There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Granada by plane, train, busferry, or bus
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Fly Sitia Airport to Málaga Airport, train
best- Fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane JSH - AGP
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granadatrain
18h 9m€147–406Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)plane HER - GRX
9h 17m€102–314Bus and ferry, bus, train via Madrid
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granadatrain Ave
2d 10hFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane HER - AGP
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granadatrain
11h 21m€113–218Fly Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane CHQ - AGP
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granadatrain
11h 19m€130–316Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Almería Airport (LEI)plane HER - LEI
- Take the train from Almeria to Granadatrain
13h 50m€144–408Fly Chania International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)plane CHQ - GRX
12h 30m€154–512Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane HER - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granadatrain
12h 45m€163–386Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Granadatrain Ave
2d 10hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Estación de Autobuses de Granadabus
3d 12h€303–443
Sitia Airport (JSH) to Málaga Airport (AGP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Granada is to fly and train which costs €110 - €220 and takes 11h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Granada is to fly which takes 9h 17m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Granada. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de Granada via Thessaloniki and Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 12h.
The distance between Crete and Granada is 2920 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Granada without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Madrid which takes 2 days 10h and costs .
It takes approximately 18h 9m to get from Crete to Granada, including transfers.
Crete to Granada bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Granada bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Granada is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 7:27 AM in Crete and 6:27 AM in Granada.
There are 3110+ hotels available in Granada.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Granada, Spain?
Vueling Airlines, Transavia France, and Volotea fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) 5 times a week.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Chania International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Chania International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–150
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Almeria to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Ouigo
- 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
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–200
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
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