There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Parma by plane, train, car ferry, bus, busferry, car, or shuttle
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane HER - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Parmatrain
6h 28m€89–331Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HER - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Parmatrain
8h 36m€60–277Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabusferry
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Parmatrain Ic
32h 46mCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Parmacar
28h 22m€440–640Fly Chania International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CHQ - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Parmatrain
6h 51m€116–379Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Il Caravaggio International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane HER - BGY
- Take a shuttle bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Parma
7h 33m€121–391Fly Chania International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CHQ - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Parmatrain
9h 4m€107–335Bus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Parmatrain Ic
39h 55mBus and ferry via Durrës
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Parmabusferry
43h 35mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Parmabusferry
45h 49mBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Parmabusferry
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Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Parma is to fly and train which costs €60 - €280 and takes 8h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Parma is to fly and train which takes 6h 28m and costs €85 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Parma. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Parma via Tirana and Durrës. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 35m.
The distance between Crete and Parma is 1657 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Parma without a car is to car ferry and bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 32h 46m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Crete to Parma, including transfers.
Crete to Parma bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Parma bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Parma is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 6:00 PM in Crete and 5:00 PM in Parma.
There are 796+ hotels available in Parma.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Parma, Italy?
You can take a vehicle from Heraklion Port to Parma via Tirana, Tirana, Durrës, and Durrës in around 43h 35m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–150
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–440
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–400
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–380
Flights from Chania International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €22–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €26–35
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Orio al Serio Airport to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €32–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €32–35
- Private
- €110–200
- 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
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Busferry from Durrës to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Ioannina to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Tirana to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Busferry from Tirana to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- 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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