There are 10 ways to get from Prague to Crete by plane, bus, busferry, car, car ferry, or train
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Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)PRG - HER
7h 5m€82–163Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
40h 50m€140–246Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Prague to Port of Piraeus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
28h 13m€473–733Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)PRG - CHQ
8h 23m€113–462Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sitia Airport (JSH)PRG - JSH
7h 3m€96–332Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)DRS - HER
9h 38m€136–330Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)VIE - HER
9h 11m€98–240Train, bus, bus and ferry via Budapest
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien HbfRj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KelenfoeldEc
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
41h 10mTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni NadraziSc / ...
- Take the bus from Olomouc to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
43h 29m€189–267Bus, bus and ferry via Tirana
- Take the bus from Praha Hlavní nádraží to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
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Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Prague to Crete is to fly which costs €80 - €170 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Prague to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 3m and costs €95 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Prague to Crete. However, there are services departing from Praha, ÚAN Florenc and arriving at Heraklion via Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 50m.
The distance between Prague and Crete is 1880 km.
The best way to get from Prague to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 40h 50m and costs €140 - €250.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Prague to Crete, including transfers.
Prague to Crete bus services, operated by Korona Travel, depart from Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Prague to Crete bus services, operated by Korona Travel, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Prague. It is currently 9:05 AM in Prague and 10:05 AM in Crete.
There are 2522+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Prague, Czechia and Crete, Greece?
Austrian Airlines, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sitia Airport via Vienna International Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Chania International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Chania International Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Chania International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sitia Airport via Vienna International Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–460
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €35–50
- Business
- €40–44
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €15–21
- 1st Class
- €23–30
- Business
- €25–28
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Olomouc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 51m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- 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
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 259 213
- fjollaimpex@gmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Praha Hlavní nádraží to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 (0) 69 432/6000
- bleditravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/bleditravellipjan/
- 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
- 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
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €70–95
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €120–170
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