There are 11 ways to get from Liverpool to Rethymno by bus, plane, shuttle, train, car ferry, or busferry
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Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
best- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Stationbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MAN - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania Airport to Rethymno
8h 25m€94–439Train, bus, car ferry via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymnocarferry
45h 31mBus to Manchester Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Stationbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MAN - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
8h 40m€144–559Fly Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LPL - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
8h 9m€154–459Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BHX - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
9h 34m€164–595Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LBA - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
10h 42m€198–567Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Santorini, car ferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Stationbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Santorini (JTR)plane MAN - JTR
- Take the car ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Rethymnocarferry
12h 8m€171–485Train, train to East Midlands Airport, fly to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Tamworthtrain
- Take the train from Tamworth High Level to Long Eatontrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane EMA - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania Airport to Rethymno
10h 3m€201–528Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymnocarferry
2d 3hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion Central Station to Rethymnobus
2d 4h€158–235Train, bus, car ferry #2
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymnocarferry
2d 19h€343–717
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Rethymno is to bus and bus and ferry which costs €150 - €240 and takes 2 days 4h.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Rethymno is to fly and Private transfer which takes 8h 9m and costs €150 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Rethymno. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Rethymno via Bucharest, Thessaloniki and Heraklion Central Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Liverpool and Rethymno is 2977 km.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Rethymno without a car is to train and bus and car ferry via Strasbourg which takes 45h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 25m to get from Liverpool to Rethymno, including transfers.
Liverpool to Rethymno bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Rethymno bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Bucharest Obor station.
Rethymno is 2h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 4:33 AM in Liverpool and 6:33 AM in Rethymno.
There are 2897+ hotels available in Rethymno.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Rethymno, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Liverpool to Rethymno. However, you can take the bus to Manchester Airport The Station, walk to Manchester Airport (MAN) airport, fly to Chania International Airport (CHQ), walk to Chania Airport, then take the shuttle to Rethymno. Alternatively, you can take a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Rethymno via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Tirana, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Peiraias, and Port of Piraeus in around 45h 31m.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- 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
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Tamworth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- 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
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Tamworth High Level to Long Eaton
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Chania Airport to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.cretetaxitransfers.gr/
- Car (4 passengers)
- €55–85
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €115–130
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €130–140
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €70–165
- Website
- https://www.cretetaxitransfers.gr/
- Car (4 passengers)
- €70–110
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €130–150
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €150–165
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- 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
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/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
Bus from Heraklion Central Station to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–380
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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