There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Ireland by plane, busferry, bus, train, ferry, or car 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 Cork Airport
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Cork Airport (ORK)CHQ - ORK
10h 31m€122–475Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB)HER - DUB
7h 47m€99–253Bus and ferry, bus, train, ferry
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lyon Part Dieu
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to RennesTgv
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
3d 4hFerry, bus, car ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiu
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Dunkerque
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Dock
4d 23h€452–870Fly Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)CHQ - DUB
8h 5m€116–361Fly Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)CHQ - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
12h 21m€121–353Fly Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)CHQ - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
11h 45m€219–1,911Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cork Airport (ORK)HER - ORK
10h 53m€155–337Fly Chania International Airport to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Shannon Airport (SNN)CHQ - SNN
10h 57m€134–425Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
3d 19h€185–494
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which costs €95 - €260 and takes 7h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 47m and costs €95 - €260.
The distance between Crete and Ireland is 3181 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 10h 31m to get from Crete to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 10:33 AM in Crete and 8:33 AM in Ireland.
There are 1062+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Ireland?
British Airways, Aer Lingus, and three other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Cork Airport (ORK) once daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–700
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–700
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Chania International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Dublin Airport via East Midlands
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Shannon Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- 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
- €110–390
- 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
- €60–190
- 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
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Dock
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €8–13
- 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/
- 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
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Dunkerque
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- 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
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.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
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–100
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- 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
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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