There are 10 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 40m€59–268Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Erlangenbus
- Take the train from Erlangen to Leipzig Hbftrain 28 / ...
41h 37mFly 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 10m€123–435Fly 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 27m€108–347Fly 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
7h 55m€145–355Fly Chania International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane CHQ - LEJ
6h 3m€260–345Bus and ferry, bus via Sofia
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofiabus 983
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Leipzigbus
43h 10m€154–233Bus 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-Neustadttrain Rj
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain 55 / ...
44h 16m€275–485Bus 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-Holesovice to Leipzig Hbftrain Ec
2d 1h€215–357
Crete to Leipzig by ferry, foot, bus, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Leipzig is to fly and train which costs €100 - €350 and takes 7h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Leipzig is to fly which takes 5h 40m and costs €55 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Leipzig via Thessaloniki train station and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 10m.
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 37m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 40m 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 10:57 AM in Crete and 9:57 AM in Leipzig.
There are 1486+ hotels available in Leipzig.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Leipzig, Germany?
Norwegian Air UK ltd, Austrian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) twice daily.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–1,200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–410
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–410
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Chania International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- eurowings.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
- €65–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Chania International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erlangen to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €100–160
- 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 Erlangen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Leipzig
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- €70–150
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- 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 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.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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