There are 12 ways to get from Germany to Crete by plane, train, bus, car ferry, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MUC - HER
5h 29m€88–259Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CGN - HER
5h 40m€64–204Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
39h 54mFly Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane STR - HER
5h 23m€95–226Fly Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FRA - HER
5h 29m€89–182Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUS - HER
5h 48m€84–216Fly Munich International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MUC - CHQ
5h 53m€104–347Fly Munich International Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane MUC - JSH
13h 28m€127–437Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Břeclavtrain
- Take the train from Breclav Main Train Station to Budapest Délitrain
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
44h 27m€192–303Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
44h 50mBus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Berlin to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
45h 32m€189–243Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Pardubice hl.n.train
- Take the train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Olomouc to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
2d 4h€204–391
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Crete is to fly which costs €85 - €190 and takes 5h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Crete is to fly which takes 5h 23m and costs €90 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Crete. However, there are services departing from Berlin Alexanderplatz and arriving at Heraklion Port via Teg, Posta 8 and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 50m.
The distance between Germany and Crete is 1856 km.
The best way to get from Germany to Crete without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 39h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Germany to Crete, including transfers.
Germany to Crete bus services, operated by Armend Tours, depart from Berlin Alexanderplatz station.
Germany to Crete bus services, operated by Armend Tours, arrive at Tirana station.
There are 2705+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Germany and Crete, Greece?
Condor Flugdienst, Aegean Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) every 4 hours.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sitia Airport via Thessaloniki, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sitia Airport via Preveza
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Břeclav
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Pardubice hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Breclav Main Train Station to Budapest Déli
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €33–38
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Nuremberg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- 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
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.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
- +383 44 102 280
- armendi_tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- armendtours.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- armendtours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- 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
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- Nasir Tours
Bus from Berlin to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €84
- Website
- Nasir Tours
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Olomouc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- 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
- €120–280
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- hellenicseaways@hellenicseaways.gr
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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