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How to get fromDresden to Creteby train, plane, bus, busferry, car or car ferry

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There are 11 ways to get from Dresden to Crete by train, plane, bus, busferry, car, or car ferry

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  1. Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”

    best
    1. Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain train
    2. Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane plane BER - HER
    6h 50m
    €99–457

  2. Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”

    cheapest
    1. Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus bus
    2. Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane plane PRG - HER
    7h 51m
    €87–257

  3. Bus, bus and ferry via Peć

    1. Take the bus from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Pejebus bus
    2. Take the bus from Peje to Thessaloníkibus bus
    3. Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry bus ferry
    39h 57m

  4. Drive, car ferry

    1. Drive from Dresden to Port of Piraeuscar car
    2. Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry car ferry
    3. Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry car ferry
    29h 49m
    €502–775

  5. Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Chania International Airport

    1. Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus bus
    2. Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane plane PRG - CHQ
    8h 20m
    €123–516

  6. Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Chania International Airport

    1. Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain train
    2. Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane plane BER - CHQ
    7h 33m
    €105–376

  7. Fly Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”

    1. Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane plane DRS - HER
    5h 37m
    €138–331

  8. Fly Dresden Airport to Chania International Airport

    1. Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane plane DRS - CHQ
    10h 11m
    €169–540

  9. Bus, bus and ferry

    1. Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus bus 060 / ...
    2. Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessalonikibus bus
    3. Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry bus ferry
    43h 40m
    €161–321

  10. Train, bus, bus and ferry

    1. Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádražítrain train 27 / ...
    2. Take the train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain train Rj
    3. Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus bus
    4. Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry bus ferry
    44h 20m

  11. Bus, bus and ferry #2

    1. Take the bus from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Strugabus bus
    2. Take the bus from Struga to Tiranabus bus
    3. Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry bus ferry
    2d 4h

Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights

Calendar31Weekly Planes
Duration4h 32mAverage Duration
Ticket€68Cheapest Price
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What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Crete, Greece?

World Ticket, Lufthansa, and Aegean Airlines fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice a week.

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