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 Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HER - GLA
7h 12m£64–206Car 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 Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HER - EDI
7h 17m£96–241Fly Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CHQ - GLA
7h 30m£113–302Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HER - ABZ
9h 35m£71–228Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane HER - INV
10h 32m£100–230Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Newcastle (NCL)plane HER - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 49m£113–325Bus 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 Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 18hBus 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£230–493
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Scotland is to fly which costs £60 - £210 and takes 7h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 12m and costs £60 - £210.
The distance between Crete and Scotland is 2008 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 12m to get from Crete to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 3:33 AM in Crete and 1:33 AM in Scotland.
There are 877+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Scotland?
Jet2.com, Edelweiss Air, and four other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–470
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–490
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £95–490
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–290
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £140–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- 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
- 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
- £130–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–230
- 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
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- 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 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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
- £170–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- +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
- £113
- 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
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- 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
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–280
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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