There are 12 ways to get from Milan to Crete by train, plane, busferry, bus, 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.
Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MXP - HER
5h 39m€50–217Train, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Avtrain Fr
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Pescara Centraletrain Fr
- Take the busferry from Pescara to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Piraeusbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
37h 26m€338–560Train, car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Avtrain Fr
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the carferry from Port of Bari to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
40h 58m€288–440Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MXP - CHQ
6h 8m€96–365Fly Milan Linate Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LIN - HER
7h 17m€143–274Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BGY - CHQ
8h 25m€87–663Fly Milan Linate Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LIN - CHQ
7h 11m€79–332Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BLQ - HER
5h 59m€93–849Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ZRH - HER
8h 32m€116–374Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BGY - HER
5h 41m€76–315Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 2hBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
2d 4h€172–302
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Crete is to train and fly which costs €50 - €220 and takes 5h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Crete is to train and fly which takes 5h 39m and costs €50 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Milan to Crete. However, there are services departing from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and arriving at Heraklion Port via Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Milan and Crete is 1845 km.
The best way to get from Milan to Crete without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus and car ferry which takes 37h 26m and costs €330 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 39m to get from Milan to Crete, including transfers.
Milan to Crete bus services, operated by Arkleand bus, depart from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Milan to Crete bus services, operated by Arkleand bus, arrive at Tirana station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Milan. It is currently 8:56 AM in Milan and 9:56 AM in Crete.
There are 2709+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Crete, Greece?
Austrian Airlines, ITA Airways, and five other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Chania International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €70–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–75
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Pescara to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Durrës to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- 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
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +355 692323966
- arkleand.bus@yahoo.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- Ventouris Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- Ventouris Ferries
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- hellenicseaways@hellenicseaways.gr
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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