BARCELONA
3 countries, 3 connections
ARGENTINA – Buenos Aires
🇨🇱 CHILE – Santiago de Chile
COLOMBIA – Bogotá
ROME
2 countries, 3 connections
ARGENTINA – Buenos Aires
BRAZIL – Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
South American Cities WIth The Most COnnections From Europe
The above 8 European cities connect to 24 destinations in South America. Below are the South American cities with the most connections to Europe.
1) Buenos Aires + São Paulo – 7 connections
2) Bogotá + Rio de Janeiro – 6 connections
3) Santiago de Chile – 5 connections
4) Lima – 4 connections
5) Caracas, Fortaleza, Guayaquil, Quito + Salvador – 2 connections
Cheapest flight connections from Europe to South America
As previously mentioned, generally the shorter the distance the cheaper the flight. That makes flights from Colombia and Brazil generally the cheapest. There is no one destination which is or will always be cheapest as the prices of flights are fluctuating all the time. I’ve heard it said before that every single people on a flight probably paid a different price for their ticket. That being said, the two destinations below are generally the cheapest cities to fly to from Europe.
BRAZIL – São Paulo COLOMBIA – Bogotá
Where to find the cheapest tickets
Personally, I use a combination of Skyscanner and Kiwi, and always compare their prices to the airlines own website. You can often find cheaper flights on flight aggregators if you take carry-on only, but aggregators often don’t include checked baggage or charge more for checked baggage than if you bought the ticket directly on the airlines website including a checked bag. It takes a lot of time to find the cheapest flights.
I hope this guide has helped your South America planning!
FRANKFURT
3 countries, 4 connections
ARGENTINA – Buenos Aires BRAZIL – Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo COLOMBIA – Bogotá
CHILE – Santiago de Chile
PERU – Lima
ECUADOR – Guayaquil, Quito
BOLIVIA – Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
PARAGUAY – Asunción
URUGUAY – Montevideo
VENEZUELA – Caracas