There are 7 ways to get from Leiden to Crete by plane, train, bus, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AMS - HER
6h 2m€127–385Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 3hFly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AMS - CHQ
6h 36m€158–704Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BRU - HER
8h 3m€145–450Fly Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane RTM - HER
6h 31m€389–2,415Train, bus, bus and ferry via Prague
- Take the train from Leiden Centraal to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 4hBus, ferry
- Take the bus from The Hague Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Astiggosbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
2d 12h€148–235
Leiden to Crete by bus and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leiden to Crete is to bus and ferry which costs €140 - €240 and takes 2 days 12h.
The fastest way to get from Leiden to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 2m and costs €120 - €390.
The distance between Leiden and Crete is 2510 km.
The best way to get from Leiden to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 3h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 2m to get from Leiden to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 1h ahead of Leiden. It is currently 4:31 PM in Leiden and 5:31 PM in Crete.
There are 518+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Leiden, Netherlands and Crete, Greece?
Transavia Holland, TUI Airlines Netherlands, and three other airlines fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice daily.
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–950
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–330
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–550
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–23
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Leiden Centraal to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €15–25
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €15–22
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–30
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €127–128
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- 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
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.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
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from The Hague Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Astiggos
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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