There are 8 ways to get from Palma to Crete by plane, car ferry, train, bus, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport
best- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane PMI - JSH
12h 31m€85–285Car ferry, train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelonacarferry
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 8hFly Son Sant Joan Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PMI - HER
7h 36m€86–296Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane PMI - CHQ
7h 31m€127–415Car ferry to Ibiza Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Ibizacarferry
- Fly from Ibiza Airport (IBZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane IBZ - HER
9h 39m€161–483Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelonacarferry
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 18hCar ferry, bus, bus and ferry via Sofia
- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Valenciacarferry
- Take the bus from Valencia to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 1h€234–544Car ferry, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelonacarferry
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the busferry from Genoa to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
3d 2h
Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Sitia Airport (JSH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palma to Crete is to fly which costs €85 - €300 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Palma to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 31m and costs €120 - €420.
The distance between Palma and Crete is 2122 km.
The best way to get from Palma to Crete without a car is to car ferry and train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 8h and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 31m to get from Palma to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 1h ahead of Palma. It is currently 3:18 PM in Palma and 4:18 PM in Crete.
There are 2857+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Palma, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Olympic Air, and five other airlines fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Sitia Airport (JSH) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Ibiza Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Rome, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–340
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Rome, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–550
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- 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
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Valencia to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 41h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- info@rucitours.com
- Website
- rucitours.com
Busferry from Genoa to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Seating
- €65–70
- Cabin
- €230–250
- Car - Seat
- €85–100
- Car - Cabin
- €190–290
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €37–200
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Lobby Bar
- €37
- Cabin
- €130
- Seating
- €58
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–238
- Website
- https://www.trasmed.com/en/
- Seat
- €57
- Cabin
- €179
- Car + Seat
- €91
- Car + Cabin
- €238
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–247
- Website
- https://www.trasmed.com/en/
- No car. Seat
- €60
- Car. Seat
- €105
- Car. Bed
- €247
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