There are 7 ways to get from Cork to Crete by plane, bus, busferry, or train
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Fly Cork Airport to Chania International Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane ORK - CHQ
28h 10m€116–396Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Liegebus
- Take the bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
5d 11hFly Cork Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ORK - HER
11h 41m€135–497Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUB - HER
9h 59m€135–314Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane SNN - CHQ
13h 9m€126–415Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane DUB - CHQ
10h 22m€141–513Fly Cork Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane ORK - JSH
23h 20m€134–606
Cork Airport (ORK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Crete is to train and fly which costs €130 - €320 and takes 9h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Crete is to train and fly which takes 9h 59m and costs €130 - €320.
The distance between Cork and Crete is 3181 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 5 days 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 28h 10m to get from Cork to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 10:47 AM in Cork and 12:47 PM in Crete.
There are 2691+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair, Aer Lingus, and Transavia France fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 3 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Chania International Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Chania International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Chania International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Chania International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Cork Airport to Sitia Airport via Frankfurt, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Cork Airport to Sitia Airport via Geneva, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sitia Airport via Frankfurt, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Cork Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Liege
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–60
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- 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
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
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