There are 9 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€94–284Car 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€175–277Fly 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
30h 35mBus 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€98–344Bus 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 22hCar ferry, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Take the busferry from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Sibiu
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
3d 19h€189–397
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 €90 - €290 and takes 8h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 51m and costs €90 - €290.
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 - €280.
It takes approximately 8h 51m to get from Belfast to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 4:36 PM in Belfast and 6:36 PM in Crete.
There are 1317+ 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
- €90–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Chania International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- 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
- €70–350
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- 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
- €110–290
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- 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
- €90–280
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via East Midlands
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Chania International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- 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
- €100–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–270
- Sleeper Seat
- €75–100
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €370–420
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Finsbury Park to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- 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
Bus from Sibiu to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- 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
- 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
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–130
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- 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
- €40–85
- 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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