There are 10 ways to get from Denmark to Crete by plane, train, bus, busferry, car ferry, or ferry
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Fly Copenhagen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CPH - HER
6h 16m€112–285Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the train from Kolding to Hamburg-Altonatrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane HAM - HER
8h 34m€74–289Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Koebenhavn H to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj
- Take the train from Prague Main Train Station to Budapest Délitrain
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 2h€263–358Fly Copenhagen Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane CPH - CHQ
6h 39m€98–303Fly Copenhagen Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane CPH - JSH
12h 34m€96–353Fly Aalborg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Aalborg Airport (AAL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AAL - CHQ
9h 30m€125–443Bus to Aarhus Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Aarhus Banegårdsplads/Banegårdspladsen to Aarhus Lufthavnbus
- Fly from Aarhus Airport (AAR) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AAR - CHQ
8h 55m€139–565Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Koebenhavn H to Praha-Holesovicetrain Rj
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 4h€307–471Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Köpenhamn H to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Pireausbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
2d 5hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from København H to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 8h
Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Denmark to Crete is to fly which costs €110 - €290 and takes 6h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Denmark to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 16m and costs €110 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Denmark to Crete. However, there are services departing from København H and arriving at Heraklion Port via Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Denmark and Crete is 2464 km.
The best way to get from Denmark to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 2h and costs €260 - €360.
It takes approximately 6h 16m to get from Denmark to Crete, including transfers.
Denmark to Crete bus services, operated by Bledi Travel, depart from København H station.
Denmark to Crete bus services, operated by Bledi Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Denmark. It is currently 10:09 PM in Denmark and 11:09 PM in Crete.
There are 2709+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Denmark and Crete, Greece?
Norwegian Air International, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Sitia Airport via Thessaloniki, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Chania International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Chania International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Chania International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Chania International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Sitia Airport via Preveza
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–460
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Koebenhavn H to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €91
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Kolding to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Koebenhavn H to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €91
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Prague Main Train Station to Budapest Déli
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Kolding to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–75
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +45 70 21 02 30
- midttrafik@midttrafik.dk
- Website
- Midttrafik
Bus from Aarhus Banegårdsplads/Banegårdspladsen to Aarhus Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- Midttrafik
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 259 213
- fjollaimpex@gmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Köpenhamn H to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Pireaus
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–50
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
- Phone
- +355 (0) 69 432/6000
- bleditravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- Bledi Travel
Bus from København H to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Bledi Travel
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- hellenicseaways@hellenicseaways.gr
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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