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There are 12 ways to get from America to Crete by train, plane, bus, busferry, or ferry

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  1. Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”

    best
    1. Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
    2. Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)planeDUS - HER
    7h 41m
    €126–751

  2. Fly Weeze Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”

    cheapest
    1. Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)planeNRN - HER
    5h 49m
    €82–260

  3. Bus, bus and ferry

    1. Take the bus from Venlo to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanicabus
    2. Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Thessalonikibus
    3. Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
    45h 31m

  4. Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”

    1. Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airporttrain
    2. Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)planeAMS - HER
    7h 47m
    €144–356

  5. Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport

    1. Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
    2. Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)planeDUS - CHQ
    8h 9m
    €152–290

  6. Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”

    1. Take the train from Venlo to Neuss Hbftrain
    2. Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
    3. Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)planeCGN - HER
    8h 10m
    €140–326

  7. Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”

    1. Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoventrain
    2. Take the train from Eindhoven to Bredatrain
    3. Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
    4. Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)planeBRU - HER
    8h 57m
    €140–361

  8. Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”

    1. Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoventrain
    2. Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)planeEIN - HER
    6h 37m
    €124–282

  9. Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Chania International Airport

    1. Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
    2. Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
    3. Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)planeFRA - CHQ
    9h 3m
    €156–511

  10. Train, bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki

    1. Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
    2. Take the bus from Düsseldorf Hbf to Strumicabus
    3. Take the bus from Strumica to Gevgelijabus
    4. Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníkibus
    5. Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
    45h 38m

  11. Train, bus, bus and ferry

    1. Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
    2. Take the bus from Dusseldorf to Durrësbus
    3. Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
    2d 8h

  12. Train, Bus, ferry

    1. Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)HbftrainIce
    2. Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissabus
    3. Take the train from Larissa to AthenstrainIc
    4. Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to HeraklionferryAbs / ...
    2d 13h
    €328–586

Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights

Calendar18Weekly Planes
Duration4h 12mAverage Duration
Ticket€51Cheapest Price
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Questions & Answers

What companies run services between America, Netherlands and Crete, Greece?

Ryanair, Aegean Airlines, and Sky Express fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 3 times a week.

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