There are 11 ways to get from Faro to Crete by plane, bus, train, busferry, ferry, 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 26m€72–238Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Faro to Huelvabus
- Take the train from Huelva to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv / ...
- 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 12hFly Faro Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane FAO - CHQ
17h€123–407Bus to Seville Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevillebus
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane SVQ - HER
11h 55m€114–333Train 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€143–360Train 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€164–419Train 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
13h 31m€202–379Fly Faro Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane FAO - JSH
14h 10m€121–287Bus, 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, ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Faro to Huelvabus
- Take the bus from Huelva to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Mykonosferry
- Take the car ferry from Mykonos to Heraklion Portcarferry
3d 19h€368–718Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Faro to Huelvabus
- Take the bus from Huelva to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 21h€213–418
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 - €240 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Faro to Crete is to fly which takes 9h 26m and costs €70 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Faro to Crete. However, there are services departing from Faro and arriving at Heraklion via Huelva, Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 21h.
The distance between Faro and Crete is 2981 km.
The best way to get from Faro to Crete without a car is to bus and train and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 26m 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 7:50 AM in Faro and 9:50 AM in Crete.
There are 2912+ 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) 6 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–310
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
- €160–230
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Porto, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Marseille, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
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
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
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
- €90–260
- 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
- €110–360
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Huelva to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- 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
- +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/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Faro to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Faro to Seville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- 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
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Seville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- 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
- 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
- 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
- €110–210
- 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
- €120–260
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Huelva to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Huelva to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/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
Ferry from Kavala to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Mykonos to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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