There are 12 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 6m€111–331Fly 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, 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 48m€99–243Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane HER - ORK
9h 43m€104–347Fly 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 Great Central to Dundalktrain
10h 43m€73–227Fly 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€120–375Fly Chania International Airport to Cork Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane CHQ - ORK
11h 16m€156–485Bus 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 7hBus 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€306–882
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 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 - €250.
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 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 6m 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 6:59 PM in Crete and 4:59 PM in Ireland.
There are 1233+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Ireland?
Ryanair, Edelweiss Air, and three other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- 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
- €75–230
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
- 7h 37m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
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
- €120–650
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- 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
- €110–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
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
- €95–500
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
- €85–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
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
- €130–410
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
- €85–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Chania International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
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
- €140–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–480
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- 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
- +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
- €160–260
- 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
- €120–270
- 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
Bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- 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
- +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
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- 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
- €90–220
- 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
- €22–150
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–600
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- 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
- €150–350
- 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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