There are 8 ways to get from Aberdeen to Crete by plane, train, bus, or busferry
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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 55m€87–303Train, 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€190–480Fly Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane ABZ - CHQ
9h 59m€97–365Train 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€112–292Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane EDI - CHQ
11h 48m€128–421Fly Aberdeen Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane ABZ - JSH
21h 59m€120–420Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Aberdeen to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3dBus, bus and 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 Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 4h€247–508
Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aberdeen to Crete is to train and fly which costs €110 - €300 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Aberdeen to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 55m and costs €85 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Aberdeen station to Crete. However, there are services departing from Union Square Bus Station and arriving at Heraklion via Leeds City Bus Station, Bradford, Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 4h.
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 €190 - €480.
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Aberdeen to Crete, including transfers.
Aberdeen to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Union Square Bus Station.
Aberdeen to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Leeds City Bus Station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Aberdeen. It is currently 2:53 PM in Aberdeen and 4:53 PM in Crete.
There are 2617+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Aberdeen, Scotland and Crete, Greece?
easyJet, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 5 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sitia Airport via Geneva, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–430
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sitia Airport via Krakow, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sitia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €23–150
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sitia Airport via Geneva, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–430
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sitia Airport via Krakow, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sitia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–480
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sitia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Preveza
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–60
- 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
- €30–200
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- 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
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- 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
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- 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 Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
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