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
24h 34m€116–405Fly Cork Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ORK - HER
8h 45m€105–346Bus, 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 10hBus 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
12h 29m€131–425Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane SNN - HER
11h 10m€105–326Train 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
10h 4m€115–313Train 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€131–432
Cork Airport (ORK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Crete is to fly which costs €100 - €350 and takes 8h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 45m and costs €100 - €350.
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 10h and costs .
It takes approximately 24h 34m to get from Cork to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 1:07 AM in Cork and 3:07 AM in Crete.
There are 2985+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair, Aer Lingus, and four other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Cork Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Shannon Airport to Chania International Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Shannon Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Shannon Airport to Chania International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–420
Flights from Cork Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Shannon Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–290
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Chania International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–700
Flights from Shannon Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Shannon Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Chania International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–420
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Cork Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- 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 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
- €29–200
- 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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