There are 10 ways to get from Murcia to Crete by bus, plane, train, busferry, car, car ferry, or ferry
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Bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ALC - HER
9h 25m€117–460Fly Murcia Corvera Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane RMU - HER
25h 1m€98–324Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 8hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Murcia to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
44h 2m€786–1,077Bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane ALC - CHQ
9h 38m€123–349Train, train to Valencia Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane VLC - HER
12h 17m€123–351Train, train to Valencia Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane VLC - CHQ
12h 20m€154–460Bus, bus and ferry via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Murcia to Montpellierbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 12hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Murcia del Carmen to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stopbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 20h€212–281Bus, ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Murcia Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Syrosferry Bsf
- Take the car ferry from Syros to Heraklion Portcarferry
3d 12h€289–570
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Murcia to Crete is to fly which costs €95 - €330 and takes 25h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Murcia to Crete is to bus and fly which takes 9h 25m and costs €110 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Murcia to Crete. However, there are services departing from Murcia del Carmen and arriving at Heraklion via Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Murcia and Crete is 2383 km.
The best way to get from Murcia to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 8h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 25m to get from Murcia to Crete, including transfers.
Murcia to Crete bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Murcia del Carmen station.
Murcia to Crete bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Murcia. It is currently 2:31 PM in Murcia and 3:31 PM in Crete.
There are 2655+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Murcia, Spain and Crete, Greece?
easyJet, Volotea, and three other airlines fly from Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 4 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Valencia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Valencia Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Murcia Corvera Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–140
Flights from Valencia Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Valencia Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Valencia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Murcia Corvera Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Murcia Corvera Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- 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 Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/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
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Murcia to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Murcia to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Murcia Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Murcia del Carmen to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 45h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- 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
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €97–100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Syros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €85–120
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €140–210
Ferry from Kavala to Syros
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €55–85
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €90–110
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €95–120
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €110–140
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