There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Ireland by plane, busferry, bus, train, or ferry
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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 13m€90–227Fly 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€70–228Bus and ferry, bus, train, ferry
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lyon Part Dieubus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Rennestrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
3d 4hFly 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€119–284Fly Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CHQ - DUB
8h 2m€126–482Fly 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
11h 18m€243–467Fly Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane CHQ - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
11h 16m€125–385Fly Chania International Airport to Cork Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane CHQ - ORK
11h 6m€122–515Bus 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€195–496Ferry, 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€318–898
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 - €230 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 44m and costs €110 - €290.
The distance between Crete and Ireland is 3241 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Ireland without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train and ferry which takes 3 days 4h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 13m to get from Crete to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 7:56 PM in Crete and 5:56 PM in Ireland.
There are 1164+ 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
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Chania International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
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
- +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 Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- 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
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- 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
- €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/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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