There are 10 ways to get from Granada to Crete by train, plane, bus, busferry, car, or car ferry
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Train to Málaga Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AGP - HER
9h 43m€119–292Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GRX - HER
8h 11m€102–323Train, bus, bus and ferry via Montpellier
- Take the train from Granada to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain Ave
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 8hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Granada to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
47h 10m€804–1,321Train to Málaga Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AGP - CHQ
11h 22m€125–371Train to Málaga Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane AGP - JSH
24h 32m€128–381Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane GRX - JSH
18h 55m€141–422Bus, bus and ferry via Tarragona
- Take the bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 16hTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Granada to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 18hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to El Ejidobus
- Take the bus from El Ejido to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 3h€212–317
Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Granada to Crete is to train and fly which costs €110 - €300 and takes 9h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Granada to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 11m and costs €100 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Granada to Crete. However, there are services departing from Granada Estación de Autobuses and arriving at Heraklion via El Ejido, Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
The distance between Granada and Crete is 2836 km.
The best way to get from Granada to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Montpellier which takes 2 days 8h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 43m to get from Granada to Crete, including transfers.
Granada to Crete bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Granada Estación de Autobuses station.
Granada to Crete bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at El Ejido station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Granada. It is currently 2:25 PM in Granada and 3:25 PM in Crete.
There are 2805+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Granada, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Vueling Airlines, Olympic Air, and three other airlines fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Sitia Airport (JSH) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Málaga Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Sitia Airport via Madrid, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Sitia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Sitia Airport via Paris Orly, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Sitia Airport via Madrid, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Sitia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Sitia Airport via Paris Orly, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Granada to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–280
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- 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
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to El Ejido
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- 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 El Ejido to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +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
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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