There are 8 ways to get from Belfast to Crete by plane, car ferry, bus, busferry, or train
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Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BHD - HER
8h 51m€89–304Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 13h€192–291Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BHD - CHQ
10h 35m€205–1,993Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUB - HER
9h 1mFly Belfast International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BFS - CHQ
27h 50m€93–284Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane DUB - CHQ
9h 20mBus and ferry, train, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 5hBus and ferry, train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille to Frankfurt central train stationbus 328
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
3d 7h
George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to Crete is to fly which costs €85 - €310 and takes 8h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 51m and costs €85 - €310.
The distance between Belfast and Crete is 3210 km.
The best way to get from Belfast to Crete without a car is to car ferry and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 13h and costs €190 - €300.
It takes approximately 8h 51m to get from Belfast to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 12:04 AM in Belfast and 2:04 AM in Crete.
There are 2566+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Crete, Greece?
British Airways, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Chania International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via East Midlands
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Chania International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- 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
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lille to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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