There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Budapest by plane, car ferry, bus, train, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane HER - BUD
5h 23mFt 16,805–56,221Car ferry, bus via Népliget
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
33h 5mFt 74,324–168,592Fly Chania International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CHQ - BUD
5h 41mFt 32,612–107,905Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane HER - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
7h 47mFt 31,095–114,921Fly Chania International Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CHQ - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
8h 10mFt 38,902–136,605Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
34hCar ferry, bus
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Budapest-Nyugatibus
35h 35mFt 56,321–98,253Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the train from Crveni Krst to Beograd Centartrain Re
- Take the train from Beograd Centar to Suboticatrain Ir / ...
- Take the train from Subotica to Szegedtrain Re
- Take the train from Szeged to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Ic
36h 27mFt 58,533–81,381Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Athens to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
36h 42mFt 55,411–81,951
Crete to Budapest by ferry, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Budapest is to fly which costs 16 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft and takes 5h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h 23m and costs 16 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h.
The distance between Crete and Budapest is 1449 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Budapest without a car is to car ferry and bus via Népliget which takes 33h 5m and costs 70 000 Ft - 170 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from Crete to Budapest, including transfers.
Crete to Budapest bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Budapest bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Budapest is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 2:59 AM in Crete and 1:59 AM in Budapest.
There are 6764+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Budapest, Hungary?
Wizz Air and Aegean Airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) once daily.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–120,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–75,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–75,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–70,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–55,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–55,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–55,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–75,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–120,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–75,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–85,000
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–70,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–90,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–48,000
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–60,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–33,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–33,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- putnik.info@srbvoz.rs
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Crveni Krst to Beograd Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,900–4,900
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- Rail 2nd Class
- Ft 2,900–3,300
- 1st Class
- Ft 3,900–4,900
Train from Beograd Centar to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,900–3,500
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- Rail 2nd Class
- Ft 1,900–2,200
- 1st Class
- Ft 2,800–3,500
- Phone
- +382 20 441 197
- info@zpcg.me
- Website
- Railways of Montenegro (ŽPCG)
Train from Beograd Centar to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,900–5,500
- Website
- Railways of Montenegro (ŽPCG)
- Second Class
- Ft 2,900–3,100
- First Class
- Ft 5,200–5,500
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Subotica to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,100–1,300
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szeged to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,300–3,800
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–55,000
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–41,000
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–41,000
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,517
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Athens to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,663
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–22,000
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- 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
- Ft 45,000–120,000
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- anek@anek.gr
- Website
- ANEK Lines
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–60,000
- Website
- ANEK Lines
- Economy
- Ft 16,000–24,000
- Airplane-type seats
- Ft 17,000–25,000
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- Ft 44,000–60,000
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–50,000
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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