There are 12 ways to get from Crete to Trieste by plane, shuttle, car ferry, bus, car, or busferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Ljubljana, shuttle
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Ljubljana (LJU)HER - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
9h 4m€131–451Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)HER - TRS
7h 19m€69–278Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Take the bus from Athens to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Trieste, Autostazione
33h 23m€220–262Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Trieste
24h 38m€378–520Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)HER - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
8h 37m€126–441Fly Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)CHQ - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
9h 25m€143–509Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Graz, shuttle
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Graz (GRZ)HER - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Trieste Centrale
8h 5m€151–1,131Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)HER - VIE
- Take a shuttle bus from Wien Hbf to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
9h 38m€145–912Bus and ferry, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Take the bus from Pristina to Trieste, Autostazione
34h 20m€150–175Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Trieste, Autostazione
41h 15mBus and ferry, bus #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Trieste, Autostazione
44h 30mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Chania
- Take the busferry from Chania to Ioannina
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Vlore , station
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Trieste, Autostazione
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Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Ljubljana (LJU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Trieste is to bus and ferry and bus via Thessaloníki which costs €150 - €180 and takes 34h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Trieste is to fly which takes 7h 19m and costs €65 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Trieste, Autostazione via Thessaloníki and Pristina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 20m.
The distance between Crete and Trieste is 1628 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Trieste without a car is to car ferry and bus which takes 33h 23m and costs €220 - €270.
It takes approximately 9h 4m to get from Crete to Trieste, including transfers.
Crete to Trieste bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Trieste bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Trieste is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 4:25 AM in Crete and 3:25 AM in Trieste.
There are 2940+ hotels available in Trieste.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Trieste, Italy?
Aegean Airlines, Ulendo Airlink, and four other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) 6 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Ljubljana via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Ljubljana via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–470
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Ljubljana via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–250
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–800
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €220–800
Shuttle from Wien Hbf to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–50
- Private
- €270–550
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €75–90
- 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
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +39 333 916 3531
- info@harea.travel
- Website
- harea.travel
Bus from Pristina to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Website
- https://www.harea.travel/
- 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 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €76
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Bus from Tirana to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- Phone
- +355 692323966
Bus from Tirana to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €67
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €79
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Tirana to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Bus from Heraklion to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Chania to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Ioannina to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- €88–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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