There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Tarifa by plane, bus, busferry, train, car ferry, or car
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport, bus
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane HER - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
- Take the bus from Marbella Estación de Autobuses to Tarifabus
11h 43m€115–331Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Gibraltar International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB)plane HER - GIB
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Tarifabus
15h 45m€105–440Bus and ferry, bus, train via Madrid
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Algecirastrain Alv
2d 10hCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Tarifacar
2d 1h€890–1,578Fly Chania International Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG)plane CHQ - TNG
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
12h 42m€181–830Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG)plane HER - TNG
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
18h 4m€159–722Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport, bus
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane HER - SVQ
- Take the bus from Sevilla Estación del Prado to Tarifabus
12h 56m€151–344Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Antequera-Santa Anatrain Ave
- Take the train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Algecirastrain Alv
2d 19hBus and ferry, bus via Barcelona
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Algecirasbus
3d 2hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Málagabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Tarifabus
3d 6h€238–328
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Málaga Airport (AGP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Tarifa is to fly and bus which costs €110 - €340 and takes 11h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Tarifa is to fly and bus which takes 11h 43m and costs €110 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Tarifa. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Tarifa via Tirana, Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 2h.
The distance between Crete and Tarifa is 2816 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Tarifa without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Madrid which takes 2 days 10h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 43m to get from Crete to Tarifa, including transfers.
Crete to Tarifa bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Tarifa bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Tarifa is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 10:33 AM in Crete and 9:33 AM in Tarifa.
There are 363+ hotels available in Tarifa.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain?
There is no direct connection from Crete to Tarifa. However, you can take the line 6 bus to Irakleion Airport, walk to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) airport, fly to Málaga Airport (AGP), walk to Malaga Airport, take the bus to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella, then take the bus to Tarifa. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Heraklion Port to Tarifa via Tirana, Tirana, Montpellier, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Algeciras, and Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo in around 2d 10h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Gibraltar International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–430
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Gibraltar International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Gibraltar International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–430
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Gibraltar International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–440
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Seville Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Gibraltar International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Antequera-Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Marbella Estación de Autobuses to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.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 Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Sevilla Estación del Prado to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- 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
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- 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
- €190–480
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–221
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Sirena Seat No Car
- €40
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- €50
- Sirena Seat Car
- €211
- Neptuno Seat Car
- €221
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