There are 10 ways to get from Belfast to Crete by plane, car ferry, bus, busferry, train, or ferry
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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)BHD - HER
8h 51m€89–284Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
2d 13h€177–265Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)BHD - CHQ
9h 10m€205–1,893Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)DUB - HER
9h 1mBus to Dublin Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sitia Airport (JSH)DUB - JSH
25h 40mBus to Dublin Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)DUB - CHQ
9h 20mFly Belfast International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)BFS - CHQ
17h 50m€98–314Bus and ferry, train, bus, ferry
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Finsbury Park
- Take the train from Finsbury Park to Brighton
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to HeraklionAbs / ...
2d 21hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
3dCar ferry, bus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Take the busferry from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Ploiești
- Take the bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Piraeus Port Astiggos
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to HeraklionAbs / ...
4d 2h€149–347
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 - €290 and takes 8h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 51m and costs €85 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Belfast to Crete. However, there are services departing from Belfast, Europa Buscentre and arriving at Heraklion Port via Buchanan Bus Station, Birmingham, Brussels-Nord and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 0h.
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 €170 - €270.
It takes approximately 8h 51m to get from Belfast to Crete, including transfers.
Belfast to Crete bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast, Europa Buscentre station.
Belfast to Crete bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 7:48 PM in Belfast and 9:48 PM in Crete.
There are 2514+ 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 London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Chania International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- 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
- €100–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Dusseldorf, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- 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
- €110–320
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 East Midlands
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Chania International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- 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
- €95–600
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–270
- Sleeper Seat
- €75–100
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €370–430
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Finsbury Park to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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
- €27–35
- 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
- €45–75
- 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
- €60–85
- 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 Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–140
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Piraeus Port Astiggos
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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