There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Dublin by plane, busferry, bus, train, ferry, or car ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane HER - DUB
7h 21m€92–191Bus and ferry, bus, train, ferry via Liège
- 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
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
2d 12hFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane HER - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain
15h 50m€179–826Fly Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane CHQ - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain
12h 54m€129–406Car ferry to Santorini, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
- Fly from Santorini (JTR) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane JTR - DUB
10h 40m€148–402Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane HER - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain
10h 41m€97–288Fly Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CHQ - DUB
7h 39m€99–319Bus and ferry, bus, train, ferry
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyonbus
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
3dBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
- Take the bus from Belfast Glengall to Dublin, O'Connell Street Upper (The Gresham Hotel)bus
3d 7hBus and ferry, bus, train, ferry #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Nordbus
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
3d 10h
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Dublin is to fly which costs €90 - €200 and takes 7h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Dublin is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs €90 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Dublin. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Dublin, O'Connell Street Upper (The Gresham Hotel) via Tirana, Brussels-North train station, London Victoria, Glasgow Buchanan and Belfast Glengall. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 7h.
The distance between Crete and Dublin is 3178 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Dublin without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train and ferry via Liège which takes 2 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Crete to Dublin, including transfers.
Crete to Dublin bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Dublin bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Dublin is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 1:44 PM in Crete and 11:44 AM in Dublin.
There are 1107+ hotels available in Dublin.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Dublin, Ireland?
Aer Lingus and Ryanair fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB) twice a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–410
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Santorini to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Santorini to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Santorini to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €15–22
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €15–22
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- 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
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- 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
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ioannina to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Belfast Glengall to Dublin, O'Connell Street Upper (The Gresham Hotel)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Stena Line
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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