There are 11 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)HER - EDI
7h 15m£91–181Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)HER - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Central
10h 30m£70–351Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
2d 7h£132–206Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)HER - ABZ
8h 50m£121–171Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)HER - INV
10h 58m£98–321Fly Chania International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Newcastle (NCL)CHQ - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
8h 59m£110–412Fly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)CHQ - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Central
10h 52m£139–518Bus and ferry, bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille EuropeTgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
2d 8hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
2d 8hBus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
2d 19hBus and ferry, bus via Prague
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradford
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
3d 4h£194–402
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 £90 - £190 and takes 7h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 15m and costs £90 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Piccadilly Gardens and 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 £130 - £210.
It takes approximately 7h 15m 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 10:21 PM in Crete and 8:21 PM in Scotland.
There are 1376+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Scotland?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–400
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £85–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–310
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- 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 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–95
- 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 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- 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
- £50–75
- 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
- £40–65
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–140
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- 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
- £23–30
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–55
- 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
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- 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
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £79
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
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