There are 12 ways to get from Middlesbrough to Crete by train, plane, bus, or busferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)MAN - HER
9h 10m€84–279Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Bus Station Express Lounge to Manchester Central Coach Station172
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
2d 6h€149–232Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)MAN - CHQ
9h 44m€145–558Train to Newcastle, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)NCL - HER
8h 6m€84–256Train to Newcastle, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)NCL - CHQ
8h 35m€120–355Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Leeds
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)LBA - CHQ
9h 6m€137–420Fly Durham Tees Valley Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)MME - HER
9h 32m€195–862Train, train to Liverpool, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Oxford Road
- Take the train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)LPL - HER
10h 5m€102–381Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Darlington to Stevenage
- Take the train from Stevenage to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)LGW - HER
10h 48m€132–390Train, bus, bus and ferry via Liège
- Take the train from Darlington to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-GuilleminsIce
- Take the bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 8hTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to York
- Take the train from York to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 20hBus, bus and ferry via Prague
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stand 11 to Leeds City Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
2d 22h€206–433
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Middlesbrough to Crete is to train and fly which costs €80 - €280 and takes 9h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Middlesbrough to Crete is to train and fly which takes 8h 6m and costs €80 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Middlesbrough station to Crete. However, there are services departing from Bus Station Express Lounge and arriving at Heraklion via Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Middlesbrough and Crete is 3140 km.
The best way to get from Middlesbrough to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 6h and costs €140 - €240.
It takes approximately 9h 10m to get from Middlesbrough to Crete, including transfers.
Middlesbrough to Crete bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bus Station Express Lounge.
Middlesbrough to Crete bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Manchester Central Coach Station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Middlesbrough. It is currently 12:19 AM in Middlesbrough and 2:19 AM in Crete.
There are 886+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Middlesbrough, England and Crete, Greece?
KLM and Transavia Holland fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once a week.
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- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Newcastle to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Newcastle to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–390
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from Newcastle to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- 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
- €130–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–420
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Middlesbrough to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Oxford Road
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–140
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Middlesbrough to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–29
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Middlesbrough to York
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–45
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–10
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Stevenage to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €35–50
- Comfort
- €35–55
- Premium
- €55–75
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–34
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from York to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station Express Lounge to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- 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
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station Stand 11 to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
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