There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Scotland by plane, car ferry, bus, train, or busferry
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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£91–201Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HER - ABZ
9h 25m£71–291Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 2hFly Chania International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CHQ - EDI
10h 16m£115–318Fly 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£131–542Fly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CHQ - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
10h 53m£158–508Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HER - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
10h 31m£129–441Bus and ferry, bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Flandrestrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 8hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 17hBus 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 via Prague
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradfordbus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
3d 4h£227–434
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 - £210 and takes 7h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 18m and costs £90 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Tirana, Brussel Eurolines Busstation and Newhall St. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 17h.
The distance between Crete and Scotland is 1975 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Scotland without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Crete to Scotland, including transfers.
Crete to Scotland bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Scotland bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Scotland is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 5:56 AM in Crete and 3:56 AM in Scotland.
There are 1384+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Scotland?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and Eurowings 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
- £21–150
Flights from Chania International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–400
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 Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–500
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £110–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £60–95
- Rail 1st Class
- £100–140
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £85–130
- Comfort
- £100–140
- Premium
- £130–180
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £55–80
- Comfort
- £65–90
- Premium
- £90–120
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £150–340
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £150–210
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £230–340
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £70–100
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £120–180
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–240
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £310–360
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- 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
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–110
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £55–85
- 1st Class
- £110–160
- 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
- £24–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £24–35
- 1st Class
- £45–60
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–30
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £12–18
- 1st Class
- £25–30
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £35–50
- 1st Class
- £65–85
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £8–11
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- £130–170
- 1st Class
- £160–210
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–130
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- 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 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.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
- +30 210 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
- £78
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- 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
- +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
- £85–200
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- £85–130
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- £140–200
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