There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Ireland by plane, busferry, bus, ferry, or train
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane HER - ORK
10h 3m€104–367Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane HER - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
9h 30m€70–219Bus and ferry, bus, ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Bus Stationbus 112
- Take the ferry from Pembroke Dock to Rosslare Harbourferry
- Take the train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Docktrain Ic
2d 18h€272–527Fly Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CHQ - DUB
8h 2m€111–412Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane HER - DUB
7h 44m€104–294Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane HER - SNN
10h 24m€87–297Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane HER - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
10h 42m€83–267Fly Chania International Airport to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane CHQ - SNN
11h 7m€134–435Fly Chania International Airport to Cork Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane CHQ - ORK
11h 6m€126–555Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceavabus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 19h€195–506Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thessalonikiferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceavabus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
4d 18h€318–905
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly and train which costs €70 - €220 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 44m and costs €100 - €300.
The distance between Crete and Ireland is 3240 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Ireland without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and ferry and train which takes 2 days 18h and costs €270 - €550.
It takes approximately 10h 3m to get from Crete to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 10:41 PM in Crete and 8:41 PM in Ireland.
There are 1177+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Ireland?
British Airways, Aer Lingus, and six other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cork Airport (ORK) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Chania International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Dock
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- 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
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Pembroke Dock to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–120
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–370
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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