There are 10 ways to get from Almería to Crete by plane, train, bus, or busferry
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Fly Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Almería Airport (LEI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LEI - HER
10h 21m€122–373Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the bus from Almeria to Aeropuerto Malagabus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AGP - HER
11h 26m€109–210Train, bus, bus and ferry via Madrid
- Take the train from Almeria to Granadatrain Alv
- Take the train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 14hFly Almería Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Almería Airport (LEI) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LEI - CHQ
12h 35m€143–481Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Almeria to Aeropuerto Malagabus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AGP - CHQ
11h 50m€125–308Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Almeria to Aeropuerto Malagabus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane AGP - JSH
12h 40m€158–468Train to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Almeria to Granadatrain
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GRX - HER
15h 43m€120–329Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Almeria to Granadatrain Alv
- Take the train from Granada to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 14hBus, bus and ferry via Tarragona
- Take the bus from Almeria to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 15hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Almeria to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 9h€296–437
Almería Airport (LEI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almería to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €100 - €210 and takes 11h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Almería to Crete is to fly which takes 10h 21m and costs €120 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Almería to Crete. However, there are services departing from Almeria and arriving at Heraklion Port via Tarragona - Bus Station and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 15h.
The distance between Almería and Crete is 2482 km.
The best way to get from Almería to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Madrid which takes 2 days 14h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 21m to get from Almería to Crete, including transfers.
Almería to Crete bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Almeria station.
Almería to Crete bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Tarragona station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Almería. It is currently 9:14 AM in Almería and 10:14 AM in Crete.
There are 3061+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Almería, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Luxair, Transavia Holland, and six other airlines fly from Almería Airport (LEI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Málaga Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Chania International Airport via Barcelona, Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €160–460
Flights from Almería Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
Flights from Almería Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Almería Airport to Chania International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Almería Airport to Chania International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–1,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Almeria to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Almeria to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Almeria to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Granada to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–310
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Almeria to Aeropuerto Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Almeria to Aeropuerto Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Almeria to Aeropuerto Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Almeria to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Almeria to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–190
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
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