There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Pula by plane, shuttle, busferry, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane HER - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
10h 30m€131–851Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane HER - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Stazione Mestre to Pula railway Stattion
10h 38m€121–906Bus and ferry, bus
- 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 Pulabus
36h 41m€176–212Fly Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane CHQ - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
10h 48m€153–949Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane HER - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Novigrad
- Take the bus from Novigrad to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
10h 37m€204–651Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Pula Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane HER - PUY
10h 37m€141–281Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rijeka Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane HER - RJK
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka Airport to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
12h 37mFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Hsw
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Split Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Split Bus Station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
46h 44m€168–382Bus and ferry, bus via Dubrovnik
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
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Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Pula is to bus and ferry and bus which costs €170 - €220 and takes 36h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Pula is to fly and shuttle which takes 10h 30m and costs €130 - €850.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Pula. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Pula via Thessaloniki and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 41m.
The distance between Crete and Pula is 1836 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Pula without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 36h 41m and costs €170 - €220.
It takes approximately 10h 30m to get from Crete to Pula, including transfers.
Crete to Pula bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Pula bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Pula is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 7:04 PM in Crete and 6:04 PM in Pula.
There are 8120+ hotels available in Pula.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Pula, Croatia?
FlexFlight ApS, Edelweiss Air, and five other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Pula Airport (PUY) 5 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Pula Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–310
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–600
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Pula Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Pula Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Pula Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–600
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Novigrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28
- Private
- €71
Bus from Novigrad to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €21
- Private
- €117
Shuttle from Stazione Mestre to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–600
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- 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
- €25–35
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +389 22400033
- info@dominoline.com.mk
- Website
- dominoline.com.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Pula
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €71
- Schedules at
- dominoline.com.mk
- Phone
- +385 99 525 8911
- information@rijeka-airport.hr
- Website
- rijeka-airport.hr
Shuttle from Rijeka Airport to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- rijeka-airport.hr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 119 284
- info@vectortravelgroup.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lezhë to Split Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Split Bus Station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- 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
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Durrës to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €64
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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