There are 9 ways to get from Arles to Crete by train, plane, bus, car ferry, busferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Arles to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MRS - HER
5h 53m€77–253Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
46h 13mTrain to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Arles to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MRS - CHQ
6h 37m€98–331Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the train from Arles to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane MRS - JSH
18h 37m€121–411Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Arles to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LYS - HER
7h 1m€133–289Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Genevetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 2hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Avignon to Beogradbus
- Take the bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Thessaloniki stationbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 7h€241–472Train, bus, bus and ferry, ferry
- Take the train from Arles to Marseille St Charlestrain Ter
- Take the bus from Marseille to Genoabus
- Take the busferry from Genoa to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
2d 9hTrain, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Arles to Marseille St Charlestrain Ter
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Villetrain Tgv
- Take the busferry from Ventimiglia to Kavajëbusferry
- Take the bus from Kavajë to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 14h
Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Arles to Crete is to train and fly which costs €75 - €260 and takes 5h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Arles to Crete is to train and fly which takes 5h 53m and costs €75 - €260.
The distance between Arles and Crete is 1998 km.
The best way to get from Arles to Crete without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 46h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 53m to get from Arles to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 1h ahead of Arles. It is currently 7:10 AM in Arles and 8:10 AM in Crete.
There are 3059+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Arles, France and Crete, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Arles to Crete. However, you can take the train to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille, walk to Gare Vamp Quai 3, take the bus to Gare Routière Aé, walk to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER), walk to Irakleion Airport, then take the line 6 bus to Néa Alikarnassós. Alternatively, you can take a train from Arles to Heraklion Port via Avignon Centre, Avignon Tgv, Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Tirana, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Peiraias, and Port of Piraeus in around 46h 13m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Arles to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Avignon Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Arles to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Arles to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Geneva - Bus station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Avignon to Beograd
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Thessaloniki station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- + 381 011 7555 675
- info@axiostravel.com
- Website
- axiostravel.com
Bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Thessaloniki station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://axiostravel.com/en/
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Thessaloniki station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- 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
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Marseille to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- info@rucitours.com
- Website
- rucitours.com
Busferry from Genoa to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Ventimiglia to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Kavajë to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Kavajë to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 930 4724
- basharodolf@gmail.com
- Website
- visit-gjirokastra.com
Bus from Kavajë to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 68 402 3400
- info@shpresa.al
- Website
- group.shpresa.al
Bus from Kavajë to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- group.shpresa.al
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Kavajë to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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