There are 12 ways to get from Crete to Kyiv by plane, bus, busferry, train, car ferry, car, or ferry
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Fly Chania International Airport to Chișinău International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane CHQ - RMO
- Take the bus from Chisinau Airport to Mohyliv-Podilskyybus
- Take the bus from Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Vinnytsiabus
- Take the bus from Vinnytsia to Kyivbus
15h 26m₴8,496–23,142Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chișinău International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane HER - RMO
- Take the bus from Chisinau Airport to Mohyliv-Podilskyybus
- Take the bus from Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Vinnytsiabus
- Take the bus from Vinnytsia to Kyivbus
13h 28m₴6,472–17,601Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki train station to Veliko Tarnovobus 983
- Take the bus from Veliko Tirnovo ROMPETROL to Kyiv Bus stationbus
46h 58m₴8,847–12,746Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Chisinautrain 402
- Take the train from Chisinau to Kyiv-Pas.train 352
2d 12h₴8,347–12,446Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Kyivcar
34h 46m₴27,084–48,454Fly Sitia Airport to Chișinău International Airport, bus
- Fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane JSH - RMO
- Take the bus from Chisinau Airport to Mohyliv-Podilskyybus
- Take the bus from Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Vinnytsiabus
- Take the bus from Vinnytsia to Kyivbus
21h 36m₴10,888–27,234Fly Chania International Airport to Iași International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane CHQ - IAS
- Take the bus from Iasi Airport to Bălțibus
- Take the bus from Bălți Gas Station to Mohyliv-Podilskyybus
- Take the bus from Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Vinnytsiabus
- Take the bus from Vinnytsia to Kyivbus
17h 34mFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Iași International Airport, bus
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane HER - IAS
- Take the bus from Iasi Airport to Bălțibus
- Take the bus from Bălți Gas Station to Mohyliv-Podilskyybus
- Take the bus from Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Vinnytsiabus
- Take the bus from Vinnytsia to Kyivbus
15h 46mFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Suceava, bus
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Suceava (SCV)plane HER - SCV
- Take the bus from Suceava Airport to Chernivtsi Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Chernivtsi Bus station to Kolomiya Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Kolomyia to Kyivbus
16h 33m₴7,822–21,481Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus Port Akti Kondili to Ruse Tsar Osvoboditelbus
- Take the bus from Ruse Cruise RUSE to Kyiv Bus stationbus
47h 45m₴14,514–28,095Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Hsw
- Take the bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from Bucuresti to Bila Tserkvabus
- Take the bus from Bila Tserkva to Kyiv Central Bus stationbus
2d 5h₴11,019–19,717Ferry, bus via Stara Zagora
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Hsw
- Take the bus from Piraeus Port Akti Kondili to Stara Zagora Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Stara Zagora to Kyiv Central Bus stationbus
2d 5h₴7,617–15,665
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO) flights
Questions & Answers
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The cheapest way to get from Crete to Kyiv is to fly and bus which costs 6 000 ₴ - 18 000 ₴ and takes 13h 28m.
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The fastest way to get from Crete to Kyiv is to fly and bus which takes 13h 28m and costs 6 000 ₴ - 18 000 ₴.
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No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Kyiv station. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Kyiv Bus station via Thessaloniki train station and Veliko Tirnovo ROMPETROL. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 58m.
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The distance between Crete and Kyiv is 1969 km.
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The best way to get from Crete to Kyiv without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 46h 58m and costs 8 500 ₴ - 13 000 ₴.
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It takes approximately 15h 26m to get from Crete to Kyiv, including transfers.
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Crete to Kyiv bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
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Crete to Kyiv bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Kyiv, Ukraine?
There is no direct connection from Crete to Kyiv. However, you can take the shuttle to Chania Airport, walk to Chania International Airport (CHQ) airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport (RMO), walk to Chisinau Airport, take the bus to Mohyliv-Podilskyy, walk to Mohyliv-Podilskyi, take the bus to Vinnytsia, then take the bus to Kyiv. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Heraklion to Kyiv Bus station via Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki train station, Veliko Tarnovo, and Veliko Tirnovo ROMPETROL in around 46h 58m.
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- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,500–14,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴5,000–17,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,200–13,000
Flights from Sitia Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₴7,500–16,000
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Iași International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,600–15,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Iași International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₴6,000–19,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Iași International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,700–15,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,900–16,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,200–26,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,800–17,000
- Website
- auraairlines.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,700–12,000
Flights from Sitia Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Alexandroupolis, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,100–17,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,200–5,500
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Chania International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,200–13,000
Flights from Sitia Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Athens, Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴5,000–17,000
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- cfm@railway.md
- Website
- railway.md
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴900–1,500
- Schedules at
- railway.md
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- booking@uz.gov.ua
- Website
- uz.gov.ua
Train from Chisinau to Kyiv-Pas.
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴1,000–1,600
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Chisinau Airport to Mohyliv-Podilskyy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₴1,500–2,100
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Vinnytsia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴430–750
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₴1,800–3,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₴4,400–8,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bila Tserkva to Kyiv Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴300–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Vinnytsia to Kyiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₴1,100–1,700
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en
- Schedules at
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/routes
Bus from Kolomyia to Kyiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₴950–3,200
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en
- Schedules at
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/routes
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴4,100–5,500
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +90544 210 2535
- Website
- luksistanbul.com
Bus from Veliko Tirnovo ROMPETROL to Kyiv Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴2,900–4,100
- Schedules at
- luksistanbul.com
Bus from Ruse Cruise RUSE to Kyiv Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴2,900–4,100
- Schedules at
- luksistanbul.com
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₴2,300–3,900
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +40735123000
- office@trendbus.ro
- Website
- trendbus.ro
Bus from Iasi Airport to Bălți
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- romtransexpress.autogari.ro
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Bălți Gas Station to Mohyliv-Podilskyy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₴190–370
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Website
- inbus.ua
Bus from Suceava Airport to Chernivtsi Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴170–1,000
- Website
- https://inbus.ua/en
Bus from Chernivtsi Bus station to Kolomiya Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴160–230
- Website
- https://inbus.ua/en
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Piraeus Port Akti Kondili to Ruse Tsar Osvoboditel
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴3,506
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Bucuresti to Bila Tserkva
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴3,540
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- help@gunsel.ua
- Website
- gunsel.ua
Bus from Stara Zagora to Kyiv Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴3,300–4,300
- Website
- https://gunsel.ua/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴5,000–13,000
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴3,000–8,000
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴2,700–3,700
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- ₴2,700–3,700
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₴3,500–8,000
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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