There are 8 ways to get from Pula to Crete by shuttle, plane, bus, busferry, ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane VCE - HER
10h 18m€135–860Fly Pula Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PUY - HER
8h 26m€99–316Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
38h 5m€181–216Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessalonikibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
2d 11h€306–616Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane VCE - CHQ
10h 37m€146–889Bus, shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Novigradbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Novigrad to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TRS - HER
10h 6m€204–650Shuttle, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Stazione Mestre
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BLQ - HER
10h 7m€130–907Bus, bus and ferry via Dubrovnik
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 4h
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pula to Crete is to fly which costs €95 - €320 and takes 8h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Pula to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 26m and costs €95 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Pula to Crete. However, there are services departing from Pula and arriving at Heraklion via Skopje, Transporten Centar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 5m.
The distance between Pula and Crete is 1839 km.
The best way to get from Pula to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 38h 5m and costs €180 - €220.
It takes approximately 10h 18m to get from Pula to Crete, including transfers.
Pula to Crete bus services, operated by Domino Lines, depart from Pula station.
Pula to Crete bus services, operated by Domino Lines, arrive at Skopje, Transporten Centar station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Pula. It is currently 12:37 PM in Pula and 1:37 PM in Crete.
There are 1979+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Pula, Croatia and Crete, Greece?
Air Dolomiti, Aegean Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 4 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Pula Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–600
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–600
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Novigrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €21
- Private
- €117
Shuttle from Novigrad to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28
- Private
- €71
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–600
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
- Phone
- +389 22400033
- info@dominoline.com.mk
- Website
- dominoline.com.mk
Bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €71
- Schedules at
- dominoline.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- 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
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–65
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €64
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- 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
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–360
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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/
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
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