There are 8 ways to get from Málaga to Crete by plane, train, bus, busferry, car, or car ferry
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Fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)AGP - HER
7h 57m€103–183Train, bus, bus and ferry via Madrid
- 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 bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 8hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Málaga to Port of Piraeus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
2d€851–1,188Fly to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)AGP - CHQ
9h 36m€124–322Fly to Paros National Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Paros National Airport (PAS)AGP - PAS
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
16h 8m€271–415Bus, bus and ferry via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Malaga Central Bus Station to Montpellier Sabines
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 17hTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-SantsAve
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 18hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Málaga to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
3d 3h€190–257
Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Málaga to Crete is to fly which costs €100 - €190 and takes 7h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Málaga to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs €100 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Málaga to Crete. However, there are services departing from Málaga and arriving at Heraklion via Sofia and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
The distance between Málaga and Crete is 2672 km.
The best way to get from Málaga to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Madrid which takes 2 days 8h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Málaga to Crete, including transfers.
Málaga to Crete bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Málaga station.
Málaga to Crete bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Málaga. It is currently 4:43 AM in Málaga and 5:43 AM in Crete.
There are 903+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Málaga, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Vueling Airlines, Ulendo Airlink, and three other airlines fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 4 times a week.
- 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 Paros National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Málaga Airport to Paros National Airport via Valencia, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- 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 Paros National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Málaga Airport to Paros National Airport via Tirana, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- 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
- €55–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Paros National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
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 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- 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
- €23–95
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- 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
- €17–60
- 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
- 3 times a day
- 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 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- albtrans.net
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.autobus.al/en/operator/alb___trans_sh.p.k-22
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Malaga Central Bus Station to Montpellier Sabines
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- 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/
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