There are 10 ways to get from Lucca to Crete by bus, plane, train, busferry, car ferry, or ferry
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Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Stazione fs Lucca to Firenze T2 Guidonibus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FLR - HER
7h 53m€126–258Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the train from Lucca to Prato Centraletrain
- Take the train from Prato Centrale to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BLQ - HER
7h 7m€62–212Train, bus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Napoli Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Ferraris-Circumvesuviana to Bari Portobus
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Piraeusbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
34h 43mFly Pisa International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane PSA - CHQ
5h 51m€80–322Fly Pisa International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PSA - HER
7h 58m€84–234Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the train from Lucca to Prato Centraletrain
- Take the train from Prato Centrale to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane BLQ - JSH
20h 25m€91–300Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Tarantotrain Fr
- Take the busferry from Taranto Port to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
37h 35mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Lucca to Bologna Centralebus 544
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
39h 53m€238–286Train, bus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the busferry from Firenze to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
44h 17mBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Lucca to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 7h
Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lucca to Crete is to train and fly which costs €60 - €220 and takes 7h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Lucca to Crete is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €80 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Lucca to Crete. However, there are services departing from Lucca and arriving at Heraklion via Bologna Centrale, Skopje, Transporten Centar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 53m.
The distance between Lucca and Crete is 1592 km.
The best way to get from Lucca to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry and car ferry which takes 34h 43m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 53m to get from Lucca to Crete, including transfers.
Lucca to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lucca station.
Lucca to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Lucca. It is currently 2:33 PM in Lucca and 3:33 PM in Crete.
There are 3074+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Lucca, Italy and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair flies from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Lucca to Heraklion Port via Tirana, Asllan Rusi, Terminal D, and Tirana in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sitia Airport via Tirana, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lucca to Prato Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Prato Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Taranto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Prato Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 800 142 424
- numeroverdetpl@regione.toscana.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Stazione fs Lucca to Firenze T2 Guidoni
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Schedules at
- https://www.at-bus.it/en/lines-and-timetables
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Ferraris-Circumvesuviana to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Taranto Port to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Durrës to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lucca to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- info@rucitours.com
- Website
- rucitours.com
Busferry from Firenze to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Lucca to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.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
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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