There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Rotterdam by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, car, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CHQ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 51m€183–799Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HER - BRU
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 40m€129–414Bus and ferry, bus, train via Würzburg
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Würzburgbus
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
44h 53mCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Rotterdamcar
34h 22m€590–840Fly 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 to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 28m€131–431Fly 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€181–651Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane HER - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 27m€136–289Fly 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 Centraaltrain
9h 27m€140–834Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane HER - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
10h 15m€155–440Bus 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 2hFerry, 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€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 €120 - €420 and takes 7h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Rotterdam is to fly which takes 5h 47m and costs €180 - €650.
The distance between Crete and Rotterdam is 2488 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Rotterdam without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Würzburg which takes 44h 53m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Crete to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Rotterdam is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 8:24 PM in Crete and 7:24 PM in Rotterdam.
There are 822+ 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 Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–900
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- 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
- €90–380
- 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
- €100–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
- 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 Anvers-Central 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 Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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 Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €17–29
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €65–120
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 25 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 Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–22
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/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
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Würzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- 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
- 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
- €89–90
- 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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