There are 9 ways to get from Inverness to Rethymno by plane, shuttle, bus, busferry, or train
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)INV - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania Airport to Rethymno
9h 59m€174–470Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Union Street to Buchanan Bus StationE8
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One802
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Take the bus from Heraklion Central Station to Rethymno
2d 14hFly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)INV - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
10h 54m€179–480Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Take the bus from Fishers Hotel to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)EDI - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
11h 49mTrain, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Take the train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Take the bus from Fishers Hotel to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)EDI - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania Airport to Rethymno
13h 29mTrain to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)ABZ - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania Airport to Rethymno
13h 18m€174–498Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)ABZ - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
12h 58m€219–538Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Rethymno
2d 23hTrain, bus, bus and ferry via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Take the bus from Heraklion Central Station to Rethymno
2d 23h
Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Rethymno is to train and fly and Private transfer which costs €210 - €550 and takes 12h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Rethymno is to fly and Private transfer which takes 9h 59m and costs €170 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness to Rethymno. However, there are services departing from Union Street and arriving at Rethymno via Buchanan Bus Station, Liverpool, Liverpool One, Bucharest, Thessaloniki and Heraklion Central Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Inverness and Rethymno is 3293 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Rethymno without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 14h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 59m to get from Inverness to Rethymno, including transfers.
Inverness to Rethymno bus services, operated by Ember, depart from Union Street station.
Inverness to Rethymno bus services, operated by Ember, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Rethymno is 2h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 1:39 PM in Inverness and 3:39 PM in Rethymno.
There are 2548+ hotels available in Rethymno.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Rethymno, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Inverness to Rethymno. However, you can take the train to Inverness Airport Station, walk to Inverness Airport station, take the bus to Terminal Building, walk to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) airport, fly to Chania International Airport (CHQ), walk to Chania Airport, then take the shuttle to Rethymno. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Union Street to Rethymno via Buchanan Bus Station, Liverpool, Liverpool One, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, and Heraklion Central Station in around 2d 14h.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–440
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–420
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €34–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €138–142
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €65–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €270–310
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €300–340
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Chania Airport to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Book at
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €55–85
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €115–130
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €130–140
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €70–165
- Book at
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €70–110
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €130–150
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €150–165
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Union Street to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Fishers Hotel to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- 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
- 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
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Bus from Heraklion Central Station to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- albtrans.net
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.autobus.al/en/operator/alb___trans_sh.p.k-22
- Phone
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Bus from Heraklion to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
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