There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Rota by plane, busferry, bus, train, car ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Jerez Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Jerez Airport (XRY)plane HER - XRY
11h 56m€134–612Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Faro Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane HER - FAO
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevillebus
- Take the bus from Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastian to Rotabus
15h 18m€128–341Bus and ferry, bus, train via Madrid
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Puerto De Santa Mariatrain Alv
2d 9hCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Rotacar
2d 1h€892–1,584Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane HER - SVQ
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Puerto De Santa Mariatrain
12h 5m€141–325Fly Chania International Airport to Seville Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane CHQ - SVQ
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Puerto De Santa Mariatrain
12h 18m€138–403Bus and ferry, bus via Montpellier
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Madridbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de autobuses de El Puerto de Santa Maríabus
2d 18hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Puerto De Santa Mariatrain Alv
2d 18hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Estación Santa Justabus
- Take the bus from Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastian to Rotabus
3d 8h€234–311
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Jerez Airport (XRY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Rota is to fly and train which costs €140 - €330 and takes 12h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Rota is to fly which takes 11h 56m and costs €130 - €650.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Rota. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Rota via Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop, Sofia, José Laguillo and Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastian. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 8h.
The distance between Crete and Rota is 2851 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Rota without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Madrid which takes 2 days 9h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 56m to get from Crete to Rota, including transfers.
Crete to Rota bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Rota bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Rota is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 7:56 AM in Crete and 6:56 AM in Rota.
There are 1032+ hotels available in Rota.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Rota, Spain?
TUIfly, Condor Flugdienst, and four other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Jerez Airport (XRY) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Chania International Airport to Seville Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Faro Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Faro Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Jerez Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Jerez Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Jerez Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Jerez Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Jerez Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Seville Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Seville Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Faro Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Jerez Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Puerto De Santa Maria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Puerto De Santa Maria
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- 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 Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Faro to Seville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Montpellier to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Seville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastian to Rota
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de autobuses de El Puerto de Santa María
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
- 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
- €80–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Estación Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- 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
- €190–490
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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