There are 8 ways to get from Crete to Ireland by plane, busferry, bus, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CHQ - DUB
8h 5m€121–431Fly Sitia Airport to Dublin Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane JSH - DUB
8h 25m€84–358Bus 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 Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane CHQ - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
12h 3m€112–347Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane HER - ORK
10h 48m€155–347Fly 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
12h 22m€215–2,005Bus 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€207–508Ferry, 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 Bacăubus
- Take the bus from Bacău to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
4d 16h€225–539
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which costs €80 - €360 and takes 8h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which takes 8h 5m and costs €120 - €440.
The distance between Crete and Ireland is 3125 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 8h 5m to get from Crete to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 3:14 PM in Crete and 1:14 PM in Ireland.
There are 1066+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Ireland?
Ryanair, Airbus France, and Lufthansa fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 4 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–700
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Sitia Airport to Dublin Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- 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
- €65–210
- 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
- €130–290
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €130–190
- Rail 1st Class
- €200–290
- 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
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- 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
- info@anumitravel.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
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- 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
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bacău to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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