There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Rotterdam by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, car, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)HER - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
6h 28m€111–371Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
2d 1hCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Rotterdam
34h 35m€578–840Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Brussels Airport (BRU)HER - BRU
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
7h 6m€112–379Fly Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)CHQ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
6h 51m€163–379Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)HER - RTM
5h 47m€201–601Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)HER - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraal
7h 31m€118–312Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)HER - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
9h 30m€140–820Bus and ferry, bus, train via Budapest
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Berlin HbfRj
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Amersfoort CentraalIce
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
2d 3h€261–540Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of PiraeusAbs / ...
- Take the bus from Piraeus Port Astiggos to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam Conradstraat
2d 12h€148–239
Crete to Rotterdam by ferry and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Rotterdam is to fly and train which costs €110 - €320 and takes 7h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Rotterdam is to fly which takes 5h 47m and costs €200 - €600.
The distance between Crete and Rotterdam is 2536 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Rotterdam without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Crete to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Rotterdam is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 2:14 PM in Crete and 1:14 PM in Rotterdam.
There are 811+ hotels available in Rotterdam.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
TUI fly Belgium and Transavia Holland fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) twice a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–850
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–480
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–340
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–380
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €16–28
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- 1st Class
- €28–50
Train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–26
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
Train from Berlin Hbf to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €90–130
- 1st Class
- €180–310
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €26–40
- Comfort
- €28–40
- Premium
- €45–60
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–22
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €120–190
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- 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
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Piraeus Port Astiggos to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam Conradstraat
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- €88–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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