There are 10 ways to get from Faro to Crete by plane, bus, train, busferry, or 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
12h 21m€66–237Bus, 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 11hFly Faro Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane FAO - CHQ
16h 55m€87–336Bus 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€104–333Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Faro to Lisboa Orientetrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LIS - HER
11h 43m€134–320Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Faro to Lisboa Orientetrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LIS - CHQ
12h 31m€175–419Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the train from Faro to Lisboa Orientetrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane LIS - JSH
12h 6m€173–389Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevilla Santa Justabus
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 22hBus, bus and ferry
- 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
3d 2hTrain, ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Bom Joao to Vila Real De Santo Antoniotrain Re
- Take the ferry from Vila Real de Santo António to Ayamonteferry
- Take the bus from Ayamonte to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdika to Thessaloniki, KTELbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 11h€223–313
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 €65 - €240 and takes 12h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Faro to Crete is to bus and fly which takes 11h 19m and costs €100 - €340.
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 12h 21m to get from Faro to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Faro. It is currently 3:59 PM in Faro and 5:59 PM in Crete.
There are 2984+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Faro, Portugal and Crete, Greece?
easyJet, Ryanair, and two 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
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
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
- €150–300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
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
- easyjet.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 6m
- When
- Thursday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- 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
- €90–360
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
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
- 6h 17m
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- 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
- €45–70
- 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
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Faro to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Bom Joao to Vila Real De Santo Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- 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
- €110–200
- 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
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- 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
- €130–280
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Ayamonte to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia Serdika to Thessaloniki, KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- 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
- +34 652 525 168
- Website
- facebook.com
Ferry from Vila Real de Santo António to Ayamonte
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–7
- Schedules at
- rioguadiana.net
- Bike
- €2
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €7
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