There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Rotterdam by plane, train, busferry, bus, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HER - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 56m€124–381Fly 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 43m€115–299Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraalbus
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
2d 2hFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane HER - RTM
5h 47m€381–851Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane HER - AMS
8h 29m€124–316Fly Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CHQ - AMS
8h 52m€146–404Fly 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
9h 30m€147–785Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane HER - FMO
- Take the train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Goudatrain
6h 7m€235–618Bus 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 3h€360–743Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Piraeus Port Astiggos to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam Conradstraatbus
2d 12h€155–286
Crete to Rotterdam by ferry and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Rotterdam is to fly which costs €120 - €320 and takes 8h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Rotterdam is to fly which takes 5h 47m and costs €380 - €850.
The distance between Crete and Rotterdam is 2571 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 7h 56m to get from Crete to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Rotterdam is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 6:47 AM in Crete and 5:47 AM in Rotterdam.
There are 825+ 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 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Münster Osnabrück International Airport
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €180–490
- 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
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- 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
- €90–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–31
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–31
- 1st Class
- €41–46
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €16–23
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €6–9
- 1st Class
- €9–14
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–90
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–26
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €18–30
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €14–24
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 Hengelo to Gouda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
Train from Berlin Hbf to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- 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
- €18–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €18–27
- 1st Class
- €30–60
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €35–50
- Comfort
- €35–55
- Premium
- €55–75
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/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
- +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
- €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
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €40–55
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €70–90
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €65–80
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €85–110
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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