There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Amsterdam by plane, busferry, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane HER - AMS
6h 15m€176–381Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane HER - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
7h 50m€125–271Bus and ferry, bus, train via Nuremberg
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Nurembergbus
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Siegburg Bftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
44h 31mFly Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CHQ - AMS
6h 38m€198–469Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HER - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
8h 31m€135–431Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane HER - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
9h 13m€137–780Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane HER - RTM
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
7h 43m€408–925Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraalbus
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
2d 2hFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Piraeus Port Astiggos to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Amsterdam De Ruijterkadebus
2d 14h€153–252
Crete to Amsterdam by ferry and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Amsterdam is to fly and train which costs €120 - €280 and takes 7h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Amsterdam is to fly which takes 6h 15m and costs €170 - €390.
The distance between Crete and Amsterdam is 2499 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Amsterdam without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Nuremberg which takes 44h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 15m to get from Crete to Amsterdam, including transfers.
Amsterdam is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 2:20 AM in Crete and 1:20 AM in Amsterdam.
There are 2736+ hotels available in Amsterdam.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Amsterdam, Netherlands?
Transavia Holland, TUI Airlines Netherlands, and Austrian Airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) 5 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–450
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–150
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €13–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €70–120
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–22
- 1st Class
- €27–45
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €16–18
- 1st Class
- €21–24
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €30–45
- Comfort
- €35–50
- Premium
- €50–70
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- 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 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Piraeus Port Astiggos to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Amsterdam De Ruijterkade
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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