There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Rotterdam by plane, busferry, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane HER - RTM
5h 47m€171–601Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane HER - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 42m€109–278Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraalbus
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraaltrain Ec / ...
2d 2hFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane HER - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 29m€136–305Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HER - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 50m€128–384Fly Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CHQ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 52m€158–423Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane HER - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Alexandertrain
9h 38m€135–354Bus and ferry, bus, train via Budapest
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Berlin Hbftrain Rj
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Amersfoort Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
2d 4h€343–585Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Athens to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Rotterdambus
2d 6h
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Rotterdam is to fly and train which costs €100 - €280 and takes 7h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Rotterdam is to fly which takes 5h 47m and costs €170 - €600.
The distance between Crete and Rotterdam is 2474 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 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 47m to get from Crete to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Rotterdam is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 5:47 AM in Crete and 4:47 AM in Rotterdam.
There are 825+ hotels available in Rotterdam.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
Transavia Holland and Aegean Airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) 3 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
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 Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- 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
- €100–450
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- 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
- €95–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Alexander
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €120–190
- 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 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
- €80–110
- 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
- €70–110
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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