There are 7 ways to get from Palma to Crete by plane, car ferry, train, bus, or busferry
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Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PMI - HER
7h 44m€101–246Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport
cheapest- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane PMI - JSH
16h 28m€90–305Car 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 8hCar ferry to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelonacarferry
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BCN - HER
12h 33m€121–368Car 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 19hCar ferry, bus, bus and ferry via Sofia
- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port de Barcelonacarferry
- Take the bus from Barcelona Sants Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stopbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 23h€217–404Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry via Sofia #2
- 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 Monastiriou Bus Stopbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 1h€243–474
Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palma to Crete is to fly which costs €100 - €250 and takes 7h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Palma to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 44m and costs €100 - €250.
The distance between Palma and Crete is 2041 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 7h 44m to get from Palma to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 1h ahead of Palma. It is currently 9:54 PM in Palma and 10:54 PM in Crete.
There are 2601+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Palma, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Ulendo Airlink, and easyJet fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 5 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Rome, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Ibiza, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Malta, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Rome, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Sitia Airport via Malta, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
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
- €28–40
- 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
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Barcelona Sants Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- 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 Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
- 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
- +359 700 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
- +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
- €45–130
- 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
- €65–190
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- 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
- €27–60
- 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
- €35–80
- 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
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.trasmed.com/en/
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.trasmed.com/en/
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