There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Zadar by plane, bus, car ferry, shuttle, busferry, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Split Airport, bus
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Split Airport (SPU)plane HER - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
9h 3m€111–401Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zadar Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane HER - ZAD
7h 52m€72–276Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
36h 54m€205–398Fly Chania International Airport to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Split Airport (SPU)plane CHQ - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
9h 21m€153–479Fly Sitia Airport to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Split Airport (SPU)plane JSH - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
7h 46m€96–397Fly Chania International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane CHQ - BEG
- Take a shuttle bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Zadar
12h 27m€168–544Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelijabus
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Skopjetrain 632 / ...
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus 952 / ...
39h 9m€155–287Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Shkoder,Rruga Teutabus
- Take the bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Split, Autobusni Kolodvorbus 974 / ...
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
41h 50m€182–324Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
42h 11m
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Split Airport (SPU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Zadar is to fly which costs €70 - €280 and takes 7h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Zadar is to fly and bus which takes 7h 46m and costs €95 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Zadar. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor via Terminal C, Tirana and Lezhë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 11m.
The distance between Crete and Zadar is 1367 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Zadar without a car is to car ferry and bus which takes 36h 54m and costs €200 - €400.
It takes approximately 9h 3m to get from Crete to Zadar, including transfers.
Crete to Zadar bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Zadar bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Zadar is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 2:37 PM in Crete and 1:37 PM in Zadar.
There are 6670+ hotels available in Zadar.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Zadar, Croatia?
Ryanair, Corendon Airlines, and Austrian Airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) 3 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Split Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to Split Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Sitia Airport to Split Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Chania International Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Split Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to Split Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Split Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Split Airport via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Split Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €27–310
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Gevgelija to Skopje
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- prijevoz.knezevic@gmail.com
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- antonio.tours@zd.t-com.hr
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 21 612 005
- kontakt@promet-makarska.hr
- Website
- promet-makarska.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.promet-makarska.hr/en/
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 119 284
- info@vectortravelgroup.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lezhë to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €85
- Schedules at
- kombiprevozputnika.net
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- 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
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +386 41520943
- info@hisarturizam.com
- Website
- hisarturizam.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €79
- Schedules at
- hisarturizam.com
- Phone
- +389 44 371 066
- hafet-tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- hafettours.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Schedules at
- hafettours.mk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 800 88 85
- info@velebit-tours.hr
- Website
- velebit-tours.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit-tours.hr
- Phone
- +385 (23) 315 331
- info@puntamika-line.hr
- Website
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- francuzevic@gmail.com
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- uprava@samoborcek.hr
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–36
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €64
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- 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 692089127
- lu_na_shpk@yahoo.com
- Website
- luna.al
Bus from Tirana to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- luna.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
- €120–310
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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