There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Granada by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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
27h 10m€139–360Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport, train
cheapest- 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 47m€111–254Bus 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 Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Granadatrain Ave
2d 6hCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Granadacar
46h 52m€752–1,228Fly 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 5m€123–362Fly Sitia Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
- Fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)plane JSH - GRX
18h 25m€116–380Fly 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 21m€143–336Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Granadatrain Ave
2d 14hBus and ferry, bus via Barcelona
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estación de Autobuses de Granadabus
2d 20hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to El Ejidobus
- Take the bus from El Ejido to Estación de Autobuses de Granadabus
3d 3h€227–301
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 - €260 and takes 11h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Granada is to fly and train which takes 11h 5m and costs €120 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Granada. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de Granada via Tirana and Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
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 Montpellier which takes 2 days 6h and costs .
It takes approximately 27h 10m to get from Crete to Granada, including transfers.
Crete to Granada bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Granada bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Granada is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 12:45 AM in Crete and 11:45 PM in Granada.
There are 3387+ hotels available in Granada.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Granada, Spain?
Olympic Air, Vueling Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Sitia Airport to Málaga Airport via Alexandroupolis, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Sitia Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Sitia Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Sitia Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Sitia Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- €65–95
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- €50–70
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- €85–130
- 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 Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from El Ejido to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- €80–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to El Ejido
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- 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
- €100–230
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €100–140
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €160–230
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