There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Bern by plane, train, busferry, bus, or car ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 37mCHF 111–391Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HER - MXP
- Take the bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviariabus
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
9h 46mCHF 81–309Bus and ferry, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Bernbus
40h 20mCHF 154–198Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Basel (BSL)plane HER - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
7h 11mCHF 122–652Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane HER - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
8h 15mCHF 141–411Fly Chania International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Basel (BSL)plane CHQ - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
7h 19mCHF 122–474Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bern Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bern Airport (BRN)plane HER - BRN
5h 56mCHF 238–611Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Luzern, Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Luzern to Berntrain Ic
41h 52mBus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabusferry
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Milano Rogoredotrain
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Berntrain Ec
43h 26mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Chaniabus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Bernbus
2d 1hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Bern, Hauptbahnhofbus
2d 2h
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Bern is to fly and bus and train which costs SFr 80 - SFr 310 and takes 9h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Bern is to fly which takes 5h 56m and costs SFr 230 - SFr 650.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Bern. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Bern via Thessaloníki and Pristina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 20m.
The distance between Crete and Bern is 2054 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Bern without a car is to bus and ferry and bus via Thessaloníki which takes 40h 20m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 200.
It takes approximately 6h 37m to get from Crete to Bern, including transfers.
Crete to Bern bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Bern bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Bern is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 3:36 PM in Crete and 2:36 PM in Bern.
There are 371+ hotels available in Bern.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Bern, Switzerland?
Helvetic Airways flies from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bern Airport (BRN) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–390
Flights from Chania International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–420
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–700
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–700
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
- Website
- helvetic.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bern Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from Luzern to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–26
- Website
- BLS AG
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–160
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–75
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Pristina to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- +383 49 871 234
- ardititours@hotmail.com
- Website
- Arditi Tours
Bus from Pristina to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–70
- Website
- Arditi Tours
- Phone
- +383 44 553 550
- gmica_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- Gmica Travel
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- comazzi@comazzibus.com
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
Bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- + (381) 20 316 581
- office@gameks.biz
- Website
- gameks.biz
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Luzern, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- gameks.biz
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +302821093052
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Bus from Heraklion to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Chania to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 71 557 111
- niko_ekspres@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–90
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–170
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
- Website
- Seajets
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