There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Venice by plane, car ferry, bus, busferry, or train
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Fly Sitia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
best- Fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane JSH - VCE
6h 50m€70–348Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Treviso Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Treviso Airport (TSF)plane HER - TSF
8h 45m€55–230Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabusferry
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Venezia Santa Luciatrain
33h 9mBus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Chaniabus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Patrabusferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venicecarferry
2d 5h€213–305Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane HER - VCE
7h 2m€77–272Fly Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane CHQ - VCE
7h 55m€119–340Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane HER - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain
6h 36m€71–276Bus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabusferry
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Venezia Santa Luciatrain
40h 5mBus and ferry, bus via Tirana
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Venezia Mestrebus
44h 28mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Venezia Mestrebus
2d
Sitia Airport (JSH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Venice is to fly which costs €55 - €230 and takes 8h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Venice is to fly and train which takes 6h 36m and costs €70 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Venice. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Venezia via Terminal C, Tirana and Stazione MESTRE FS C3. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 28m.
The distance between Crete and Venice is 1643 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Venice without a car is to car ferry and bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 33h 9m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 50m to get from Crete to Venice, including transfers.
Crete to Venice bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Venice bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Venice is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 9:00 AM in Crete and 8:00 AM in Venice.
There are 5851+ hotels available in Venice.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Venice, Italy?
Olympic Air, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Treviso Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Treviso Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Treviso Airport via Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Sitia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens, Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–550
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Sitia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–140
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Treviso Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Chania International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–500
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Venezia Santa Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Venezia Santa Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Tirana to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- 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 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Chania to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/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 69 209 3508
- aleksviaggi@gmail.com
Bus from Tirana to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/aleksviaggi.al
- 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
- €130–330
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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