There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Crete by plane, train, bus, or busferry
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Fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)EDI - HER
7h 8m€107–212Train, bus, bus and ferry via Sankt Pölten
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to St Pölten HauptbahnhofNj
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
2d 8h€362–933Fly to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sitia Airport (JSH)EDI - JSH
23h 27m€121–351Fly to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)EDI - CHQ
9h 37m€133–331Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-GuilleminsIce
- Take the bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 8hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Take the bus from Finchley Road Station to Airport Bus StationA1 / ...
- Take the bus from Luton to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
2d 10h€161–301Train, bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 21hBus, bus and ferry via Prague
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
3d 1h€218–452
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Crete is to fly which costs €100 - €220 and takes 7h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 8m and costs €100 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Crete. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Heraklion via Finchley Road Station, Luton, Bucharest and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 10h.
The distance between Edinburgh and Crete is 3160 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Sankt Pölten which takes 2 days 8h and costs €360 - €950.
It takes approximately 7h 8m to get from Edinburgh to Crete, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:36 AM in Edinburgh and 8:36 AM in Crete.
There are 2522+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Crete, Greece?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Frankfurt, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Dusseldorf, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Frankfurt, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Dusseldorf, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €35–50
- Comfort
- €35–55
- Premium
- €55–75
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Paris l'Est to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €90–110
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–34
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Finchley Road Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0344 801 7261
- Website
- greenline.co.uk
Bus from Finchley Road Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.greenline.co.uk/timetables-search/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Luton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
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