There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Scotland by plane, busferry, bus, or train
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HER - EDI
7h 18m£76–231Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane HER - INV
10h 15m£75–280Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgowbus
2d 7h£157–237Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HER - GLA
7h 17m£84–206Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HER - ABZ
10h 10m£76–278Fly Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CHQ - GLA
7h 35m£108–323Fly Chania International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CHQ - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 59m£133–477Bus and ferry, bus, train via Liège
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guilleminsbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Ice
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
2d 9hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 19hBus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the busferry from Timisoara to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
3d 7h£226–504
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Scotland is to fly which costs £80 - £210 and takes 7h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 17m and costs £80 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Scotland. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Glasgow via Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor and Manchester, Shudehill Interchange. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Crete and Scotland is 1975 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Scotland without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 2 days 7h and costs £150 - £240.
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Crete to Scotland, including transfers.
Crete to Scotland bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Scotland bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Scotland is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 9:35 PM in Crete and 7:35 PM in Scotland.
There are 852+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Scotland?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and two other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £21–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £100–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–330
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–480
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–270
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £130–460
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- £70–95
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 Liege Gare des Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £114
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Timisoara to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
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