There are 9 ways to get from Lithuania to Crete by plane, bus, busferry, train, or ferry
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Fly Vilnius Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane VNO - HER
7h 33m€92–323Fly Kaunas to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane KUN - HER
9h 35m€87–313Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Budapest Mexikói útbus
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 3h€245–363Bus to Riga International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Siauliai to Riga Airportbus
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane RIX - HER
7h 51m€143–491Fly Palanga International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Palanga International Airport (PLQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PLQ - HER
9h 48m€124–425Fly Vilnius Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane VNO - CHQ
8h 32m€143–351Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Rzeszow Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Rzeszów to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 7h€212–365Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Vilnius to Lvivbus
- Take the bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to Stara Zagorabus
- Take the bus from Stara Zagora Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondilibus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
2d 12h€219–394Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Ostrava to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
2d 14h€215–392
Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lithuania to Crete is to fly which costs €85 - €320 and takes 9h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Lithuania to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 33m and costs €90 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Lithuania to Crete. However, there are services departing from Vinco Kudirkos aikštė and arriving at Heraklion via Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22), Hősök tere M, Budapest and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Lithuania and Crete is 2157 km.
The best way to get from Lithuania to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 3h and costs €240 - €370.
It takes approximately 7h 33m to get from Lithuania to Crete, including transfers.
Lithuania to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) station.
Lithuania to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest Mexikói út station.
There are 2688+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Lithuania and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair, LOT, and three other airlines fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Riga International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Kaunas to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Kaunas to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Palanga International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Kaunas to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Riga International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Palanga International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Palanga International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Palanga International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Kaunas to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Rzeszow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Rzeszow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €36–42
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Krakow Glowny to Rzeszow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Budapest Mexikói út
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Siauliai to Riga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +370 5 210 4304
- info@ollex.lt
- Website
- Ollex
Bus from Siauliai to Riga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Ollex
- Phone
- +30 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Rzeszów to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Vilnius to Lviv
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €54
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- help@gunsel.ua
- Website
- Gunsel
Bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Gunsel
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Stara Zagora Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–80
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Ostrava to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- hellenicseaways@hellenicseaways.gr
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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