There are 8 ways to get from Santander to Crete by plane, train, bus, or busferry
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Fly Santander Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane SDR - HER
6h 41m€79–271Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragonatrain Ave
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 13hBus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BIO - HER
10h 17m€110–211Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane BIO - JSH
18h€109–329Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BIO - CHQ
10h 55m€151–489Train, bus, bus and ferry via Geneva
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Genevetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 14hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 21hBus, bus and ferry via Padova
- Take the bus from Santander to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
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Santander Airport (SDR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €110 - €220 and takes 10h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 41m and costs €75 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Crete. However, there are services departing from Santander E.A. and arriving at Heraklion Port via Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h.
The distance between Santander and Crete is 2635 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 13h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 41m 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 Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Santander. It is currently 12:39 PM in Santander and 1:39 PM in Crete.
There are 3044+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair, Vueling Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sitia Airport via Ibiza, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Chania International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sitia Airport via Barcelona, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sitia Airport via Ibiza, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–440
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
Bus from Geneva - Bus station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice 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.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Santander to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Padova to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
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