There are 11 ways to get from France to Chania by plane, shuttle, train, bus, car 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 Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
best- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MRS - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
7h 1m€187–497Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LYS - CHQ
6h 50m€118–239Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Soudacarferry
42h 45mTrain, car ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Anconatrain Fr
- Take the carferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the busferry from Patra to Chaniabusferry
2d€359–612Bus, car ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Venezia, Tronchettobus
- Take the carferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the busferry from Patra to Chaniabusferry
2d 19h€333–470Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LYS - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
7h 25m€211–546Fly Paris Orly Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ORY - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
7h 56m€250–520Fly Paris Orly Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane ORY - CHQ
7h 15m€132–283Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane FRA - CHQ
8h 9m€135–311Bus, bus and ferry via Athens
- Take the bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chaniabusferry
45h 33mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Chaniabus
2d 17h
Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from France to Chania is to fly which costs €130 - €290 and takes 7h 15m.
The fastest way to get from France to Chania is to fly which takes 6h 50m and costs €110 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from France to Chania. However, there are services departing from Hôtel de Ville and arriving at Chania via Paris Gare de Lyon, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Port of Piraeus. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 33m.
The distance between France and Chania is 2094 km.
The best way to get from France to Chania without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 42h 45m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from France to Chania, including transfers.
France to Chania bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, depart from Paris Gare de Lyon station.
France to Chania bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Chania is 1h ahead of France. It is currently 7:24 PM in France and 8:24 PM in Chania.
There are 4592+ hotels available in Chania.
What companies run services between France and Chania, Greece?
easyJet, Transavia France, and two other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) once daily.
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–460
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–440
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +302821093052
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Patra to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Patra to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Bus from Heraklion to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Venezia, Tronchetto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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 89 19 800
- anek@anek.gr
- Website
- ANEK Lines
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Souda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- ANEK Lines
- Economy
- €35–55
- Airplane-type seats
- €40–60
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- €100–140
- Phone
- +30 2108919800
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–270
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
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