There are 11 ways to get from Santander to Crete by bus, plane, train, busferry, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)BIO - HER
10h 24m€120–329Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)BIO - CHQ
10h 52m€76–318Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 9hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Santander to Port of Piraeus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
42h 29m€766–1,047Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Sitia Airport (JSH)BIO - JSH
19h 52m€99–338Fly Santander Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)SDR - CHQ
7h 25m€130–414Fly Santander Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)SDR - HER
6h 46m€85–288Bus, bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Take the bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)BIQ - HER
12h 49m€123–394Bus, bus and ferry via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Montpellier
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 10hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
2d 20h€203–282Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-SantsAlv
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 23h
Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Crete is to fly which costs €85 - €290 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 46m and costs €85 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Crete. However, there are services departing from Santander E.A. and arriving at Heraklion via Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián, Sofia Central Bus Station and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Santander and Crete is 2676 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 9h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 24m to get from Santander to Crete, including transfers.
Santander to Crete bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Santander E.A. station.
Santander to Crete bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Santander. It is currently 8:18 AM in Santander and 9:18 AM in Crete.
There are 1516+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair and Ryanair UK fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Chania International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- 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
- €65–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €97–100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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