There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Budva by plane, car ferry, bus, shuttle, or busferry
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Fly Chania International Airport to Tivat Airport
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Tivat Airport (TIV)plane CHQ - TIV
8h 11m€223–429Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane HER - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
8h 12m€93–208Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Shkoder,Rruga Teutabus
- Take the bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Budva , Autobuska Stanicabus
25h 13m€188–392Fly Chania International Airport to Podgorica Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Podgorica Airport (TGD)plane CHQ - TGD
- Take a shuttle bus from Podgorica Airport to Bečići
8h 46mFly Chania International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane CHQ - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
10h 15m€120–266Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dubrovnik Airport, bus
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane HER - DBV
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
11h 16m€105–394Fly Chania International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport, bus
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane CHQ - DBV
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
11h 39m€117–472Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
30h 5mBus and ferry, bus via Ioánnina
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
31h 14m
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Tivat Airport (TIV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Budva is to fly and bus which costs €90 - €210 and takes 8h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Budva is to fly which takes 8h 11m and costs €220 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Budva. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Budva, Autobuska Stanica via Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 5m.
The distance between Crete and Budva is 941 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Budva without a car is to car ferry and bus which takes 25h 13m and costs €180 - €400.
It takes approximately 8h 11m to get from Crete to Budva, including transfers.
Crete to Budva bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Budva bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Budva is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 10:46 PM in Crete and 9:46 PM in Budva.
There are 1191+ hotels available in Budva.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Budva, Montenegro?
Air Serbia, Smartwings, and four other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Tivat Airport (TIV) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–140
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dubrovnik Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tivat Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tivat Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Chania International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dubrovnik Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tivat Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €390–2,400
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Budva , Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +382 69 312 161
- mstourspodgorica@gmail.com
- Website
- busticket4.me
Bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Budva , Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21
- Website
- https://busticket4.me/EN/carriers/details/Ms-Tours/104
Bus from Tirana to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26
- Website
- https://busticket4.me/EN/carriers/details/Ms-Tours/104
- Phone
- +382 32 520 495
- info@kotortotirana.com
- Website
- kotortotirana.com
Bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Budva , Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.kotortotirana.com/
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Budva , Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €36
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Durrës to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €64
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- support@gomontenegro.me
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Bečići
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +382 20 633 807
- bozur.cg@gmail.com
- Website
- bozur.net
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Schedules at
- bozur.net
- 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
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Ioannina to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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