There are 10 ways to get from Inverness to Crete by plane, train, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane INV - HER
9h 41m€92–302Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 5hFly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane INV - CHQ
10h 59m€158–391Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ABZ - HER
11h 31m€161–436Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EDI - HER
10h 49m€137–379Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Inverness to Stirlingtrain
- Take the train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GLA - HER
10h 37m€132–399Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Buchanan Bus Stnbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Coach Parkbus
- Take the bus from Northampton to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 13h€222–340Train, bus, bus and ferry via Montpellier
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 14hTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 20hBus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Timisoarabusferry
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 13h€312–607
Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Crete is to fly which costs €90 - €310 and takes 9h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Crete is to fly which takes 9h 41m and costs €90 - €310.
The distance between Inverness and Crete is 3300 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Crete without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 2 days 5h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 41m to get from Inverness to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 8:39 AM in Inverness and 10:39 AM in Crete.
There are 2977+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Crete, Greece?
British Airways, easyJet, and five other airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–700
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–700
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Buchanan Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Coach Park
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Northampton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
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
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- 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 Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- 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
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Timisoara
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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
- €120–320
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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