There are 11 ways to get from Prilep to Crete by bus, train, plane, car ferry, busferry, ferry, or car
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Bus, train, bus to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Prilep to Negotino
- Take the train from Negotino to Gevgelija
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)SKG - HER
8h 5mTrain to Skopje International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Prilep to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)SKP - CHQ
12h 37m€86–395Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Prilep to Zhabeni
- Take the train from Florina to PlatyRe
- Take the train from Platy to AthensIc
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
20h 21m€185–234Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Prilep to Kavadarci
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Gevgelija
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
22h 1mBus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Prilep to Demir Kapija
- Take the train from Demir Kapija to Gevgelija
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloniki
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Port of PiraeusBsf
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to HeraklionAbs / ...
44h 29mBus, train, bus to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Prilep to Negotino
- Take the train from Negotino to Gevgelija
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)SKG - CHQ
8h 43mTrain to Skopje International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Prilep to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)SKP - HER
13h 8m€120–566Bus, bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Prilep to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)TIA - HER
10h 6mBus, bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Prilep to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)TIA - CHQ
12h 9mBus, bus and ferry via Tirana
- Take the bus from Prilep to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
29h 59mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Prilep to Port of Piraeus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
14h 57m€254–325
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Prilep to Crete is to train and car ferry which costs €180 - €240 and takes 20h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Prilep to Crete is to train and fly which takes 12h 37m and costs €85 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Prilep to Crete. However, there are services departing from Prilep and arriving at Heraklion via Kavadarci, Gevgelija and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 1m.
The distance between Prilep and Crete is 827 km.
The best way to get from Prilep to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 22h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from Prilep to Crete, including transfers.
Prilep to Crete bus services, operated by Ekstrabus, depart from Prilep station.
Prilep to Crete bus services, operated by Ekstrabus, arrive at Kavadarci station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Prilep. It is currently 5:39 AM in Prilep and 6:39 AM in Crete.
There are 886+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Prilep, North Macedonia and Crete, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Prilep to Crete. However, you can take the bus to Negotino, walk to Negotino, take the train to Gevgelija, walk to Gevgelija, take the bus to Thessaloníki, walk to Thessaloniki Zografou, take the bus to Thessaloniki Airport, walk to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) 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 Prilep to Heraklion Port via Zhabeni, Florina, Platy, Athens, Piraeus, Port of Piraeus, and Paros in around 20h 21m.
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- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Negotino to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3–13
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
Train from Prilep to Zhabeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–11
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
Train from Demir Kapija to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €2–9
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
Train from Prilep to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–25
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Florina to Platy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Platy to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Prilep to Negotino
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Prilep to Kavadarci
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Kavadarci to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Prilep to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prilep to Negotino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Prilep to Kavadarci
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Prilep to Demir Kapija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- 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
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Prilep to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Elbasan to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- albtrans.net
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.autobus.al/en/operator/alb___trans_sh.p.k-22
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–95
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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