There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Spain by plane, busferry, bus, or train
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane HER - BCN
6h 18m€68–307Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
2d 2hFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane HER - PMI
7h 26m€81–236Fly Chania International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane CHQ - PMI
7h 49m€93–244Fly Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane CHQ - BCN
8h 26m€105–325Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane HER - MAD
8h 21m€78–275Fly Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane CHQ - MAD
8h 54m€120–323Bus and ferry, bus via Ioánnina
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
2d 5hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Geneva - Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
2d 5hBus and ferry, bus #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
2d 6h
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Spain is to fly which costs €65 - €310 and takes 6h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Spain is to fly which takes 6h 18m and costs €65 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Spain. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord via Ioannina, Asllan Rusi and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Crete and Spain is 2133 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Spain without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Crete to Spain, including transfers.
Crete to Spain bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Spain bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Ioannina station.
There are 5176+ hotels available in Spain.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Spain?
Vueling Airlines and Aegean Airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–400
Flights from Chania International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Geneva - Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Ioannina to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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