There are 10 ways to get from Perth to Crete by bus, plane, train, busferry, or ferry
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Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EDI - HER
7h 35m€104–323Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane EDI - CHQ
10h 4m€85–332Train, bus, bus and ferry via Bucharest
- Take the train from Perth to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Northamptontrain
- Take the bus from Northampton to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 9h€325–526Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane EDI - JSH
25h 39m€128–332Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GLA - HER
8h 12m€112–333Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane GLA - CHQ
8h 46m€158–422Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane NCL - HER
10h 4m€144–435Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 19hTrain, bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 23hTrain, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
3d 4h€387–702
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Perth to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €100 - €330 and takes 7h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Perth to Crete is to bus and fly which takes 7h 35m and costs €100 - €330.
The distance between Perth and Crete is 3211 km.
The best way to get from Perth to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Bucharest which takes 2 days 9h and costs €320 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 35m to get from Perth to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Perth. It is currently 1:36 AM in Perth and 3:36 AM in Crete.
There are 1979+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Perth, Scotland and Crete, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Perth to Crete. However, you can take the bus to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 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 train from Perth to Heraklion via Haymarket, Northampton, Northampton, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Stuttgart, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Newcastle to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sitia Airport via Stuttgart, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Perth to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Perth to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Northampton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–230
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Northampton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- 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
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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