There are 10 ways to get from Portugal to Crete by plane, bus, train, busferry, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LIS - HER
8h 54m€113–273Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane OPO - HER
8h 13m€103–273Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Caceresbus
- Take the train from Caceres to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 14hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Lisbon to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 1h€894–1,228Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LIS - CHQ
9h 37m€144–342Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane LIS - JSH
16h 27m€142–442Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane OPO - CHQ
9h 52m€144–342Bus, bus and ferry via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Montpellierbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 19hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 4hBus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
3d 11h
Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portugal to Crete is to fly which costs €110 - €280 and takes 8h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Portugal to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 13m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Portugal to Crete. However, there are services departing from Martim Moniz and arriving at Heraklion Port via Lisbon - Oriente, Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 4h.
The distance between Portugal and Crete is 3063 km.
The best way to get from Portugal to Crete without a car is to bus and train and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 14h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 54m to get from Portugal to Crete, including transfers.
Portugal to Crete bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lisbon - Oriente station.
Portugal to Crete bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Barcelona - North Bus Station.
There are 518+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Portugal and Crete, Greece?
Sky Express, Aegean Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–180
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Caceres to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Caceres
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lisbon to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Caceres
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lisbon to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Lisbon to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €91
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- 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 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- 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
- €100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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