There are 8 ways to get from Prestwick to Crete by train, bus, plane, or busferry
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Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EDI - HER
8h 49m€105–300Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 4 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 19hTrain, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane EDI - CHQ
11h 32m€131–399Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GLA - HER
7h 45m€113–264Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MAN - HER
11h 9m€200–585Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MAN - CHQ
11h 42m€226–554Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- 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 23hBus, bus and ferry via Prague
- Take the bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 4 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2bus 180
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 4h€292–610
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Prestwick to Crete is to train and fly which costs €110 - €270 and takes 7h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Prestwick to Crete is to train and fly which takes 7h 45m and costs €110 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Prestwick station to Crete. However, there are services departing from Station Road and arriving at Heraklion Port via Buchanan Bus Station, Birmingham, Brussels-Nord and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Prestwick and Crete is 3275 km.
The best way to get from Prestwick to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 19h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 49m to get from Prestwick to Crete, including transfers.
Prestwick to Crete bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, depart from Station Road.
Prestwick to Crete bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Prestwick. It is currently 9:59 PM in Prestwick and 11:59 PM in Crete.
There are 2841+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Prestwick, Scotland and Crete, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Prestwick to Crete. However, you can take the train to Glasgow Central, walk to Buchanan Bus Station, take the bus to 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 bus from Station Road to Heraklion Port via Buchanan Bus Station, Newhall St, Birmingham, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Brussels-Nord, Tirana, and Tirana in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- 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
- €120–410
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €24–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Prestwick Town to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–28
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.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
- 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
- €80–160
- 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
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
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