There are 12 ways to get from Crete to Genoa by plane, car ferry, bus, busferry, car, or train
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)plane HER - GOA
7h 54m€53–253Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Genova Piazza della Vittoriabusferry
35h 17mCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Genoacar
29h 40m€470–690Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HER - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principetrain
8h 8m€65–262Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane HER - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principetrain
7h 42m€101–271Fly Chania International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CHQ - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principetrain
8h 36m€117–310Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane HER - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principetrain
8h 25m€120–380Fly Chania International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)plane CHQ - GOA
9h 7m€80–361Bus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabusferry
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Genova Brignoletrain Fa
41h 8mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Kavajëbus
- Take the busferry from Kavajë to Genova Piazza della Vittoriabusferry
42h 25mBus and ferry, bus via Ioánnina
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Genoabusferry
44h 45mBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Genoabusferry
2d 12h
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Genoa is to fly and train which costs €65 - €270 and takes 8h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Genoa is to fly and train which takes 7h 42m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Genoa. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Genova Piazza della Vittoria via Tirana and Kavajë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 25m.
The distance between Crete and Genoa is 1728 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Genoa without a car is to car ferry and bus and bus and ferry which takes 35h 17m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 54m to get from Crete to Genoa, including transfers.
Crete to Genoa bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Genoa bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Genoa is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 12:26 PM in Crete and 11:26 AM in Genoa.
There are 1730+ hotels available in Genoa.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Genoa, Italy?
ITA Airways, Condor Flugdienst, and five other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Heraklion Port to Genoa via Tirana, Mbikalimi Kamez, Pallati I Sportit, and Tirana in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
Flights from Chania International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €22–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Genova Piazza della Vittoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Kavajë to Genova Piazza della Vittoria
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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 40 67 522
- info@argjiro.eu
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en/blogs/argjiro-shpk-bus-travel-in-albania
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 930 4724
- basharodolf@gmail.com
- Website
- visit-gjirokastra.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 68 402 3400
- info@shpresa.al
- Website
- group.shpresa.al
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4
- Schedules at
- group.shpresa.al
- 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
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ioannina to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- info@rucitours.com
- Website
- rucitours.com
Busferry from Vlorë to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Tirana to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.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/
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