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
7h 57m€113–298Train, 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€863–1,398Fly to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LIS - CHQ
8h 46m€134–347Fly to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane LIS - JSH
9h 46m€162–307Bus, 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 19hBus, 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 6hBus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Huelvabus
- Take the bus from Huelva to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stopbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 12h€245–359
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 - €300 and takes 7h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs €110 - €300.
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 6h.
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 7h 57m 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 9:21 AM in Lisbon and 11:21 AM in Crete.
There are 1927+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Crete, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, TAP Portugal, and three 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
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- 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
- €130–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Entroncamento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Entroncamento to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/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
- €50–85
- 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
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.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
- 21h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Huelva to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- 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
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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