There are 9 ways to get from Liverpool to Crete by bus, plane, busferry, or train
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Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)MAN - HER
7h 11m€61–266Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
2d 2h€132–194Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)MAN - CHQ
7h 45m€137–455Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sitia Airport (JSH)MAN - JSH
21h 50m€105–355Fly Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)LPL - HER
6h 52m€75–291Train, bus, bus and ferry via Sankt Pölten
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to St Pölten HauptbahnhofNj
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
2d 6h€344–1,015Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-GuilleminsIce
- Take the bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 7hTrain, bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 19hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Liverpool Elmway close to Timisoara
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
3d 4h€184–378
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €60 - €270 and takes 7h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 52m and costs €70 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Crete. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Heraklion via Bucharest and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Liverpool and Crete is 2991 km.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 2h and costs €130 - €200.
It takes approximately 7h 11m to get from Liverpool to Crete, including transfers.
Liverpool to Crete bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Crete bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Bucharest Obor station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 4:52 PM in Liverpool and 6:52 PM in Crete.
There are 2522+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Crete, Greece?
Jet2.com and easyJet fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sitia Airport via Dubrovnik, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sitia Airport via Zagreb, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €35–50
- Comfort
- €35–55
- Premium
- €55–75
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Paris l'Est to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €90–110
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–34
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- 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
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- 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
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Liverpool Elmway close to Timisoara
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
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