There are 10 ways to get from Rota to Crete by train, plane, bus, busferry, car, car ferry, or 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€131–324Train, 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€855–1,394Fly Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane XRY - HER
10h 45m€145–662Train 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 22m€137–403Train, 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 Train Station to Malaga - Maria Zambrano Stationtrain
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AGP - HER
13h 13m€137–400Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Jerez De La Frontera to Meridabus
- Take the bus from Merida to Montpellierbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 21hTrain, 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, ferry
- Take the bus from Rota to Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastianbus
- Take the bus from Estación Santa Justa to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
3d 11h€254–394
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 €130 - €330 and takes 10h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Rota to Crete is to fly which takes 10h 45m and costs €140 - €700.
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.
Crete is 1h ahead of Rota. It is currently 11:39 PM in Rota and 12:39 AM in Crete.
There are 2821+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Rota, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst, and TUIfly 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
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Seville Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Seville Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Seville Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Jerez Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Seville Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- 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
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- 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
- €12–22
- 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
- €60–110
- 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
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cordoba Train Station to Malaga - Maria Zambrano Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- 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 Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Cordoba Train Station to Malaga - Maria Zambrano Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cordoba Train Station to Malaga - Maria Zambrano Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Cordoba Train Station to Malaga - Maria Zambrano Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- 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
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Jerez De La Frontera to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Merida to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Geneva - Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Merida to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Estación Santa Justa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €68
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@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/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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