There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Granada by plane, busferry, bus, or train
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)plane HER - GRX
10h 22m€97–284Bus 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 10hFly Sitia Airport to Málaga Airport, train
- Fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane JSH - AGP
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granadatrain
18h 11m€166–475Fly 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 33m€97–238Fly 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 27m€133–378Fly 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 36m€143–406Bus and ferry, bus, train via Geneva
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Geneva - Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Granadatrain Ave
2d 13hBus and ferry, bus, train via Barcelona
- 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
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Granada is to fly and train which costs €95 - €240 and takes 11h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Granada is to fly which takes 10h 22m and costs €95 - €290.
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 2611 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Granada without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 10h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 22m 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 12:52 AM in Crete and 11:52 PM in Granada.
There are 3168+ hotels available in Granada.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Granada, Spain?
Volotea, Vueling Airlines, and Transavia Holland fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) once daily.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- 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 Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–420
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- 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
- €85–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- 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
- €85–330
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Almería Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–310
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Almeria to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
- 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
Bus from Tirana to Geneva - Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- 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
- 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
- €65–150
- 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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