There are 9 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
15h 26m€159–440Fly 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
10h 57m€92–244Bus 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
10h 58m€97–228Fly 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 51m€114–336Fly 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
14h 35m€134–338Bus 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 Granada Estación de Autobusesbus
2d 20hBus 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 €95 - €230 and takes 10h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Granada is to fly which takes 10h 57m and costs €90 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Granada. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Granada Estación de Autobuses 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 Madrid which takes 2 days 10h and costs .
It takes approximately 15h 26m 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 5:08 PM in Crete and 4:08 PM in Granada.
There are 3143+ hotels available in Granada.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Granada, Spain?
Vueling Airlines, Transavia Holland, and three other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €160–300
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Almeria to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/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
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- 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
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- 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
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Granada Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- 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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