There are 12 ways to get from Faro to Crete by plane, bus, train, busferry, car, car ferry, or ferry
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Fly Faro Airport to Chania International Airport
best- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane FAO - CHQ
19h 45m€117–327Fly Faro Airport to Sitia Airport
cheapest- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane FAO - JSH
21h 45m€85–317Bus, train, bus and ferry via Madrid
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevilla Santa Justabus
- 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€871–1,403Fly Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FAO - HER
11h 6m€111–428Bus 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 24m€114–295Train 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
12h 33m€123–338Train 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
13h 16m€154–367Train 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
20h 31m€172–367Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevilla Santa Justabus
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Gironatrain Ave
- Take the bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos 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
2d 23hTrain, 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 Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 11h€215–307
Faro Airport (FAO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Faro to Crete is to fly which costs €85 - €320 and takes 21h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Faro to Crete is to fly which takes 11h 6m and costs €110 - €430.
The distance between Faro and Crete is 2908 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 19h 45m to get from Faro to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Faro. It is currently 2:56 AM in Faro and 4:56 AM in Crete.
There are 2691+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Faro, Portugal and Crete, Greece?
easyJet, Lufthansa City, and six other airlines fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–480
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–270
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Rome, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Porto, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–270
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Faro Airport to Sitia Airport via Rome, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- 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
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- €40–65
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- €85–130
- 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 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–75
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Inicial
- €23–75
- 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
- €35–55
- 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
- €75–110
- 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 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- 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
- €11–50
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
- Urban - Single Ticket
- €11–13
- Regional - Single Ticket
- €18–24
- Intercity - Single Ticket
- €27–40
- Alfa Pendular - Single Ticket
- €35–50
Train from Bom Joao to Vila Real De Santo Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–18
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
- Urban - Single Ticket
- €3–4
- Regional - Single Ticket
- €5–7
- Intercity - Single Ticket
- €9–11
- Alfa Pendular - Single Ticket
- €13–18
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Sevilla Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–15
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Online ticket
- €1–15
Bus from Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €1–15
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Online ticket
- €1–15
Bus from Faro to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–32
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Online ticket
- €2–18
- 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 Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 11m
- 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 Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Faro to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Faro to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
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 Ayamonte to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- 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
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €65–90
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €110–170
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €70–95
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €120–170
- 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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