There are 9 ways to get from Granada to Crete by plane, train, bus, or busferry
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Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GRX - HER
11h 41m€102–303Train to Málaga Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- 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 33m€97–233Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Granada to Camp De Tarragonatrain Ave
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 12hTrain 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
10h 12m€113–332Train 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
11h 2m€171–512Train to Almería Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Granada to Almeriatrain
- Fly from Almería Airport (LEI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LEI - HER
12h 41m€124–396Train, bus, bus and ferry via Geneva
- Take the train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 13hTrain, bus, bus and ferry #2
- 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 19hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Granada to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 12h€300–442
Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) 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 €95 - €240 and takes 9h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Granada to Crete is to train and fly which takes 9h 33m and costs €95 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Granada to Crete. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de Granada and arriving at Heraklion via Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 12h.
The distance between Granada and Crete is 2610 km.
The best way to get from Granada to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 41m to get from Granada to Crete, including transfers.
Granada to Crete bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Estación de Autobuses de Granada station.
Granada to Crete bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Granada. It is currently 8:22 AM in Granada and 9:22 AM in Crete.
There are 3055+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Granada, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Transavia Holland and Vueling Airlines fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Málaga Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–1,600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–340
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Almería Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Granada to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–310
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Almeria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
Bus from Geneva - Bus station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Granada to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–200
- 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
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- 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
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