There are 12 ways to get from Gran Canaria to Crete by car ferry, plane, train, bus, busferry, subway, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Car ferry to Tenerife North Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the car ferry from Agaete, Gran Canaria to Santa Cruz de Tenerifecarferry
- Fly from Tenerife North Airport (TFN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TFN - HER
14h 44m€153–309Fly Gran Canaria Airport to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LPA - CHQ
11h€98–335Car ferry, train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Huelvacarferry
- Take the train from Huelva to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- 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
3d 17hFly Gran Canaria Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane LPA - JSH
17h 20m€130–370Fly Gran Canaria Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LPA - HER
7h 36m€162–233Car ferry, bus to Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the car ferry from Agaete, Gran Canaria to Santa Cruz de Tenerifecarferry
- Take the bus from Intercambiador Sta.Cruz to Aeropuerto Sur Salidasbus
- Fly from Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport (TFS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TFS - HER
26h 14mCar ferry, bus to Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the car ferry from Agaete, Gran Canaria to Santa Cruz de Tenerifecarferry
- Take the bus from Intercambiador Sta.Cruz to Aeropuerto Sur Salidasbus
- Fly from Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport (TFS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane TFS - CHQ
15h 7mFly Gran Canaria Airport to Athens International Airport, subway, car ferry
- Fly from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LPA - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Peiraiassubway
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
17h 12m€256–610Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Huelvacarferry
- Take the bus from Huelva Central Bus Station to Montpellier Sabinesbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
4d 8hCar ferry, bus, bus and ferry via Tarragona
- Take the car ferry from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Huelvacarferry
- Take the bus from Punta Umbría to Lleidabus
- Take the bus from Lleida to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
4d 9hCar ferry, bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the car ferry from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Huelvacarferry
- Take the bus from Huelva to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
5d 4h€322–532Car ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Huelvacarferry
- Take the bus from Huelva Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Syrosferry
- Take the car ferry from Syros to Heraklion Portcarferry
5d 7h€407–742
Tenerife North Airport (TFN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gran Canaria to Crete is to fly which costs €160 - €240 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Gran Canaria to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 36m and costs €160 - €240.
The distance between Gran Canaria and Crete is 4050 km.
The best way to get from Gran Canaria to Crete without a car is to car ferry and train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 3 days 17h and costs .
It takes approximately 14h 44m to get from Gran Canaria to Crete, including transfers.
There is no direct flight from Gran Canaria Airport Airport to Sitia Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 23h 20m and has two stopovers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Gran Canaria. It is currently 12:23 PM in Gran Canaria and 2:23 PM in Crete.
Vueling Airlines, Aegean Airlines, Olympic Air and easyJet offer flights from Gran Canaria Airport Airport to Sitia Airport Airport.
There are 2675+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Gran Canaria, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Vueling Airlines, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) to Sitia Airport (JSH) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Tenerife North Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Sevilla, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Sitia Airport via Sevilla, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €160–500
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Sitia Airport via Naples, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Athens International Airport via Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Tenerife North Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Tenerife North Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
Flights from Tenerife North Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Athens International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Gran Canaria Airport to Sitia Airport via Naples, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Huelva to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- oasa.gr
Subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.oasa.gr/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.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
- +34 922 531 300
- Website
- titsa.com
Bus from Intercambiador Sta.Cruz to Aeropuerto Sur Salidas
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://titsa.com/index.php/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Huelva Central Bus Station to Montpellier Sabines
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Huelva Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- info@interbus.es
- Website
- interbus.es
Bus from Punta Umbría to Lleida
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://www.interbus.es/
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- info@monbus.es
- Website
- catalunya.monbus.es
Bus from Lleida to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Book at
- https://www.monbus.es/en
- Road
- €12–19
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Lleida to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- 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
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Huelva to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- 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
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Huelva Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +34 902 10 01 07
- reservas@fredolsen.es
- Website
- fredolsen.es
Car ferry from Agaete, Gran Canaria to Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Schedules at
- fredolsen.es
Car ferry from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Schedules at
- fredolsen.es
- 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
- €65–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €97–100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Syros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €85–120
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €140–210
Ferry from Kavala to Syros
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €55–85
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €90–110
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €95–120
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €110–140
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