There are 10 ways to get from Rijeka to Crete by bus, shuttle, plane, busferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)VCE - HER
10h 1m€169–568Fly Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)RJK - CHQ
12h€139–591Bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
36h 10m€149–190Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Port of PiraeusBsf
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to HeraklionAbs / ...
2d 10h€179–285Bus, shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)VCE - CHQ
11h 25m€185–637Bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)LJU - CHQ
12h 48m€225–617Bus, shuttle to Graz Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Graz Airport
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)GRZ - HER
9h 34m€214–1,228Shuttle to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka, Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Fly from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)BEG - CHQ
10h 32m€189–357Bus, shuttle, shuttle to Vienna International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Wien Hbf
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)VIE - HER
11h 14m€193–1,019Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
45h 30m
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rijeka to Crete is to bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which costs €140 - €190 and takes 36h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Rijeka to Crete is to bus and shuttle and fly which takes 9h 34m and costs €210 - €1300.
No, there is no direct bus from Rijeka to Crete. However, there are services departing from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Heraklion via Skopje, Transporten Centar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 10m.
The distance between Rijeka and Crete is 1814 km.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which takes 36h 10m and costs €140 - €190.
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from Rijeka to Crete, including transfers.
Rijeka to Crete bus services, operated by Hafet Tours, depart from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Rijeka to Crete bus services, operated by Hafet Tours, arrive at Skopje, Transporten Centar station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Rijeka. It is currently 10:18 PM in Rijeka and 11:18 PM in Crete.
There are 2521+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Rijeka, Croatia and Crete, Greece?
Eurowings flies from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–410
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- 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
- €70–260
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–260
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–800
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €220–800
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–50
- Private
- €270–550
- Phone
- +389 44 371 066
- hafet-tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- hafettours.mk
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Schedules at
- hafettours.mk
- Phone
- +386 41520943
- info@hisarturizam.com
- Website
- hisarturizam.com
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- hisarturizam.com
- 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 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 Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Shuttle from Rijeka, Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €65
- Schedules at
- kombiprevozputnika.net
- Phone
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- Phone
- +355 692323966
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €67
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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
- 27h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- 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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