There are 10 ways to get from Berlin to Crete by plane, train, bus, car ferry, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BER - HER
5h 42m€79–247Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
40h 4mFly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BER - CHQ
6h 25m€115–275Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane BER - JSH
14h 5m€93–335Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DRS - HER
6h 50m€146–422Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LEJ - HER
7h€90–363Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
44h 51mTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Děčín hlavní nádražítrain 27
- Take the train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
46h 2mBus, bus and ferry via Prague
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 260 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
46h 10m€194–330Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Praha Hlavní nádražítrain
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
2d 1h€212–445
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Berlin to Crete is to fly which costs €75 - €250 and takes 5h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin to Crete is to fly which takes 5h 42m and costs €75 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Berlin to Crete. However, there are services departing from Berlin Alexanderplatz and arriving at Heraklion Port via Teg, Posta 8 and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 51m.
The distance between Berlin and Crete is 2136 km.
The best way to get from Berlin to Crete without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 40h 4m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 42m to get from Berlin to Crete, including transfers.
Berlin to Crete bus services, operated by Armend Tours, depart from Berlin Alexanderplatz station.
Berlin to Crete bus services, operated by Armend Tours, arrive at Tirana station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Berlin. It is currently 5:23 AM in Berlin and 6:23 AM in Crete.
There are 3058+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Berlin, Germany and Crete, Greece?
Corendon Airlines, Ryanair, and seven other airlines fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) every 4 hours.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Vienna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–490
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Preveza
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–220
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–490
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–430
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Vienna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Berlin Hbf to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Schedules at
- bahn.de
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Nuremberg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- 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
- +383 44 102 280
- armendi_tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- armendtours.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- armendtours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- 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
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- 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
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- 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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