There are 12 ways to get from Crete to Exeter by plane, train, busferry, or bus
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HER - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davidstrain
8h 16m£151–311Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Exeter
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Exeter (EXT)plane HER - EXT
21h 25m£103–385Bus 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 Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
2d 5hFly 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 Exeter St Davidstrain
8h 34m£125–387Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane HER - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Exeter St Davidstrain
10h 13m£180–456Fly Chania International Airport to Exeter
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Exeter (EXT)plane CHQ - EXT
18h 28m£132–461Fly 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 Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Exeter St Davidstrain
12h 20m£224–637Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HER - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Exeter St Davidstrain
11h 58m£195–571Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cardiff Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane HER - CWL
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davidstrain
13h 26m£196–506Bus and ferry, bus, train
- 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 Ice
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
2d 6hBus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Nordbus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
2d 15hBus and ferry, Bus
- 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 Bampfylde Streetbus 501 / ...
3d 5h£274–440
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Exeter is to fly and train which costs £150 - £320 and takes 8h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Exeter is to fly and train which takes 8h 16m and costs £150 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Exeter. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Bampfylde Street via Ioannina, Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 5h.
The distance between Crete and Exeter is 1863 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Exeter without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Montpellier which takes 2 days 5h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 16m to get from Crete to Exeter, including transfers.
Crete to Exeter bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Exeter bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Ioannina station.
Exeter is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 3:59 AM in Crete and 1:59 AM in Exeter.
There are 1428+ hotels available in Exeter.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Exeter, England?
easyJet, Aurigny, and four other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Exeter (EXT) 3 times a week.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cardiff Airport via Dusseldorf, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–350
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cardiff Airport via Nuremberg, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–350
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cardiff Airport via Thessaloniki, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–600
- Website
- jet2.com
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 Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
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 Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Exeter via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Exeter via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–390
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Chania International Airport to Exeter via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Exeter via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Exeter via Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £40–60
- 1st Class
- £70–100
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £40–65
- 1st Class
- £75–110
Train from Birmingham New Street to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–210
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £75–110
- 1st Class
- £150–210
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £26–40
- 1st Class
- £35–50
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £40–50
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £50–75
Train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–170
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £90–110
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £120–170
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £29–35
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £35–55
Train from Reading to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £70–90
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £95–140
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £22–27
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £29–45
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- £130–170
- 1st Class
- £160–210
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £55–80
- Comfort
- £65–90
- Premium
- £85–120
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £30–45
- Comfort
- £30–50
- Premium
- £50–65
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £70–110
- Comfort
- £85–120
- Premium
- £110–150
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £85–120
- Comfort
- £100–140
- Premium
- £130–170
- 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
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £30–45
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £70–100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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 Liege Gare des Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £113
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Ioannina to München
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- 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
Bus from London Victoria to Bampfylde Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Bampfylde Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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