There are 10 ways to get from Chania to Montpellier by shuttle, plane, ferry, bus, busferry, car ferry, or train
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Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Fréjorgues Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)plane HER - MPL
7h 56m€320–632Fly Chania International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane CHQ - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
8h 17m€89–277Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Chania to Port of Piraeusferry Abs
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
40h 49mBus and ferry, car ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Chania to Patrabusferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Anconacarferry
- Take the train from Ancona to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
2d 1h€296–569Fly Chania International Airport to Fréjorgues Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)plane CHQ - MPL
8h 26m€104–385Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane HER - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
9h 32m€220–564Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HER - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
9h 30m€248–600Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
44h 40mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Chania to Heraklionbus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
46h 32mCar ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Souda to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Ventimigliabusferry
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Nice Saint-Augustintrain C3
- Take the bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus
2d 8h
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chania to Montpellier is to fly and train which costs €85 - €280 and takes 8h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Chania to Montpellier is to Private transfer and fly which takes 7h 56m and costs €320 - €650.
No, there is no direct bus from Chania to Montpellier. However, there are services departing from Chania and arriving at Montpellier via Ioannina, Asllan Rusi and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 40m.
The distance between Chania and Montpellier is 2180 km.
The best way to get from Chania to Montpellier without a car is to ferry and bus which takes 40h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 56m to get from Chania to Montpellier, including transfers.
Chania to Montpellier bus services, operated by KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A, depart from Chania station.
Chania to Montpellier bus services, operated by KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A, arrive at Ioannina station.
Montpellier is 1h behind Chania. It is currently 3:14 PM in Chania and 2:14 PM in Montpellier.
There are 5921+ hotels available in Montpellier.
What companies run services between Chania, Greece and Montpellier, France?
Transavia France, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) 6 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fréjorgues Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fréjorgues Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fréjorgues Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 04 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Ventimiglia to Nice Saint-Augustin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- zou.maregionsud.fr
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.cretetaxitransfers.gr/
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Busferry from Chania to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Chania to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €42
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Bus from Chania to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Ioannina to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Durrës to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Ferry from Chania to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- anek@anek.gr
- Website
- anek.gr
Car ferry from Port of Souda to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.anek.gr/en-gb
- Economy
- €35–55
- Airplane-type seats
- €35–55
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- €95–130
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