There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Manchester by plane, car ferry, bus, train, or busferry
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Fly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CHQ - MAN
7h 8m£117–304Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool, train
cheapest- 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 54m£73–286Car 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 45mFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HER - MAN
6h 46m£88–237Fly 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
8h 59m£92–276Fly Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CHQ - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
9h 17m£136–373Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
2d 2h£137–187Bus and ferry, bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Flandrestrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
2d 5hBus and ferry, bus, train
- 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 17hBus and ferry, bus via Timișoara
- 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£175–352
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Manchester is to fly which costs £85 - £240 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 46m and costs £85 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Manchester, Coach Station via Thessaloniki and Bucharest Obor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Crete and Manchester is 1810 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Manchester without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 47h 45m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 8m 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 12:53 AM in Crete and 10:53 PM in Manchester.
There are 3587+ hotels available in Manchester.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Manchester, England?
easyJet, Ryanair, and seven other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–65
- 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
- £23–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- 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
- £5–21
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.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
- £4–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–130
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- 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 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–95
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- 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 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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
- 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
- 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
- £78–79
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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