There are 9 ways to get from Helsinki to Crete by plane, bus, train, car ferry, ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Helsinki Airport to Chania International Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane HEL - CHQ
7h 7m€145–384Fly Helsinki Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane HEL - HER
6h 33m€114–455Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Budapest-Nyugati to Athensbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 17h€435–846Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TLL - HER
8h 53m€123–365Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane TLL - CHQ
11h 31m€174–434Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22)bus
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Rzeszow Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Rzeszów to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 19h€256–449Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Rzeszow, Bus Stationbus N20 / ...
- Take the bus from Rzeszów to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 21h€277–448Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Ostrava to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
3d 4h€280–501Ferry, Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Stockholmferry
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 12h
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Crete is to ferry and fly which costs €120 - €370 and takes 8h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 33m and costs €110 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Crete. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Heraklion via Krakow, MDA Bus Station, Rzeszów and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h.
The distance between Helsinki and Crete is 2804 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Crete without a car is to bus and train and car ferry which takes 2 days 17h and costs €430 - €850.
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Helsinki to Crete, including transfers.
Helsinki to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Helsinki to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
There are 1998+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Crete, Greece?
Norwegian Air International, Finnair, and Aegean Airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–460
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–450
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Chania International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–450
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Chania International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–300
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Rzeszow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Krakow Glowny to Rzeszow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Rzeszow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22)
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Rzeszow, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Budapest-Nyugati to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Rzeszów to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- 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
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Ostrava to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 (0) 69 432/6000
- bleditravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/bleditravellipjan/
- 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
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
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