There are 9 ways to get from Kyiv to Crete by bus, plane, busferry, train, car ferry, car, or ferry
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Bus, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Kyiv to Vinnytsiabus
- Take the bus from Vinnytsia to Sorocabus
- Take the bus from Soroca to Chisinau Airportbus
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane RMO - HER
12h 4m€148–334Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Kyiv Central Bus station to Veliko Tarnovobus
- Take the bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Thessaloniki train stationbus 983
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
47h 10m€178–256Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi to Koebanya-Kispesttrain
- Take the bus from Budapest Hotel Platanus to Athensbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 6h€444–896Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kyiv to Port of Rafinacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Rafina to Mykonoscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Mykonos to Heraklion Portcarferry
34h 30m€526–931Bus, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Kyiv to Vinnytsiabus
- Take the bus from Vinnytsia to Sorocabus
- Take the bus from Soroca to Chisinau Airportbus
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane RMO - JSH
20h 32m€227–563Bus, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Kyiv to Vinnytsiabus
- Take the bus from Vinnytsia to Sorocabus
- Take the bus from Soroca to Chisinau Airportbus
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane RMO - CHQ
14h 57m€179–473Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi to Cegledtrain
- Take the train from Cegled to Szegedtrain Ic
- Take the train from Szeged to Suboticatrain Re
- Take the train from Subotica to Novi Sadtrain
- Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 2h€369–606Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Kyiv Central Bus station to Stara Zagorabus
- Take the bus from Stara Zagora Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondilibus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
2d 3h€180–319Bus, ferry via Marmaris
- Take the bus from Kyiv Bus station to Istanbul Esenlerbus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Marmaris bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Marmaris to Port of Rhodesferry
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Heraklionferry Bsf
2d 7h€189–327
Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
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The cheapest way to get from Kyiv to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €140 - €340 and takes 12h 4m.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
The fastest way to get from Kyiv to Crete is to bus and fly which takes 12h 4m and costs €140 - €340.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
No, there is no direct bus from Kyiv station to Crete. However, there are services departing from Kyiv Central Bus station and arriving at Heraklion via Veliko Tarnovo and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 10m.
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The distance between Kyiv and Crete is 1938 km.
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The best way to get from Kyiv to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 47h 10m and costs €170 - €260.
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It takes approximately 12h 4m to get from Kyiv to Crete, including transfers.
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Kyiv to Crete bus services, operated by Gunsel, depart from Kyiv Central Bus station.
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Kyiv to Crete bus services, operated by Gunsel, arrive at Veliko Tarnovo station.
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There are 2007+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Kyiv, Ukraine and Crete, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Kyiv to Crete. However, you can take the bus to Vinnytsia, take the bus to Soroca, take the bus to Chisinau Airport, walk to Chișinău International Airport (RMO) airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER), walk to Irakleion Airport, then take the line 6 bus to Néa Alikarnassós. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kyiv Central Bus station to Heraklion via Veliko Tarnovo, Thessaloniki train station, and Thessaloniki in around 47h 10m.
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- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Sitia Airport via Istanbul, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–650
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Sitia Airport via Bucharest Otopeni, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Sitia Airport via Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Sitia Airport via Sofia, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Sitia Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- auraairlines.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Sitia Airport via Istanbul, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–650
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Sitia Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Train from Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi to Koebanya-Kispest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €240–420
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi to Cegled
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €220–390
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Cegled to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szeged to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +382 20 441 197
- info@zpcg.me
- Website
- zpcg.me
Train from Subotica to Novi Sad
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://zpcg.me/en
- Second Class
- €4–6
- First Class
- €9–10
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Kyiv to Vinnytsia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en
- Schedules at
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/routes
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Vinnytsia to Soroca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
Bus from Soroca to Chisinau Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- help@gunsel.ua
- Website
- gunsel.ua
Bus from Kyiv Central Bus station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://gunsel.ua/
Bus from Kyiv Central Bus station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://gunsel.ua/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Budapest Hotel Platanus to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Stara Zagora Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–80
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +90544 210 2535
- Website
- luksistanbul.com
Bus from Kyiv Bus station to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Schedules at
- luksistanbul.com
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Marmaris bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- info@pamukkale.com.tr
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Marmaris bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(850) 309 22 16
- bilgi@istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Website
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Marmaris bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Schedules at
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 50 33
- bilgi@villaseyahat.com
- Website
- villaseyahat.com
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Marmaris bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23
- Schedules at
- villaseyahat.com
- Phone
- 0850 577 99 99
- info@varan.com.tr
- Website
- varan.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Marmaris bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- varan.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 811 5959
- website@kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Website
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Marmaris bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €31
- Schedules at
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
- 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/
Car ferry from Port of Rafina to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Mykonos to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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 Rhodes to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- 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
- +30 22410 74 235
- info@seadreams.gr
- Website
- seadreams.gr
Ferry from Port of Marmaris to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €47
- Website
- https://seadreams.gr/
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