There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Manchester by plane, car ferry, bus, train, or busferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HER - MAN
6h 39m£59–168Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
47h 42mFly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CHQ - MAN
7h 7m£77–222Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane HER - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
9h 17m£96–189Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Liverpool (LPL)plane HER - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
7h 49m£67–206Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane HER - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
9h 8m£81–231Bus and ferry, bus, train via Karlsruhe
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 82
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
2d 1hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Lillebus 328 / ...
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Shudehill Interchangebus
2d 10hBus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
2d 16hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the busferry from Timisoara to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
3d 3h£175–356
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Manchester is to fly which costs £55 - £170 and takes 6h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 39m and costs £55 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Thessaloniki and Timisoara. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
The distance between Crete and Manchester is 1843 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Manchester without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 47h 42m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 39m to get from Crete to Manchester, including transfers.
Crete to Manchester bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Manchester bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Manchester is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 12:02 AM in Crete and 10:02 PM in Manchester.
There are 3622+ hotels available in Manchester.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Manchester, England?
Jet2.com, Corendon Airlines, and easyJet fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £39
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £43
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £15–19
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £17
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £17
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £111
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Timisoara to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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
- £100–270
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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