxembourg, LuxembourgHelsinki, FinlandMelilla, SpainTurin, ItalyLa Coruna, SpainKatowice, PolandLodz, PolandPisa, ItalyBruges, BelgiumMuenster, GermanyBordeaux, FranceNaples, ItalyNuremberg, GermanyPuerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura), SpainTirana, AlbaniaIbiza, SpainCluj-Napoca, RomaniaKosice, SlovakiaAntwerp, BelgiumBillund, DenmarkOstrava, Czech RepublicAlghero (Sardinia), ItalyAjaccio (Corsica), FranceToulouse, FranceSaarbruecken, GermanyChisinau, MoldovaCatania (Sicily), ItalyReykjavik, IcelandFriedrichshafen, GermanySalzburg, AustriaRzeszow, PolandPardubice, Czech RepublicVitoria-Gasteiz, SpainZagreb, CroatiaTrondheim, NorwayPaderborn, GermanyLinz, AustriaFunchal (Madeira), PortugalFaro, PortugalThessaloniki, GreecePalanga, LithuaniaTbilisi, GeorgiaMalta, MaltaPalermo (Sicily), ItalyLjubljana, SloveniaInnsbruck, AustriaSplit, CroatiaLarnaca, CyprusFlorence, ItalyRovaniemi, FinlandHannover, GermanyHeraklion (Crete), GreeceKonya, TürkiyeGenoa, ItalyBari, ItalyMontpellier, FranceTromso, NorwayKittila, FinlandBolzano, ItalyEskisehir, TürkiyeAncona, ItalyLulea, SwedenVisby (Gotland), SwedenSundsvall, SwedenSkelleftea, SwedenHalmstad, SwedenKramfors, SwedenGallivare, SwedenOstersund, SwedenUmea, SwedenTurku, FinlandRhodes, GreeceRonneby, SwedenKalmar, SwedenKiruna, SwedenSveg, SwedenHagfors, SwedenMalmo, SwedenLycksele, SwedenKerkyra (Corfu), GreeceZakinthos, GreeceChania (Crete), GreeceMikonos, GreeceNaxos, GreeceKavala, GreeceMytilene (Lesbos), GreeceKefallinia, GreeceKutaisi, GeorgiaLimnos, GreeceThira (Santorini), GreeceSamos, GreeceLeros, GreeceIoannina, GreeceAlexandroupolis, GreeceKos, GreeceKarpathos, GreecePaphos, CyprusKithira, GreeceKozani, GreeceParos, GreeceStrasbourg, FranceLeipzig/Halle, GermanyElazig, TürkiyeErfurt, GermanyDresden, GermanyRostock, GermanyGraz, AustriaGirona, SpainGranada, SpainCordoba, SpainCagliari (Sardinia), ItalyTrieste, ItalySalerno, ItalyAlmeria, SpainJerez de la Frontera, SpainBadajoz, SpainVerona, ItalyValladolid, SpainSanta Cruz De La Palma, SpainIasi, RomaniaDubrovnik, CroatiaMurcia, SpainTimisoara, RomaniaVigo, SpainLeon, SpainReggio Calabria, ItalyBrasov, RomaniaOlbia (Sardinia), ItalyMenorca, SpainBrindisi, ItalyNis, SerbiaTivat, MontenegroDortmund, GermanyBanja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaMostar, Bosnia and HerzegovinaPristina, KosovoVarna, BulgariaSuceava, RomaniaTuzla, Bosnia and HerzegovinaOrsta-Volda, NorwayKristiansund, NorwaySzczecin, PolandHaugesund, NorwayLamezia Terme, ItalyPescara, ItalyCrotone, ItalyTrapani (Sicily), ItalyZaragoza, SpainOradea, RomaniaFoggia, ItalyBydgoszcz, PolandBastia (Corsica), FranceBiarritz, FranceBodrum, TürkiyeSorvágur (Faroe Islands), Faroe IslandsLille, FranceBourgas, BulgariaBodo, NorwayHarstad-Narvik, NorwaySvolvaer, NorwayKnock, IrelandBatumi, GeorgiaBeziers, FranceRennes, FranceBrest, FrancePau, FranceCastellon de la Plana, SpainCarrickfinn, IrelandKlagenfurt, AustriaLourdes, FranceCanakkale, TürkiyeChambery, FranceDalaman, TürkiyeKarup, DenmarkAlanya, TürkiyeBornholm, DenmarkSonderborg, DenmarkCraiova, RomaniaPerpignan, FranceRimini, ItalyDole, FranceDenizli, TürkiyeZonguldak, TürkiyeOhrid, North MacedoniaKerry County, IrelandLublin, PolandKalamata, GreeceMalatya, TürkiyeCizre, TürkiyeKahramanmaras, TürkiyeKars, TürkiyeIgdir, TürkiyePonta Delgada (São Miguel), PortugalComiso (Sicily), ItalyTirgu Mures, RomaniaArad, RomaniaConstanta, RomaniaSibiu, RomaniaPorto Santo, PortugalTerceira, PortugalPoprad, SlovakiaGibraltar, GibraltarOulu, FinlandKemi, FinlandKajaani, FinlandSavonlinna, FinlandKuusamo, FinlandKuopio, FinlandJoensuu, FinlandVaasa, FinlandTampere, FinlandIvalo, FinlandTartu, EstoniaHorta (Faial), PortugalKutahya, TürkiyeIsparta, TürkiyeKraljevo, SerbiaNevsehir, TürkiyeTokat, TürkiyeSiirt, TürkiyeAgri, TürkiyeMerzifon, TürkiyeDebrecen, HungaryKastamonu, TürkiyeKirkenes, NorwayLimoges, FranceSanta Maria, PortugalBacau, RomaniaPlovdiv, BulgariaCaen, FranceLa Rochelle, FrancePamplona, SpainLogrono, SpainFigari (Corsica), FranceCalvi (Corsica), FranceBursa, TürkiyeRodez, FranceCastres, FranceToulon, FranceAurillac, FranceSogndal, NorwayForde, NorwayKristiansand, NorwayFloro, NorwayMolde, NorwayBardufoss, NorwayStord, NorwayOrland, NorwayAlta, NorwaySandane, NorwayFlores Island (Azores), PortugalSao Jorge, PortugalPico Island, PortugalCorvo Island, PortugalPerugia, ItalyParma, ItalyPantelleria, ItalyLampedusa, ItalyErzincan, TürkiyeEdremit, TürkiyeSinop, TürkiyeSzymany, PolandValverde (El Hierro), SpainSan Sebastian de la Gomera, SpainHonningsvag, NorwayLeknes (Lofoten), NorwayStokmarknes, NorwayAltenrhein, SwitzerlandZielona Gora, PolandZadar, CroatiaPula, Croatia
Each dot is a city you can fly to. No visa neededApply online before you fly

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  • Faroe IslandsNo visa for up to 90 daysofficial rules, checked November 2026
  • GibraltarNo visa for up to 90 daysofficial rules, checked October 2026
  • No visa neededNo visa for up to 90 days: 9 countriesPassport Index, February 2026
    • Albania
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Cyprus
    • Ireland
    • Kosovo
    • Moldova
    • Montenegro
    • North Macedonia
    • Serbia
  • The Schengen areaThese 28 countries share one count: up to 90 days in any 180, and earlier visits count too. Count your daysPassport Index, February 2026
    • Austria
    • Belgium
    • Bulgaria
    • Croatia
    • Czech Republic
    • Denmark
    • Estonia
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Greece
    • Hungary
    • Iceland
    • Italy
    • Latvia
    • Lithuania
    • Luxembourg
    • Malta
    • Netherlands
    • Norway
    • Poland
    • Portugal
    • Romania
    • Slovakia
    • Slovenia
    • Spain
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
  • GeorgiaNo visa for up to a yearPassport Index, February 2026
  • TürkiyeNo visa for up to 30 daysPassport Index, February 2026

Apply online before you fly 2

  • ArmeniaAn e-visa online before you flyPassport Index, February 2026
  • United KingdomAn ETA (travel authorisation) online before you flyPassport Index, February 2026

Already hold a Schengen, UK or US visa?

A valid visa from one of these opens more for a passport from Costa Rica, as each country's own rules say. We list only the rules we've read on a government's own pages, so a country missing here may still take your visa. Check the visa's dates, number of entries and the conditions at the link before you travel.

With a UK visa

  • United KingdomLets you in for a visit of up to 6 months while your visa is validofficial rules, checked October 2026

Trips for this passport with a UK visa

Visa rules for a passport from Costa Rica come from Passport Index, updated February 2026, and the official pages linked on each line. A residence permit, another passport or the reason for your trip can change them. Check the official source before you travel.

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