There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Granada by plane, train, busferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport, train
best- 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 56m€122–293Fly 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€112–364Bus 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 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
10h 54m€129–311Fly 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
12h 20m€198–579Fly 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
11h 35m€184–582Fly 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 55m€168–375Fly Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane CHQ - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granadatrain
12h 58m€205–463Fly 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
10h 14m€157–430Bus 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
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Málaga Airport (AGP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Granada is to fly and train which costs €120 - €300 and takes 11h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Granada is to fly which takes 9h 17m and costs €110 - €370.
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 2837 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 11h 56m 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 11:22 AM in Crete and 10:22 AM in Granada.
There are 3103+ hotels available in Granada.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Granada, Spain?
Olympic Air, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–160
Flights from Sitia Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Sitia Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Sitia Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Chania International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–490
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Sitia Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Sitia Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Chania International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Athens, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–490
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Málaga Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- 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
- €20–30
- 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
- €75–110
- 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
- €20–30
- 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 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
- €20–30
- 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 30 minutes
- 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
- €80–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- 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
- €55–95
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- 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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