There are 13 ways to get from Crete to Bournemouth by plane, train, busferry, bus, or car ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport, train
best- 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 13m£130–384Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bournemouth Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH)plane HER - BOH
7h 54m£83–323Bus 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£211–417Fly 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 London Paddington to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Bournemouthtrain
9h 57m£175–503Fly 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 26m£154–421Fly 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
9h 54m£164–331Fly 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 12m£143–448Fly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CHQ - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouthtrain
12h 40m£229–648Fly Chania International Airport to Bournemouth Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH)plane CHQ - BOH
8h 17m£107–390Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
2d 11hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Stationbus 035
2d 11hBus and ferry, bus, train
- 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 via Munich
- 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£291–444
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Bournemouth is to fly which costs £80 - £330 and takes 7h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Bournemouth is to fly which takes 7h 54m and costs £80 - £330.
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 1803 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 £210 - £420.
It takes approximately 9h 13m 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 3:31 AM in Crete and 1:31 AM in Bournemouth.
There are 2443+ hotels available in Bournemouth.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Bournemouth, England?
Jet2.com flies from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH) once a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bournemouth Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £80–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–420
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–420
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bournemouth Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £45–65
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £75–110
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £13–19
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £22–35
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–230
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £75–120
- 1st Class
- £160–230
Train from Reading to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £40–60
- 1st Class
- £70–100
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £23–35
- 1st Class
- £26–40
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–330
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £110–160
- 1st Class
- £230–330
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £20–25
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £27–40
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £40–50
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £55–80
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–22
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Off Peak
- £11–18
- Peak
- £15–22
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £19–28
- 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
- £70–95
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- 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
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £114
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Ioannina to München
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £140–210
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- £85–200
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- £85–130
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- £140–200
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