There are 11 ways to get from Finland to Crete by plane, bus, train, car ferry, ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Helsinki Airport to Chania International Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane HEL - CHQ
6h 47m€193–382Fly Helsinki Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane HEL - HER
6h 13m€122–314Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Budapest-Nyugati to Athensbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 18h€444–1,066Fly Helsinki Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane HEL - JSH
14h 42m€161–482Fly Oulu Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Oulu Airport (OUL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane OUL - CHQ
12h 18m€237–695Fly Kuopio to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Kuopio (KUO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane KUO - CHQ
9h 30m€225–693Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TLL - HER
10h 15m€145–268Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 18hBus, bus and ferry via Warsaw
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni to Rzeszówbus N1 / ...
- Take the bus from Rzeszów to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 20h€277–514Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Ostrava to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
3d 3h€310–546Car ferry, line 80 ferry, Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the carferry from Helsinki to Stockholmcarferry
- Take the ferry from Stockholm Ropsten brygga to Stockholm Nybrokajenferry 80
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 16h
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Finland to Crete is to ferry and fly which costs €140 - €270 and takes 10h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Finland to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 13m and costs €120 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Finland to Crete. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Heraklion via Tallinn, Bus Station, Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
The distance between Finland and Crete is 2789 km.
The best way to get from Finland to Crete without a car is to bus and train and car ferry which takes 2 days 18h and costs €440 - €1100.
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Finland to Crete, including transfers.
Finland to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Finland to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Tallinn, Bus Station.
There are 3068+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Finland and Crete, Greece?
Norwegian Air International, Finnair, and Aegean Airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–440
Flights from Oulu Airport to Chania International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–420
Flights from Kuopio to Chania International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sitia Airport via Lennart Meri International Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sitia Airport via Riga, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sitia Airport via Budapest, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sitia Airport via Riga, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–490
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- RegioJet
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Budapest-Nyugati to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Ostrava to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +48 17 277 30 95
- kontakt@neobus.pl
- Website
- neobus.pl
Bus from Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni to Rzeszów
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–100
- Schedules at
- neobus.pl
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Rzeszów to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +355 (0) 69 432/6000
- bleditravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- Bledi Travel
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Bledi Travel
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Phone
- +49 (0) 40 547 541 222
- international.sales@tallinksilja.com
- Website
- Tallink
Car ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- Tallink
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- SL
Ferry from Stockholm Ropsten brygga to Stockholm Nybrokajen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- SL
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