There are 11 ways to get from Coventry to Crete by train, plane, bus, busferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Coventry to London Euston
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)LGW - HER
7h 49m€84–352Train, bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Coventry to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen HbfIce
- Take the bus from Aachen Central Station to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
46h 41mFly Birmingham Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)BHX - CHQ
6h 58m€101–328Fly Birmingham Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)BHX - HER
6h 30m€105–219Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)MAN - HER
8h 55m€99–274Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)MAN - CHQ
9h 28m€160–433Train to East Midlands Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Long Eaton
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)EMA - CHQ
8h 59m€123–401Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
2d 3h€138–208Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Coventry to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-GuilleminsIce
- Take the bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 5hTrain, bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the train from Coventry to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 18hBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Košice
- Take the bus from Košice to Athens
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to HeraklionAbs / ...
3d 1h€197–354
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Coventry to Crete is to bus and bus and ferry which costs €130 - €210 and takes 2 days 3h.
The fastest way to get from Coventry to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 30m and costs €100 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Coventry station to Crete. However, there are services departing from Pool Meadow Bus Station and arriving at Heraklion via Birmingham, Bucharest and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Coventry and Crete is 2878 km.
The best way to get from Coventry to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which takes 46h 41m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 49m to get from Coventry to Crete, including transfers.
Coventry to Crete bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Birmingham station.
Coventry to Crete bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Bucharest Obor station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Coventry. It is currently 8:14 AM in Coventry and 10:14 AM in Crete.
There are 900+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Coventry, England and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair and Jet2.com fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 3 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chania International Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Coventry to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Coventry to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €35–50
- Comfort
- €35–55
- Premium
- €55–75
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–34
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Birmingham New Street to Long Eaton
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +389 70 667 766
- loni.tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Aachen Central Station to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Bus from Košice to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- 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
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- 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
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.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
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Košice
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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