There are 12 ways to get from Crete to Apulia by plane, car ferry, bus, busferry, car, ferry, or train
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane HER - BRI
4h 11m€108–283Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Naples Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane HER - NAP
- Take the train from Caserta stazione to Foggiatrain
8h 13m€71–302Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Rrogozhinëbus
- Take the busferry from Rrogozhinë to Bari Portobusferry
23h 16mCar ferry, drive, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Port Of Igoumenitsacar
- Take the ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Port of Bariferry
23h 23m€226–297Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brindisi Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane HER - BDS
8h 49m€102–342Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus and ferry
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane HER - TIA
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
10h 21mFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Ioannina National Airport, bus, bus and ferry
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane HER - IOA
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Portobusferry
13h 32mFly Chania International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane CHQ - BRI
4h 34m€150–401Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Portobusferry
- Take the train from Brindisi to Bari Centraletrain Fa / ...
27h 29mFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Igoumenitsabus
- Take the ferry from Igoumenitsa to Bari M.maferry Asf
28h 55m€115–241Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Elbasanbus
- Take the busferry from Elbasan to Bari Portobusferry
30h 34mBus, bus and ferry, car ferry, ferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Chaniabus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Patrabusferry
- Take the car ferry from Patras to Samicarferry
- Take the ferry from Sami to Port of Bariferry
40h 2m€142–198
Crete to Apulia by ferry, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Apulia is to bus and bus and ferry and car ferry and ferry which costs €140 - €200 and takes 40h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Apulia is to fly which takes 4h 11m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Apulia. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Bari Porto via Tirana and Elbasan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 34m.
The distance between Crete and Apulia is 989 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Apulia without a car is to car ferry and bus and bus and ferry which takes 23h 16m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 11m to get from Crete to Apulia, including transfers.
Crete to Apulia bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Apulia bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Apulia is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 12:03 PM in Crete and 11:03 AM in Apulia.
There are 4027+ hotels available in Apulia.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Apulia, Italy?
Volotea and Aegean Airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €26–130
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Naples Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Ioannina National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Ioannina National Airport via Rhodes, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brindisi Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brindisi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–700
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €26–130
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brindisi Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Caserta stazione to Foggia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brindisi to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brindisi to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brindisi to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Rrogozhinë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Rrogozhinë to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Elbasan to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Ioannina to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
- 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
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
- Phone
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Bus from Heraklion to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Chania to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €89–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
Ferry from Sami to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €84
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Igoumenitsa to Bari M.ma
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €35–55
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €70–85
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €60–80
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €85–110
- Phone
- +30 210 94 99 400
- info@levanteferries.gr
- Website
- levanteferries.com
Car ferry from Patras to Sami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–50
- Website
- https://www.levanteferries.com/en/
- Passenger
- €12–15
- Adult Deck
- €17
- Car
- €31
- Car
- €50
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