There are 9 ways to get from Salou 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BCN - HER
7h 34m€85–329Fly Reus Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Reus Airport (REU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane REU - HER
9h 16m€83–265Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 3hTrain to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BCN - CHQ
9h 42m€121–378Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane BCN - JSH
10h 32m€154–398Fly Reus Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Reus Airport (REU) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane REU - CHQ
14h 50m€104–374Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 5hBus, bus and ferry via Sofia
- Take the bus from Tarragona to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train stationbus 983
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 14h€204–299Bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the bus from Estació de Tarragona to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 14h
Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Salou to Crete is to fly which costs €80 - €270 and takes 9h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Salou to Crete is to train and fly which takes 7h 34m and costs €85 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Salou to Crete. However, there are services departing from Salou - Monument Jaume I and arriving at Heraklion via Tarragona, Sofia and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Salou and Crete is 2252 km.
The best way to get from Salou to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 3h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 34m to get from Salou to Crete, including transfers.
Salou to Crete bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Tarragona station.
Salou to Crete bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Salou. It is currently 4:41 PM in Salou and 5:41 PM in Crete.
There are 2007+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Salou, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair, Jet2.com, and two other airlines fly from Reus Airport (REU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–260
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Reus Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Reus Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Reus Airport to Chania International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Reus Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Reus Airport to Chania International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Reus Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Reus Airport to Chania International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Reus Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Reus Airport to Chania International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- 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 Estació de Tarragona to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- 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
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Tarragona to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
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