There are 11 ways to get from Manchester to Chania by plane, shuttle, train, bus, or busferry
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Fly Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MAN - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
8h 31m€189–447Fly Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MAN - CHQ
7h 40m€71–160Train, bus, bus and ferry via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- 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 busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chaniabusferry
46h 23mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BHX - CHQ
9h 6m€103–322Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- 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
10h 47m€270–636Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LBA - CHQ
9h 35m€103–351Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- 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
10h 11m€147–367Train, train to East Midlands Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Long Eatontrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane EMA - CHQ
9h 51m€114–337Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- 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 7hTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Aigiobus
- Take the busferry from Aigio to Chaniabusferry
2d 9hBus, bus and ferry via Munich
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- 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
3d 5h€352–516
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Chania is to fly which costs €70 - €160 and takes 7h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Chania is to fly which takes 7h 40m and costs €70 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Manchester to Chania. However, there are services departing from Shudehill Interchange and arriving at Chania via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Port of Piraeus. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Manchester and Chania is 3086 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Chania without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Strasbourg which takes 46h 23m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 31m to get from Manchester to Chania, including transfers.
Manchester to Chania bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Shudehill Interchange station.
Manchester to Chania bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
Chania is 2h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 9:58 AM in Manchester and 11:58 AM in Chania.
There are 4049+ hotels available in Chania.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Chania, Greece?
Ryanair, Jet2.com, and easyJet fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 3 times a week.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Luton Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- 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
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
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 Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- 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)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- 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
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- 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
- €65–130
- 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
- €85–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
- 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
- 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 Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 32 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
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Sheffield to Long Eaton
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- 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 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
- +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 Port of Piraeus to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Aigio to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €37
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- 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
- +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
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Bus from Tirana to Aigio
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- National Express
- 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
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