There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Spain by plane, busferry, bus, train, car ferry, or car
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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€80–257Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Barcelona-Santstrain
46h 40mCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Barcelonacar
38h 34m€602–1,028Fly 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 18m€96–276Fly 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 5m€98–266Fly Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane CHQ - BCN
8h 16m€117–335Fly 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 23m€135–354Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
2d 6hBus and ferry, bus via Sofia
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Barcelonabus
2d 12h€207–280
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 €95 - €270 and takes 8h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Spain is to fly which takes 6h 18m and costs €80 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Spain. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord via Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
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 and train which takes 46h 40m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Crete to Spain, including transfers.
Crete to Spain bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Spain bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
There are 5540+ 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
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Son Sant Joan Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €60–80
- 1st Class
- €85–110
- 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 Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- €80–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- 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
- €100–230
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €100–140
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €160–230
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