There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Edinburgh by plane, car ferry, bus, train, or busferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HER - EDI
7h 18m£91–201Car 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 Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 1hFly Chania International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CHQ - EDI
10h 16m£115–318Fly Chania International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CHQ - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 3m£116–462Fly 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 Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
11h 22m£155–378Bus and ferry, bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Flandrestrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 7hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Lutonbus
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Finchley Road Stationbus A31 / ...
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 9h£164–263Bus 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 London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 20hBus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
3d£235–572
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £90 - £210 and takes 7h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 7h 18m and costs £90 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Airport Bus Station and Finchley Road / O2 Centre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Crete and Edinburgh is 1975 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Edinburgh without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Crete to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Crete to Edinburgh bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Edinburgh bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 9:33 PM in Crete and 7:33 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2557+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and Eurowings fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £21–150
Flights from Chania International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
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 Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
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
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–130
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.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
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- 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
Bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–140
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Finchley Road Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–21
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0344 801 7261
- Website
- greenline.co.uk
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Finchley Road Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.greenline.co.uk/timetables-search/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £78
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- £78–79
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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