There are 9 ways to get from Lucca to Crete by plane, train, busferry, bus, car, car ferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Pisa International Airport
best- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PSA - HER
6h 57m€110–270Train, train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Roma Terminitrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FCO - HER
8h 28m€105–310Train, 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 Brindisitrain Fr
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
36h 34mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Lucca to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
28h 54m€536–712Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2bus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FLR - HER
8h 3m€115–306Train, bus, ferry, bus and 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 Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Bari-Portobus
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsaferry Asf
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
38h 49m€173–366Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2bus Dd
- Take the bus from Stazione Santa Maria Novella to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
41h 19m€224–260Train, bus and ferry, bus, car 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 car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
43h 42mBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Lucca to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 8h
Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lucca to Crete is to fly which costs €110 - €270 and takes 6h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Lucca to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 57m and costs €110 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Lucca to Crete. However, there are services departing from Stazione Fs and arriving at Heraklion via T2 Guidoni, Stazione Santa Maria Novella, Skopje, Transporten Centar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 19m.
The distance between Lucca and Crete is 1595 km.
The best way to get from Lucca to Crete without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus which takes 36h 34m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 57m to get from Lucca to Crete, including transfers.
Lucca to Crete bus services, operated by Autolinee Toscane - Linee Regionali, depart from Stazione Fs station.
Lucca to Crete bus services, operated by Autolinee Toscane - Linee Regionali, arrive at Firenze T2 Guidoni P2 station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Lucca. It is currently 10:49 AM in Lucca and 11:49 AM in Crete.
There are 2691+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Lucca, Italy and Crete, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Lucca to Heraklion Port via Tirana, Pallati I Sportit, Pallati I Verdhe, and Tirana in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–460
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +39 055 849 0505
- servizioclienti@at-bus.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Bari-Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Stazione Santa Maria Novella to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Lucca to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €99–100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €35–55
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €70–85
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €60–80
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €85–110
- Phone
- +30 21 0419 7400
- info@anek.gr
- Website
- anek.gr
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- ANEK Lines
- Economy
- €35–60
- Airplane-type seats
- €40–60
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- €100–150
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