There are 9 ways to get from Gibraltar to Crete by plane, bus, train, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Gibraltar International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GIB - HER
10h 46m€117–420Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AGP - HER
9h 51m€102–324Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Malaga Airportbus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano 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 11hFly Gibraltar International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane GIB - CHQ
10h€142–526Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AGP - CHQ
10h 20m€138–353Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane AGP - JSH
9h 55m€126–293Bus, bus and ferry via Tarragona
- Take the bus from La Linea De La Concepcion to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 20hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Málaga - Comisaría de Policíabus
- Take the bus from Málaga to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train stationbus 983
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 6h€233–322Ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Gibraltar to Port de Tanger Medferry
- Take the ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Port of Genoaferry
- Take the busferry from Genoa to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
4d 1h
Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gibraltar to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €120 - €300 and takes 9h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Gibraltar to Crete is to bus and fly which takes 9h 51m and costs €100 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Gibraltar to Crete. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción and arriving at Heraklion via Plaza de Manuel Azaña, Málaga, Sofia and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 6h.
The distance between Gibraltar and Crete is 2746 km.
The best way to get from Gibraltar to Crete without a car is to bus and train and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 46m to get from Gibraltar to Crete, including transfers.
Gibraltar to Crete bus services, operated by Avanza Grupo, depart from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción station.
Gibraltar to Crete bus services, operated by Avanza Grupo, arrive at Málaga - Comisaría de Policía station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Gibraltar. It is currently 11:04 AM in Gibraltar and 12:04 PM in Crete.
There are 1994+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Gibraltar and Crete, Greece?
easyJet, British Airways, and Jet2.com fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–430
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–440
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Málaga Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Chania International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Chania International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–1,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- 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
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Málaga - Comisaría de Policía
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from La Linea De La Concepcion to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Málaga to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Genoa to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- +34 956 68 18 30
- info@frs.es
- Website
- frs.es
Ferry from Port of Gibraltar to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.frs.es/en/
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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