There are 12 ways to get from Crete to Leipzig by plane, busferry, bus, car ferry, car, or train
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Fly Chania International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane CHQ - LEJ
8h 32m€140–500Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- 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 23m€92–474Bus and ferry, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Leipzigbus
43h 55m€178–219Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Leipzigcar
30h 25m€470–690Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane HER - LEJ
8h 39m€108–382Fly 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
7h 43m€150–371Fly 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 42m€159–386Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Erfurt–Weimar Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF)plane HER - ERF
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
7h 13m€109–511Fly Chania International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CHQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain
10h€155–464Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 55 / ...
44h 9m€250–378Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Budapest-Nyugatibus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 55 / ...
45h 5mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Leipzigbus
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Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Leipzig is to fly and train which costs €90 - €480 and takes 7h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Leipzig is to fly and train which takes 7h 13m and costs €100 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Leipzig via Thessaloniki and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 55m.
The distance between Crete and Leipzig is 2049 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Leipzig without a car is to bus and ferry and bus via Thessaloníki which takes 43h 55m and costs €170 - €220.
It takes approximately 8h 32m 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 9:11 AM in Crete and 8:11 AM in Leipzig.
There are 1409+ hotels available in Leipzig.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Leipzig, Germany?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Chania International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Chania International Airport to Frankfurt via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Chania International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Chania International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Athens, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Chania International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Budapest, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Chania International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Thessaloniki, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €150–750
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–450
Flights from Chania International Airport to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- leav.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Erfurt–Weimar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–470
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–15
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €100–160
- 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
- €80–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Leipzig
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €78
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Athens to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- 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 69 249 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
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €89–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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