There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Ireland by plane, busferry, bus, train, or car ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane HER - DUB
7h 42m€90–198Fly 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 Grand Central to Dundalktrain
9h 17m€74–205Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraalbus
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station to Westland Rowbus 785
3d 7hFly Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CHQ - DUB
8h€102–296Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane HER - ORK
9h 33m€106–285Fly 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€82–257Fly 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 Grand Central to Dundalktrain
10h 56m€167–673Fly 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 Grand Central to Dundalktrain
11h 4m€119–371Fly Chania International Airport to Cork Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane CHQ - ORK
11h 6m€153–463Bus and ferry, bus, car ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraalbus
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Doverbus
- Take the bus from Dover to Dunkerque Portbus
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Take the train from Rosslare Europort to Dublin Pearsetrain Ic / ...
3d 16hBus and ferry, bus via Rădăuți
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceavabus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 19h€187–501
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which costs €90 - €200 and takes 7h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 42m and costs €90 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Ireland. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Westland Row via Tirana, Antwerp Rooseveltplaats, London Victoria, Glasgow Buchanan and Grand Central Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 7h.
The distance between Crete and Ireland is 3190 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Ireland without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 3 days 7h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Crete to Ireland, including transfers.
Crete to Ireland bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Ireland bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Ireland is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 7:20 AM in Crete and 5:20 AM in Ireland.
There are 1251+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Ireland?
Aer Lingus, Eurowings, and Ryanair fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–410
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
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
- €130–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Chania International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Rosslare Europort to Dublin Pearse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- 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
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 Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Dunkerque Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- customerrelations@dublinexpress.ie
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Grand Central Station to Westland Row
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–150
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- 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 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 Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €430–600
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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