There are 11 ways to get from Savona to Crete by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, or car
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Fly Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GOA - HER
8h 10m€145–337Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the train from Savona to Novaratrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MXP - HER
8h 29m€72–264Train, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Savona to Genova P.Za Principetrain Re
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Roma Tiburtinatrain Fa
- Take the busferry from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Piraeusbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
41h 10mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Savona to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
29h 59m€533–915Fly Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane GOA - CHQ
10h 3m€91–346Train, train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Savona to Ventimigliatrain
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Vartrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane NCE - HER
10h 42m€125–279Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Savona to Novaratrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MXP - CHQ
8h 57m€128–313Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Savona to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Gevgelijatrain 631 / ...
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
42h 12mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Savona Bus Station to Lushnjëbusferry
- Take the bus from Lushnjë to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
2dBus and ferry, bus via Larissa
- Take the busferry from Savona FS to Elbasanbusferry
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Larissabus
- Take the busferry from Larissa to Chaniabusferry
- Take the bus from Chania to Heraklionbus
2d 10hBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Savona FS to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 13h
Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Savona to Crete is to train and fly which costs €70 - €270 and takes 8h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Savona to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 10m and costs €140 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Savona station to Crete. However, there are services departing from Savona Bus Station and arriving at Heraklion via Lushnjë and Ioannina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Savona and Crete is 1754 km.
The best way to get from Savona to Crete without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus and car ferry which takes 41h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 10m to get from Savona to Crete, including transfers.
Savona to Crete bus services, operated by M&B Travel, depart from Savona Bus Station.
Savona to Crete bus services, operated by M&B Travel, arrive at Lushnjë station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Savona. It is currently 4:10 PM in Savona and 5:10 PM in Crete.
There are 2691+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Savona, Italy and Crete, Greece?
ITA Airways, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Savona FS to Heraklion Port via Tirana, Pallati I Sportit, Pallati I Verdhe, and Tirana in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €22–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Savona to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Savona to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- Rail 1st Class
- €11–16
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €40–50
- Smart Flex
- €40–55
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- info@rucitours.com
- Website
- rucitours.com
Busferry from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- 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
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Savona Bus Station to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Savona FS to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Elbasan to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Busferry from Larissa to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Bus from Chania to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Savona FS to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.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
- +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
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €65–90
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €110–170
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €70–95
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €120–170
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