There are 8 ways to get from Alanya to Crete by plane, bus, ferry, or busferry
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Fly Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GZP - HER
11h 33m€132–426Bus, ferry to Rhodes International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Serik to Fethiyebus
- Take the ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodesferry
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane RHO - HER
12h 42m€104–198Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Alanya Otogar to Fethiyebus
- Take the ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodesferry
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Heraklionferry Bsf
20h 46m€112–327Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenlerbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
42h 30m€138–246Fly Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane GZP - CHQ
11h 22m€113–595Bus to Antalya Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus stationbus
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AYT - HER
11h 16m€132–313Bus, ferry via Serik
- Take the bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Serik to Fethiyebus
- Take the ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodesferry
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Heraklionferry Bsf
21h 7m€106–214Bus, ferry via Korkuteli
- Take the bus from Alanya to Korkutelibus
- Take the bus from Korkuteli to Fethiyebus
- Take the ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodesferry
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Heraklionferry Bsf
22h 21m€110–329
Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alanya to Crete is to bus and ferry via Serik which costs €100 - €220 and takes 21h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Alanya to Crete is to bus and fly which takes 11h 16m and costs €130 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Alanya to Crete. However, there are services departing from Alanya and arriving at Heraklion via Istanbul and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 30m.
The distance between Alanya and Crete is 698 km.
The best way to get from Alanya to Crete without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 20h 46m and costs €110 - €330.
It takes approximately 11h 33m to get from Alanya to Crete, including transfers.
Alanya to Crete bus services, operated by Antalya Net Seyahat, depart from Alanya station.
Alanya to Crete bus services, operated by Antalya Net Seyahat, arrive at Istanbul Esenler station.
Crete is 1h behind Alanya. It is currently 2:51 AM in Alanya and 1:51 AM in Crete.
There are 2829+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Alanya, Turkey and Crete, Greece?
Turkish Airlines, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Sabiha Gokcen, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–490
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Ankara, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Antalya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–290
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Chania International Airport via Istanbul, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Chania International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Chania International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €240–800
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Phone
- 0(212) 658 03 07
- info@antalyanetseyahat.com
- Website
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from Alanya Otogar to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from Serik to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
- Phone
- 08503330700
- Website
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Alanya Otogar to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Serik to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Alanya to Korkuteli
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Korkuteli to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–29
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0242 511 74 03
- Website
- alanyalilar.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- alanyalilar.com.tr
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- alanyalilar.com.tr
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- info@pamukkale.com.tr
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- €17–22
- Phone
- 0(850) 309 22 16
- bilgi@istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Website
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Schedules at
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 577 99 99
- info@varan.com.tr
- Website
- varan.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Schedules at
- varan.com.tr
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- varan.com.tr
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Istanbul to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- 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
- 444 42 06
- seyahat@ozkaymak.com.tr
- Website
- ozkaymak.com.tr
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ozkaymak.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 202 22 22
- iletisim@uludagturizm.com.tr
- Website
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(850) 244 33 33
- info@mersinnurturizm.com
- Website
- mersinnurturizm.com
Bus from Alanya bus station to Serik bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- mersinnurturizm.com
- Phone
- (0242) 331 40 81
- info@batiantalyatur.com.tr
- Website
- batiantalyatur.com.tr
Bus from Korkuteli to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–8
- Schedules at
- batiantalyatur.com.tr
- Phone
- 0 850 222 44 36
- info@ido.com.tr
- Website
- ido.com.tr
Ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Website
- https://www.ido.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +30 694 415 6070
- info@makritravel.com
- Website
- makritravel.com
Ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.makritravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
Ferry from Rhodes to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +90 252 612 99 19
- info@skymarineferries.com.tr
- Website
- skymarineferries.com.tr
Ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–39
- Website
- https://www.skymarineferries.com.tr/en
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