There are 4 ways to get from Crete to Ko Samui by plane or busferry
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Fly Sitia Airport to Koh Samui Airport
best- Fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)JSH - USM
17h 49m฿24,135–76,383Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Surat Thani, bus and ferry
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Surat Thani (URT)HER - URT
- Take the busferry from Surat Thani Airport to Koh Samui Nathon Pier
23h 17m฿10,858–26,864Fly Chania International Airport to Koh Samui Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)CHQ - USM
20h 29m฿14,727–46,357Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Koh Samui Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)HER - USM
19h 21m฿15,930–42,136
Sitia Airport (JSH) to Koh Samui Airport (USM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Ko Samui is to fly and bus and ferry which costs ฿10000 - ฿27000 and takes 23h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Ko Samui is to fly which takes 17h 49m and costs ฿24000 - ฿80000.
The distance between Crete and Ko Samui is 7967 km.
It takes approximately 17h 49m to get from Crete to Ko Samui, including transfers.
Ko Samui is 5h ahead of Crete. It is currently 4:38 PM in Crete and 9:38 PM in Ko Samui.
There are 2944+ hotels available in Ko Samui.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Ko Samui, Thailand?
Olympic Air, Qatar Airways, and four other airlines fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Koh Samui Airport (USM) once daily.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Surat Thani via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–39,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Surat Thani via Athens, Abu Dhabi, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–29,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Surat Thani via Athens, Abu Dhabi, Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–29,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Athens, Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–90,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Koh Samui Airport via Larnaca, Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–70,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Preveza, Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–80,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–70,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Athens, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–43,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Koh Samui Airport via Athens, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–41,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Koh Samui Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Koh Samui Airport via Istanbul, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Surat Thani via Athens, Abu Dhabi, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–29,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Surat Thani via Athens, Manama, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–26,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Athens, Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–80,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–60,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Tel Aviv, Abu Dhabi, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–42,000
- Phone
- +66 89 873 0008
- customercare@lomprayah.com
- Website
- lomprayah.com
Busferry from Surat Thani Airport to Koh Samui Nathon Pier
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿828
- Schedules at
- lomprayah.com
- Book at
- lomprayah.com
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