There are 10 ways to get from Bled to Crete by plane, bus, busferry, car, car ferry, shuttle, ferry, or train
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Fly Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)LJU - HER
7h 9m€155–320Fly Ljubljana to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)LJU - CHQ
7h 53m€141–419Bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Bled to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
37h 22m€160–195Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bled to Port of Piraeus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
24h 17m€447–604Shuttle to Klagenfurt Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Airport
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)KLU - HER
10h 59m€173–540Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajalisce to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)VCE - CHQ
10h 59m€155–612Shuttle to Graz, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Graz Airport
- Fly from Graz (GRZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)GRZ - HER
7h 27m€325–530Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Bled to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Blagoevgrad
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad Bus Station to Piraeus Port Astiggos
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to HeraklionAbs / ...
39h 17m€152–208Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Lesce Bled to Vinkovci211
- Take the train from Sid to Beograd CentarRe / ...
- Take the train from Beograd Centar to Crveni KrstRe
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
42h 55m€160–311Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Bled bus station to Trieste
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
45h 20m
Bled to Crete by bus and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bled to Crete is to bus and ferry which costs €150 - €210 and takes 39h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Bled to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 9m and costs €150 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Bled to Crete. However, there are services departing from Bled and arriving at Heraklion via Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja, Skopje, Transporten Centar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 22m.
The distance between Bled and Crete is 1548 km.
The best way to get from Bled to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which takes 37h 22m and costs €160 - €200.
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Bled to Crete, including transfers.
Bled to Crete bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, depart from Bled station.
Bled to Crete bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, arrive at Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Bled. It is currently 11:12 PM in Bled and 12:12 AM in Crete.
There are 889+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Bled, Slovenia and Crete, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Air Serbia, and six other airlines fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
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- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Graz to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–460
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–390
Flights from Graz to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Graz to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Train from Lesce Bled to Vinkovci
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Lesce Bled to Vinkovci
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- €27–40
- Regional Train Ticket
- €35–40
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- €50–60
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- putnik.info@srbvoz.rs
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Sid to Beograd Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- Rail 2nd Class
- €4–5
- 1st Class
- €5–7
Train from Beograd Centar to Crveni Krst
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- Rail 2nd Class
- €7–9
- 1st Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- arriva.si
Bus from Bled to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–6
- Website
- https://arriva.si/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bled to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bled bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 431 77 00
- info@nomago.si
- Website
- nomago.si
Bus from Bled to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.nomago.si/en
- Economy
- €6–16
- Phone
- +386 41520943
- info@hisarturizam.com
- Website
- hisarturizam.com
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60
- Website
- https://www.hisarturizam.com
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- 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
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €50–65
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €130–160
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €130–160
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- €28–30
- Private
- €55–140
Shuttle from Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajalisce to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–340
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- €35–60
- Private
- €180–340
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad Bus Station to Piraeus Port Astiggos
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €76
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- albtrans.net
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.autobus.al/en/operator/alb___trans_sh.p.k-22
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.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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