There are 10 ways to get from Palermo (Region) to Crete by bus, plane, train, busferry, car ferry, or ferry
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Bus to Palermo Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Vicari to Palermobus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PMO - HER
7h 15mTrain to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the train from Roccapalumba-Alia to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CTA - HER
6h 44m€109–280Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Termini Imerese to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
43h 13mBus to Palermo Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Vicari to Palermobus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane PMO - CHQ
9h 33mTrain to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Roccapalumba-Alia to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane CTA - CHQ
8h 42m€135–369Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the train from Roccapalumba-Alia to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane CTA - JSH
17h 52m€148–399Bus to Palermo Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Vicari to Palermobus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane PMO - JSH
14h 33mBus, train, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Vicari to Palermobus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Piraeusbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
43h 14mBus, train, bus and ferry, ferry
- Take the bus from Vicari to Palermobus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
46h 4mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Vicari to Palermobus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Baribus 591
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Durrësbusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
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Palermo Airport (PMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo (Region) to Crete is to train and fly which costs €100 - €280 and takes 6h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo (Region) to Crete is to train and fly which takes 6h 44m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo (Region) to Crete. However, there are services departing from Vicari and arriving at Heraklion Port via Palermo, Italia-De Rossi, Bari Porto, Durrës and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Palermo (Region) and Crete is 1209 km.
The best way to get from Palermo (Region) to Crete without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus which takes 43h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 15m to get from Palermo (Region) to Crete, including transfers.
Palermo (Region) to Crete bus services, operated by Azienda Siciliana Trasporti, depart from Vicari station.
Palermo (Region) to Crete bus services, operated by Azienda Siciliana Trasporti, arrive at Palermo station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Palermo (Region). It is currently 12:30 AM in Palermo (Region) and 1:30 AM in Crete.
There are 3007+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Palermo (Region), Sicily, Italy and Crete, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Palermo (Region) to Crete. However, you can take the bus to Palermo, walk to Palermo Centrale, take the train to Palermo Aeroporto, walk to Palermo Airport (PMO) 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 vehicle from Palermo (Region) to Heraklion via Roccapalumba-Alia, Termini Imerese, Messina Centrale, Messina - Piazza della Repubblica, Vlorë, Vlore , station, Ioannina, and Ioannina in around 43h 13m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sitia Airport via Santorini, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sitia Airport via Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sitia Airport via Zakinthos, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sitia Airport via Naples, Preveza
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 51m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Termini Imerese to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roccapalumba-Alia to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Termini Imerese to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 091 62.08.111
- info@astsicilia.it
- Website
- aziendasicilianatrasporti.it
Bus from Vicari to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- aziendasicilianatrasporti.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- 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
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–330
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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