There are 7 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 25m€130–365Fly Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane ABZ - CHQ
9h 49m€101–392Train, 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 9hTrain 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 22mTrain 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 32m€141–439Train, 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
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 €130 - €370 and takes 8h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Aberdeen to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 25m and costs €130 - €370.
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 .
It takes approximately 8h 25m 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 4:42 AM in Aberdeen and 6:42 AM in Crete.
There are 2890+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Aberdeen, Scotland and Crete, Greece?
KLM, Transavia Holland, and easyJet fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 5 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
- 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
- €150–700
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- 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
- €120–400
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
Train from Aberdeen to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- 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/
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- 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/
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- 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 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
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- 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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