There are 8 ways to get from Lisbon to Crete by plane, train, bus, busferry, car, or car ferry
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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
8h 47m€113–278Train, bus, bus and ferry
- 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 Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 16hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Lisbon to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 1h€894–1,230Fly to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LIS - CHQ
9h 31m€144–317Fly to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane LIS - JSH
16h 46m€162–317Bus, bus and ferry via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 18hBus, 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 Lisboa Oriente to Sevilla Santa Justabus
- Take the bus from Estación Santa Justa to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stopbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 14h€235–318
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 €110 - €280 and takes 8h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 47m and costs €110 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Lisbon to Crete. However, there are services departing from Lisbon - Oriente and arriving at Heraklion Port via Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
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 which takes 2 days 16h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 47m to get from Lisbon to Crete, including transfers.
Lisbon to Crete bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lisbon - Oriente station.
Lisbon to Crete bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Barcelona - North Bus Station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Lisbon. It is currently 11:54 AM in Lisbon and 1:54 PM in Crete.
There are 2691+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Crete, Greece?
Sky Express, Aegean Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Entroncamento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
Train from Entroncamento to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Badajoz to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–70
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- 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 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Lisboa Oriente to Sevilla Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Estación Santa Justa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €99–100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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