There are 11 ways to get from Faro to Crete by plane, bus, train, busferry, car, or car ferry
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Fly Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FAO - HER
9h 11m€71–227Bus, train, bus and ferry via Madrid
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armasbus
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 11hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Faro to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 2h€870–1,416Fly Faro Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane FAO - CHQ
17h 10m€122–406Bus to Seville Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armasbus
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane SVQ - HER
11h 19m€136–332Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Faro to Entrecampostrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LIS - HER
11h 30m€144–353Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Faro to Entrecampostrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LIS - CHQ
12h 18m€165–412Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the train from Faro to Entrecampostrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane LIS - JSH
12h 48m€193–362Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevilla Santa Justabus
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 22hBus, bus and ferry via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Faro to Lisbonbus
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 23hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Faro to Huelvabus
- Take the bus from Huelva to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 8h€219–313
Faro Airport (FAO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Faro to Crete is to fly which costs €70 - €230 and takes 9h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Faro to Crete is to fly which takes 9h 11m and costs €70 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Faro to Crete. However, there are services departing from Faro and arriving at Heraklion via Huelva, Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 8h.
The distance between Faro and Crete is 2975 km.
The best way to get from Faro to Crete without a car is to bus and train and bus and ferry via Madrid which takes 2 days 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 11m to get from Faro to Crete, including transfers.
Faro to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Faro station.
Faro to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Huelva station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Faro. It is currently 4:08 PM in Faro and 6:08 PM in Crete.
There are 2852+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Faro, Portugal and Crete, Greece?
easyJet, Ryanair, and four other airlines fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–230
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Faro to Entrecampos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Sevilla Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Faro to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Faro to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Huelva to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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