There are 12 ways to get from Nesebar to Crete by shuttle, plane, bus, car ferry, car, busferry, train, or ferry
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Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane OTP - HER
9h 9m€292–612Bus, bus to Istanbul, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the bus from Sunny Beach to Silivribus
- Take the bus from Silivri Otogar to Istanbul Airport Busbus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane IST - HER
12h 40m€85–265Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Pomorie to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondilibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
29h 28m€207–377Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Nesebar to Port of Rafinacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Rafina to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
20h 45m€303–519Bus, bus to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Sunny Beach Bus Station to Kırklareli Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Kırklareli to Keşanbus
- Take the bus from Keşan to Alexandroupolibus
- Fly from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos (AXD) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AXD - HER
12h 9mBus, bus to Istanbul, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Sunny Beach to Silivribus
- Take the bus from Silivri Otogar to Istanbul Airport Busbus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane IST - CHQ
14h 58m€116–344Bus, bus to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Sunny Beach Bus Station to Kırklareli Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Kırklareli to Keşanbus
- Take the bus from Keşan to Alexandroupolibus
- Fly from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos (AXD) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane AXD - JSH
12h 22mBus, bus to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Sunny Beach Bus Station to Kırklareli Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Kırklareli to Keşanbus
- Take the bus from Keşan to Alexandroupolibus
- Fly from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos (AXD) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AXD - CHQ
14h 42mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Pomorie to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stopbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
29h 46m€134–196Bus, car ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Nesebar to Haskovobus
- Take the bus from Haskovo Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Pireausbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
31h 51m€100–248Train, drive, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Vladimir Pavlov to Sofiatrain
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain
- Drive from Petrich to Rodopoliscar
- Take the train from Rodopolis to Thessalonikitrain Re
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
32h 58m€108–165Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Burgas to Yambolbus
- Take the bus from Yambol Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondilibus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
34h 35m
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nesebar to Crete is to train and drive and bus and ferry which costs €100 - €170 and takes 32h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Nesebar to Crete is to shuttle and fly which takes 9h 9m and costs €290 - €650.
No, there is no direct bus from Nesebar to Crete. However, there are services departing from Nessebar and arriving at Heraklion via Pomorie, Sofia Central Bus Station and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 46m.
The distance between Nesebar and Crete is 1374 km.
The best way to get from Nesebar to Crete without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 29h 28m and costs €200 - €380.
It takes approximately 9h 9m to get from Nesebar to Crete, including transfers.
Nesebar to Crete bus services, operated by Kaleia, depart from Pomorie station.
Nesebar to Crete bus services, operated by Kaleia, arrive at Sofia station.
There are 2566+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Nesebar, Bulgaria and Crete, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Nesebar to Crete. However, you can take the bus to Sunny Beach, walk to Sunny Beach, take the shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni Airport, walk to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER), walk to Irakleion Airport, then take the line 6 bus to Néa Alikarnassós. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nessebar to Heraklion Port via Pomorie, Sofia Central Bus Station, Piraeus Port Akti Kondili, Port of Piraeus, and Paros in around 29h 28m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Istanbul to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Istanbul to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–420
Flights from Istanbul to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Istanbul to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos to Chania International Airport via Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Istanbul to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos to Sitia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Istanbul to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–260
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Chania International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Vladimir Pavlov to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €14–18
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €5–7
- 1st Class
- €6–9
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Rodopolis to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Sunny Beach to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €230–320
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Pomorie to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Yambol Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €68
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Sunny Beach to Silivri
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–33
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- €10–13
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Silivri Otogar to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–8
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- Website
- -
Bus from Sunny Beach Bus Station to Kırklareli Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Schedules at
- -
Bus from Keşan to Alexandroupoli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Schedules at
- -
Bus from Haskovo Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Schedules at
- -
- Phone
- 0 286 212 22 22
- info@truvaturizm.com
- Website
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Kırklareli to Keşan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
- Phone
- 08503330700
- Website
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Kırklareli to Keşan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Keşan to Alexandroupoli
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- 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 52 757 044
- info@autogaravn.com
- Website
- autogaravn.com
Bus from Nesebar to Haskovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Website
- https://autogaravn.com/en
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Pireaus
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €42
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Burgas to Yambol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- 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
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €70–95
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €120–170
- Phone
- +30 212 222 4000
- booking@goldenstarferries.gr
- Website
- goldenstarferries.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rafina to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://goldenstarferries.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 21 0419 7400
- info@anek.gr
- Website
- anek.gr
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- ANEK Lines
- Economy
- €35–60
- Airplane-type seats
- €40–60
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- €100–150
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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