There are 10 ways to get from Leipzig to Chania by plane, shuttle, train, bus, ferry, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LEJ - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
7h 12m€178–498Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BER - CHQ
8h 7m€121–304Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Chaniaferry Abs
40h 30mFly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LEJ - CHQ
6h 31m€234–245Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DRS - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
8h 3m€263–664Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BER - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
8h 33m€224–591Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Leipzig to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Chaniabusferry
43h 49mTrain, bus, bus and ferry via Budapest
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádražítrain 27
- Take the train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
- Take the bus from Budapest-Nyugati to Athensbus
- Take the busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chaniabusferry
46h 50mBus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Pazardzhik Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Pazardzhik Coach Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondilibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Soudacarferry
2d 2h€167–302Train, Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Chaniabusferry
2d 5h€269–436
Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Chania is to train and fly which costs €120 - €310 and takes 8h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Chania is to fly which takes 6h 31m and costs €230 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig to Chania. However, there are services departing from Leipzig and arriving at Chania via Kumanovo and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 49m.
The distance between Leipzig and Chania is 2223 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Chania without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 40h 30m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 12m to get from Leipzig to Chania, including transfers.
Leipzig to Chania bus services, operated by Nasir Tours, depart from Leipzig station.
Leipzig to Chania bus services, operated by Nasir Tours, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Chania is 1h ahead of Leipzig. It is currently 1:40 AM in Leipzig and 2:40 AM in Chania.
There are 4820+ hotels available in Chania.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Chania, Greece?
Norwegian Air UK ltd and Austrian Airlines fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 4 times a week.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €900–1,200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–380
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.cretetaxitransfers.gr/
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Nuremberg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- 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
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Leipzig to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €77
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Ioannina to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €42
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Budapest-Nyugati to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Pazardzhik Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Pazardzhik Coach Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Nürnberg to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- anek@anek.gr
- Website
- anek.gr
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Souda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.anek.gr/en-gb
- Economy
- €35–55
- Airplane-type seats
- €35–55
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- €95–130
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