There are 11 ways to get from Koper to Crete by shuttle, plane, bus, car ferry, busferry, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take a shuttle bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LJU - HER
8h 24m€188–389Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane TRS - CHQ
11h 5m€89–351Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Koper to Ljubljana APbus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondilibus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
36h 37m€254–435Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane VCE - HER
9h 48m€120–634Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LJU - CHQ
9h 3m€265–507Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane VCE - CHQ
11h 7m€132–732Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TRS - HER
9h 37m€92–293Bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
38h 35m€178–255Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Koper to Ljubljanatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serresbus
- Take the train from Serres to Thessalonikitrain Re
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
40h 29m€199–248Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Fierbus
- Take the bus from Fier to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Asf / ...
42h 10m€190–296Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
44h 39m
Ljubljana (LJU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Koper to Crete is to fly which costs €90 - €300 and takes 9h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Koper to Crete is to shuttle and fly which takes 8h 24m and costs €180 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Koper to Crete. However, there are services departing from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja and arriving at Heraklion via Skopje, Transporten Centar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 35m.
The distance between Koper and Crete is 1637 km.
The best way to get from Koper to Crete without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 36h 37m and costs €250 - €440.
It takes approximately 8h 24m to get from Koper to Crete, including transfers.
Koper to Crete bus services, operated by Hisar Turizam, depart from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja station.
Koper to Crete bus services, operated by Hisar Turizam, arrive at Skopje, Transporten Centar station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Koper. It is currently 1:55 PM in Koper and 2:55 PM in Crete.
There are 2576+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Koper, Slovenia and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair and ITA Airways fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 4 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–500
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Chania International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Chania International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Koper to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Serres to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €90–110
Shuttle from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €90–110
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
Bus from Koper to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €27–410
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €27
- Private
- €155
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €27–410
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €27
- Private
- €155
- Phone
- +386 41520943
- info@hisarturizam.com
- Website
- hisarturizam.com
Bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–95
- Schedules at
- hisarturizam.com
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- 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
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Phone
- +355 692323966
- arkleand.bus@yahoo.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €67
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €59
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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