There are 10 ways to get from Rota to Crete by train, plane, bus, busferry, car, or car ferry
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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
10h 49m€142–313Fly Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane XRY - HER
10h 26m€125–611Train, 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 Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 11hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Rota to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 1h€844–1,378Train to Seville Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- 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
12h 37m€133–392Fly Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane XRY - CHQ
18h 39m€156–700Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain Alv
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 22hTrain, 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 Geneva - Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 1hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Rota to Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastianbus
- Take the bus from Estación Santa Justa to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 8h€226–320Bus, bus and ferry via Timișoara
- 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€221–426
Seville Airport (SVQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rota to Crete is to train and fly which costs €140 - €320 and takes 10h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Rota to Crete is to fly which takes 10h 26m and costs €120 - €650.
No, there is no direct bus from Rota to Crete. However, there are services departing from Rota and arriving at Heraklion via Avenida Carlos V, Estación Santa Justa, Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 8h.
The distance between Rota and Crete is 2930 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 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 49m to get from Rota to Crete, including transfers.
Rota to Crete bus services, operated by Transportes Generales Comes, depart from Rota station.
Rota to Crete bus services, operated by Transportes Generales Comes, arrive at Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastian station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Rota. It is currently 8:25 PM in Rota and 9:25 PM in Crete.
There are 1927+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Rota, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst, and three other airlines fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Seville Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–750
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Jerez Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Seville Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Puerto De Santa Maria to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Geneva - Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Geneva - Bus station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- €12–24
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Estación Santa Justa to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +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
- €70–160
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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