There are 12 ways to get from Crete to France by plane, car ferry, bus, train, car, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane HER - CDG
6h 29m€93–283Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane HER - MRS
5h 44m€75–278Car 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 Strasbourgbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
41h 56mCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Pariscar
35h 8m€580–840Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HER - LYS
6h 8m€101–266Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane HER - NTE
6h 39m€113–293Fly Chania International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane CHQ - LYS
6h 31m€123–324Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane HER - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
8h 6m€113–347Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
47h 11mBus and ferry, bus via Ioánnina
- 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
2dFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Athens to Vranje, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Vranje, Autobuska stanica to Gallienibus
2d 7hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Nordbus
2d 9h
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to France is to fly which costs €75 - €280 and takes 5h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to France is to fly which takes 5h 44m and costs €75 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to France. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Hôtel de Ville via Ioannina, Tirana and Gare de Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Crete and France is 2421 km.
The best way to get from Crete to France without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 41h 56m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 29m to get from Crete to France, including transfers.
Crete to France bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to France bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Ioannina station.
France is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 11:08 AM in Crete and 10:08 AM in France.
There are 22971+ hotels available in France.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and France?
easyJet, Sky Express, and two other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) 4 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Stuttgart Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–360
Flights from Chania International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–450
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Chania International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–460
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- 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
- €65–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €120–180
- Rail 1st Class
- €190–270
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- 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
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Ioannina to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- 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
- info@anumitravel.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 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
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Vranje, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +381 35 534 931
- info@unilines.com
- Website
- unilines.com
Bus from Vranje, Autobuska stanica to Gallieni
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- 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
- €89–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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