There are 8 ways to get from Lisbon to Crete by plane, train, bus, or busferry
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Fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LIS - HER
7h 57m€88–239Train, bus, bus and ferry via Madrid
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Entroncamentotrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Entroncamento to Badajoztrain Re
- Take the train from Badajoz to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 17hFly to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LIS - CHQ
8h 46m€124–327Fly to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane LIS - JSH
9h 16m€172–397Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Farotrain Ic
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevilla Santa Justabus
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 17hBus, bus and ferry via Girona
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Girona, Estació d'Autobusosbus
- Take the bus from Girona to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 23hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 3hBus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
3d 10h
Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lisbon to Crete is to fly which costs €85 - €240 and takes 7h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs €85 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Lisbon to Crete. However, there are services departing from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente and arriving at Heraklion Port via Girona, Estació d'Autobusos, Girona and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 23h.
The distance between Lisbon and Crete is 3055 km.
The best way to get from Lisbon to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Madrid which takes 2 days 17h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Lisbon to Crete, including transfers.
Lisbon to Crete bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente station.
Lisbon to Crete bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Girona, Estació d'Autobusos station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Lisbon. It is currently 5:45 PM in Lisbon and 7:45 PM in Crete.
There are 3119+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Crete, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Sky Express, and four other airlines fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–430
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Entroncamento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Entroncamento to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Badajoz to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–290
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Girona to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Faro to Sevilla Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Girona, Estació d'Autobusos
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lisbon to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–310
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
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