There are 10 ways to get from Cornwall to Crete by plane, bus, busferry, train, or ferry
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Fly Newquay Cornwall Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane NQY - HER
11h 26m€132–449Bus, bus and ferry via Bucharest
- Take the bus from Dennison Road Car Park to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 106 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 11h€202–357Train to Exeter, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Par to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EXT - HER
16h 23m€167–516Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Par to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BRS - HER
10h 52m€241–571Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Par to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LGW - HER
12h 49m€224–625Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Par to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BRS - CHQ
11h 20m€177–500Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Par to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LGW - CHQ
13h 23m€270–614Train, train to Cardiff Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Par to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CWL - HER
17h 11m€226–911Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Dennison Road Car Park to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 406 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 19hTrain, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Bodmin Parkway to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
3d 1h€349–624
Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cornwall to Crete is to bus and bus and ferry via Bucharest which costs €200 - €360 and takes 2 days 11h.
The fastest way to get from Cornwall to Crete is to train and fly which takes 10h 52m and costs €240 - €600.
No, there is no direct bus from Cornwall to Crete. However, there are services departing from Roundabout and arriving at Heraklion via Dennison Road Car Park, Birmingham, Bucharest and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 11h.
The distance between Cornwall and Crete is 2984 km.
The best way to get from Cornwall to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Bucharest which takes 2 days 11h and costs €200 - €360.
It takes approximately 11h 26m to get from Cornwall to Crete, including transfers.
Cornwall to Crete bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Dennison Road Car Park station.
Cornwall to Crete bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Birmingham Coach Station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Cornwall. It is currently 5:28 PM in Cornwall and 7:28 PM in Crete.
There are 2912+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Cornwall, England and Crete, Greece?
Eurowings, Ryanair UK, and Jet2.com fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 3 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Exeter to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Exeter to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Bristol Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Exeter to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–390
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Par to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Par to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Par to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Par to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Par to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bodmin Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Dennison Road Car Park to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Dennison Road Car Park to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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