There are 10 ways to get from Málaga to Chania by plane, shuttle, train, bus, busferry, 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 to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
best- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)AGP - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
9h 41m€222–412Fly to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)AGP - CHQ
9h 51m€102–232Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAve
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chania
2d 8hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Málaga to Neápolis
- Take the car ferry from Neápolis to Kýthira
- Take the car ferry from Kýthira to Kissamos
- Drive from Kissamos to Chania
2d 5h€748–1,104Fly to Milos Island National Airport, ferry
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Milos Island National Airport (MLO)AGP - MLO
- Take the ferry from Milos to Chania
22h 6m€104–334Fly to Paros National Airport, car ferry, Private transfer
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Paros National Airport (PAS)AGP - PAS
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Port to Chania - Casa Delfino
18h 1m€391–655Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Take the bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Chania
2d 12hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Málaga to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Chania
3d 3h€176–229Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Málaga to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Astiggos
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Souda
3d 5h€185–327Bus, bus and ferry via Malaga Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Malaga Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Chania
3d 5h€191–274
Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Málaga to Chania is to fly which costs €100 - €240 and takes 9h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Málaga to Chania is to fly and Private transfer which takes 9h 41m and costs €220 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Málaga to Chania. However, there are services departing from Málaga and arriving at Chania via Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
The distance between Málaga and Chania is 2809 km.
The best way to get from Málaga to Chania without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 8h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 41m to get from Málaga to Chania, including transfers.
Málaga to Chania bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Málaga station.
Málaga to Chania bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia station.
Chania is 1h ahead of Málaga. It is currently 6:01 AM in Málaga and 7:01 AM in Chania.
There are 3827+ hotels available in Chania.
What companies run services between Málaga, Spain and Chania, Greece?
Ryanair, easyJet, and Aegean Airlines fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 3 times a week.
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- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milos Island National Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milos Island National Airport via Tirana, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milos Island National Airport via Valencia, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Málaga Airport to Paros National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Málaga Airport to Paros National Airport via Valencia, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Málaga Airport to Paros National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Málaga Airport to Paros National Airport via Tirana, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milos Island National Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milos Island National Airport via Tirana, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Málaga Airport to Paros National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–90
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Book at
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
Shuttle from Heraklion Port to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Book at
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €190–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- 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
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Málaga to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Astiggos
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Malaga Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +30 210 440 2822
- info@tritonferries.gr
- Website
- tritonferries.gr
Car ferry from Neápolis to Kýthira
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- Triton Ferries
- Passenger
- €13
- Car
- €45
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Kýthira to Kissamos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €99–100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Milos to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €42
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 21 0419 7400
- info@anek.gr
- Website
- anek.gr
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Souda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- ANEK Lines
- Economy
- €35–55
- Airplane-type seats
- €35–55
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- €95–130
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