There are 11 ways to get from London to Chania by plane, train, bus, car ferry, shuttle, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly London Heathrow Airport to Chania International Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LHR - CHQ
7h 39m€155–291Train to Luton Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LTN - CHQ
7h 46m€74–252Train, bus, car ferry
- 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 carferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Soudacarferry
45h 14mTrain to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LGW - CHQ
7h 53m€102–242Fly London Heathrow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LHR - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
8h 15m€253–768Fly London City Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LCY - CHQ
9h 32m€115–407Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LGW - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
8h 29m€195–519Fly London Stansted Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane STN - CHQ
7h 50m€88–245Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chaniabusferry
2d 2hTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain 90N
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Delitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Chaniabusferry
2d 5hBus, bus and ferry via Munich
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from München to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Chaniabusferry
2d 22h€314–446
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from London to Chania is to train and fly which costs €70 - €260 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from London to Chania is to fly which takes 7h 39m and costs €150 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from London to Chania. However, there are services departing from Charing Cross and arriving at Chania via Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Port of Piraeus. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between London and Chania is 2675 km.
The best way to get from London to Chania without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 45h 14m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 39m to get from London to Chania, including transfers.
London to Chania bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, depart from Bounds Green Road London station.
London to Chania bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Chania is 2h ahead of London. It is currently 5:48 AM in London and 7:48 AM in Chania.
There are 4034+ hotels available in Chania.
What companies run services between London, England and Chania, Greece?
British Airways and Aegean Airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–280
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from London City Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Luton Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Luton Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Chania International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London City Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- RegioJet
- 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
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
- 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
- +302821093052
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Ioannina to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €42
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from München to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- anek@anek.gr
- Website
- ANEK Lines
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Souda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- ANEK Lines
- Economy
- €35–55
- Airplane-type seats
- €40–60
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- €100–140
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