There are 11 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
9h 32m€104–347Fly 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€70–199Bus 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€99–223Fly Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CHQ - DUB
8h 6m€106–321Fly 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€82–267Fly 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 8m€73–227Fly Chania International Airport to Cork Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane CHQ - ORK
11h 5m€146–465Fly 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€115–375Bus and ferry, bus, train, ferry
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Caenbus 712
- Take the train from Caen to Cherbourgtrain Ter
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
3d 8hBus 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 Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly and train which costs €70 - €200 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 48m and costs €95 - €230.
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 32m 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 1:49 AM in Crete and 11:49 PM in Ireland.
There are 1246+ 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
- €210–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- 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
- €120–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
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
- 8h 2m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
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
- €110–260
- 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
- €130–420
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
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
- €130–420
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- 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
- €100–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–470
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- 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
- +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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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 Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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Contact 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
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- 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
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–600
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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