There are 10 ways to get from Rota to Crete by train, plane, bus, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Seville Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane SVQ - HER
11h 26m€123–284Train to Seville Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane SVQ - CHQ
16h 29m€95–332Train, bus, bus and ferry via Madrid
- Take the train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 12hFly Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane XRY - CHQ
20h 20m€146–469Fly Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane XRY - HER
10h 52m€144–381Train, train to Málaga Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Cordoba-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Cordoba-Central to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AGP - HER
12h 38m€139–359Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Jerez De La Frontera to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain Alv
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 13hBus, bus and ferry via Tarragona
- Take the bus from Jerez de la Frontera to Algeciras Puertobus
- Take the bus from Algeciras to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 1hTrain, bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 5hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Rota to Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastianbus
- Take the bus from Sevilla, Estación de Autobuses to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 20h€317–485
Seville Airport (SVQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rota to Crete is to fly which costs €140 - €390 and takes 10h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Rota to Crete is to fly which takes 10h 52m and costs €140 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Rota to Crete. However, there are services departing from Rota and arriving at Heraklion Port via Jerez de la Frontera, Algeciras, Tarragona - Bus Station and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 1h.
The distance between Rota and Crete is 2931 km.
The best way to get from Rota to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Madrid which takes 2 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 26m to get from Rota to Crete, including transfers.
Rota to Crete bus services, operated by MonBus, depart from Jerez de la Frontera station.
Rota to Crete bus services, operated by MonBus, arrive at Algeciras Puerto station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Rota. It is currently 4:41 AM in Rota and 5:41 AM in Crete.
There are 2573+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Rota, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Airbus France, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Seville Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Cordoba-Central to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Jerez De La Frontera to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Cordoba-Central to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Cordoba-Central to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Cordoba-Central to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- info@monbus.es
- Website
- Monbus
Bus from Jerez de la Frontera to Algeciras Puerto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- Monbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Algeciras to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Rota to Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastian
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Sevilla, Estación de Autobuses to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–210
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- 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
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