There are 12 ways to get from Crete to Ireland by plane, busferry, bus, train, car ferry, 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
9h 37m€81–285Bus 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 Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane HER - DUB
7h 48m€89–193Fly Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CHQ - DUB
8h 6m€111–271Fly 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€107–427Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport, train
- 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€84–245Fly 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 41m€92–293Fly 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€124–391Fly Chania International Airport to Cork Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane CHQ - ORK
11h 10m€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 carferry 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€187–501Ferry, 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€319–865
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 which costs €85 - €200 and takes 7h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 48m and costs €85 - €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 3241 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 9h 37m 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 3:07 PM in Crete and 1:07 PM in Ireland.
There are 1217+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Ireland?
Aegean Airlines, Edelweiss Air, and seven other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cork Airport (ORK) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
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
- €95–550
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- 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
- €130–600
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
- €100–490
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
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
- €150–440
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- 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
- €110–380
Flights from Chania International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Rosslare Europort to Dublin Pearse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Translink
- 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 69 232 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
- Flixbus
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Dunkerque Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- customerrelations@dublinexpress.ie
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station to Westland Row
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–150
- Website
- Dublin Express
- 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 Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- 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
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 Seaways
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €420–600
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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