There are 8 ways to get from Aberdeen to Crete by plane, train, bus, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ABZ - HER
8h 25m€107–359Train, bus, bus and ferry via Bucharest
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 9h€277–499Fly Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane ABZ - CHQ
9h 49m€138–458Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EDI - HER
9h 20m€149–486Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Inverness Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane INV - HER
11h 30m€154–404Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guilleminstrain Ice
- Take the bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 11hTrain, bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to King's Crosstrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 17hBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
3d 7h€255–485
Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aberdeen to Crete is to fly which costs €100 - €360 and takes 8h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Aberdeen to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 25m and costs €100 - €360.
The distance between Aberdeen and Crete is 3186 km.
The best way to get from Aberdeen to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Bucharest which takes 2 days 9h and costs €270 - €500.
It takes approximately 8h 25m to get from Aberdeen to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Aberdeen. It is currently 6:17 PM in Aberdeen and 8:17 PM in Crete.
There are 2935+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Aberdeen, Scotland and Crete, Greece?
KLM, Transavia Holland, and three other airlines fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–360
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–370
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–320
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–320
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–750
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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