There are 12 ways to get from Crete to Bournemouth by plane, train, busferry, or bus
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HER - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Bournemouthtrain
8h 54m£141–331Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane HER - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouthtrain
9h 8m£113–360Bus and ferry, bus, train via Bucharest
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouthtrain
2d 5h£222–328Fly Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CHQ - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Bournemouthtrain
9h 22m£160–457Fly Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CHQ - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouthtrain
9h 31m£132–396Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane HER - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouthtrain
9h 44m£140–387Fly Chania International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CHQ - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouthtrain
9h 48m£129–414Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HER - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
10h 3m£151–452Fly Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CHQ - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
10h 21m£125–388Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guilleminsbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Ice
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouthtrain
2d 6hBus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
2d 17hBus and ferry, Bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Münchenbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Stationbus 035
3d 3h£291–470
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Bournemouth is to fly and train which costs £140 - £390 and takes 9h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Bournemouth is to fly and train which takes 8h 54m and costs £140 - £340.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Bournemouth station. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Bournemouth Station via Ioannina, Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
The distance between Crete and Bournemouth is 1799 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Bournemouth without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Bucharest which takes 2 days 5h and costs £220 - £330.
It takes approximately 8h 54m to get from Crete to Bournemouth, including transfers.
Crete to Bournemouth bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Bournemouth bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Ioannina station.
Bournemouth is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 12:10 PM in Crete and 10:10 AM in Bournemouth.
There are 2661+ hotels available in Bournemouth.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Bournemouth, England?
There is no direct connection from Crete to Bournemouth. However, you can take the line 6 bus to Irakleion Airport, walk to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), walk to Heathrow Terminal 2, take the bus to Woking Railway Station Southside, walk to Woking, then take the train to Bournemouth. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Heraklion to Bournemouth via Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Birmingham, and Birmingham New Street in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–400
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–350
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–490
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £170–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–260
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–330
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Woking to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from London Waterloo to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–27
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- 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
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £113
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Ioannina to München
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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