There are 10 ways to get from Rijeka to Crete by plane, bus, busferry, shuttle, car ferry, or ferry
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Fly Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane RJK - HER
15h 36m€131–377Fly Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane RJK - CHQ
9h 20m€102–464Bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
36h 10m€160–249Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ZAG - HER
9h 2m€325–628Bus, shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- 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)plane VCE - HER
10h 11m€417–775Bus, shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- 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)plane VCE - CHQ
11h 30m€429–873Bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LJU - CHQ
10h 23m€419–833Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
36h 18m€186–442Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
45h 30mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Split, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Split Bus Station to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Asf / ...
45h 40m€191–328
Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rijeka to Crete is to bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which costs €160 - €250 and takes 36h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Rijeka to Crete is to shuttle and fly which takes 9h 2m and costs €320 - €650.
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 1445 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 €160 - €250.
It takes approximately 15h 36m 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 2:19 PM in Rijeka and 3:19 PM in Crete.
There are 2576+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Rijeka, Croatia and Crete, Greece?
Swiss, Edelweiss Air, and nine other airlines fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- 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 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- 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
- €26–40
- 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
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–380
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €230–390
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €230–390
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–55
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- 011 761-4693
- bstours@verat.net
- Website
- BS Tours
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- BS Tours
- Phone
- + 385 (0)52 383 000
- fils@fils.hr
- Website
- fils.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- fils.hr
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- 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
- arkleand.bus@yahoo.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €59
- Schedules at
- 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
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +383 44 119 284
- info@vectortravelgroup.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Split Bus Station to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lezhë to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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