There are 9 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€74–331Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
39h 27mFly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BER - CHQ
6h 15m€111–439Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane BER - JSH
13h 25m€103–369Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LEJ - HER
6h 52m€76–294Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj
- Take the train from Prague Main Train Station to Budapest Délitrain
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
44h 13m€201–298Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
44h 50mBus, 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 20m€200–334Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 27 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N60 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Asf / ...
2d€194–352
Berlin to Crete by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Berlin to Crete is to fly which costs €70 - €340 and takes 5h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin to Crete is to fly which takes 5h 42m and costs €70 - €340.
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 50m.
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 39h 27m 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 12:44 PM in Berlin and 1:44 PM in Crete.
There are 2577+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Berlin, Germany and Crete, Greece?
Corendon Airlines, Eurowings, and four other airlines fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Thessaloniki, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Vienna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sitia Airport via Vienna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Prague Main Train Station to Budapest Déli
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- Snälltåget
- 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
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.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
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 102 280
- armendi_tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- armendtours.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 31m
- 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
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- 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
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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