There are 7 ways to get from Sardinia to Crete by plane, train, ferry, busferry, bus, or car ferry
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Fly Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane OLB - HER
7h 30m€102–302Fly Cagliari Elmas Airport to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane CAG - CHQ
8h 15m€88–351Train, ferry, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Matrain Re
- Take the ferry from Port of Porto Torres to Port of Genoaferry
- Take the busferry from Genova Piazza Principe to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Piraeusbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 14hFly Cagliari Elmas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CAG - HER
7h 1m€92–262Fly Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane OLB - CHQ
7h 49m€133–361Fly Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane OLB - JSH
20h 19m€96–381Train, ferry, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Matrain Re
- Take the ferry from Port of Porto Torres to Port of Genoaferry
- Take the busferry from Genova Piazza Principe to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Kakavijëbus
- Take the bus from Kakavia to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
2d 18h
Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sardinia to Crete is to fly which costs €90 - €270 and takes 7h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Sardinia to Crete is to fly which takes 7h 1m and costs €90 - €270.
The distance between Sardinia and Crete is 1509 km.
The best way to get from Sardinia to Crete without a car is to train and ferry and bus and ferry and bus and car ferry which takes 2 days 14h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Sardinia to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 1h ahead of Sardinia. It is currently 7:03 AM in Sardinia and 8:03 AM in Crete.
There are 2849+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Sardinia, Italy and Crete, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Ryanair, and six other airlines fly from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Sitia Airport via Naples, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–130
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Chania International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Sitia Airport via Naples, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Genova Piazza Principe to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Fier to Kakavijë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +30 26510 25014
- ktelioa@otenet.gr
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Kakavia to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Schedules at
- ktelioannina.gr
- Book at
- eticket.ktelioannina.gr
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- 02 76028132
- helpdesk@tirrenia.it
- Website
- tirrenia.it
Ferry from Port of Porto Torres to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.tirrenia.it/
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Ferry from Port of Porto Torres to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- 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/
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