There are 10 ways to get from Athens to Cres by plane, car ferry, bus, ferry, train, car, or shuttle
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Fly to Rijeka Airport, line 332 car ferry
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane ATH - RJK
- Take the car ferry from Valbiska to Meragcarferry
11h 7m€164–412Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškerabus
27h 45m€66–171Bus, Catamaran
- Take the bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to Zagrebbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
26h 14m€87–162Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Athens to Kiatotrain Re
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus C4e / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Pulacarferry
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškerabus
2d 3h€206–381Drive, line 332 car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Valbiskacar
- Take the car ferry from Valbiska to Meragcarferry 332
20h 30m€266–388Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, Catamaran
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ATH - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
11h 59m€76–484Fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus, Catamaran
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane ATH - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
12h 16m€88–225Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, Catamaran
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ATH - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
10h 26m€98–259Train, bus, Catamaran
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelijabus
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Skopje, Transporten Centartrain 632 / ...
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Gostivartrain
- Take the bus from Gostivar to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
27h 54m€98–177Bus, Catamaran via Skopje
- Take the bus from Athens to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
32h 20m€89–138
Athens to Cres by bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Cres is to bus and Catamaran which costs €85 - €170 and takes 26h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Cres is to fly and bus and Catamaran which takes 10h 26m and costs €95 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Cres. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Cres, Peškera via Beograd, Autobuska stanica and Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 45m.
The distance between Athens and Cres is 1204 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Cres without a car is to bus and Catamaran which takes 26h 14m and costs €85 - €170.
It takes approximately 11h 7m to get from Athens to Cres, including transfers.
Athens to Cres bus services, operated by FP Travel, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Cres bus services, operated by FP Travel, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Cres is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 5:01 PM in Athens and 4:01 PM in Cres.
There are 5030+ hotels available in Cres.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Cres, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Athens to Cres, Peškera via Beograd, Autobuska stanica and Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 27h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €23–100
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Gevgelija to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Gostivar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–17
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–29
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–55
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–16
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Kiato to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- 011 761-4693
- bstours@verat.net
- Website
- bstours.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- http://bstours.rs/en/
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 22400033
- info@dominoline.com.mk
- Website
- dominoline.com.mk
Bus from Gostivar to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €71
- Schedules at
- dominoline.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 44 371 066
- hafet-tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- hafettours.mk
Bus from Gostivar to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Schedules at
- hafettours.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Schedules at
- hafettours.mk
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +386 41520943
- info@hisarturizam.com
- Website
- hisarturizam.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- hisarturizam.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Valbiska to Merag
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €2–3
- Adult
- €5
- Children 3-12
- €3
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €3–5
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €127–240
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- 2 bed inside cabin
- €220–240
- Deck
- €127
- Aircraft-type seats
- €139
- 3 bed outside cabin
- €236
- Phone
- +385 52 422 896
- sales@venezialines.com
- Website
- venezialines.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Pula
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Website
- https://venezialines.com/
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