There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Leipzig by plane, car ferry, bus, train, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane HER - LEJ
5h 50m€78–233Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Regensburg Hbfbus
- Take the train from Regensburg Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain Ice
41h 12mFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane HER - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain
9h 23m€140–413Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane HER - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
7h 28m€107–345Fly Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane CHQ - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 6m€134–423Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane HER - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 24m€138–675Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane HER - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
9h 40m€166–381Bus and ferry, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Leipzig Hbfbus
42h 45mBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Budapestbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain 28 / ...
42h 45m€255–473Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Leipzigbus
2dFerry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the train from Praha Hlavní nádraží to Leipzig Hbftrain Drf
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Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Leipzig is to fly which costs €75 - €240 and takes 5h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Leipzig is to fly which takes 5h 50m and costs €75 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Leipzig Hbf via Thessaloníki and Prizren,Autobuska Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 45m.
The distance between Crete and Leipzig is 2086 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Leipzig without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 41h 12m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 50m to get from Crete to Leipzig, including transfers.
Crete to Leipzig bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Leipzig bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Leipzig is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 3:46 AM in Crete and 2:46 AM in Leipzig.
There are 1350+ hotels available in Leipzig.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Leipzig, Germany?
Norwegian Air UK ltd and Austrian Airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) 3 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–350
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–350
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Regensburg Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–31
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €33–38
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Praha Hlavní nádraží to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Durrës to Regensburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- 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
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Thessaloníki to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- +383 44 225 800
- info@planetreisen.eu
- Website
- planetreisen.eu
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- planetreisen.eu
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Leipzig
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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