There are 9 ways to get from Sicily to Crete by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane CTA - CHQ
8h 1m€109–373Fly Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CIY - HER
10h 21m€75–293Train, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica 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
41h 38mFly Palermo Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane PMO - CHQ
7h 24m€111–415Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CTA - HER
4h 2m€83–274Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblicabus
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
43h 24mTrain, Leonetti Bus, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Napoli Centraletrain Ic
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Brindisi - Autorità Portualebus
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
43h 36mTrain, bus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
44h 16mBus, bus and ferry via Bari
- Take the bus from Palermo to Baribus 591
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Durrësbusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
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Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Crete is to fly which costs €70 - €300 and takes 10h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Crete is to fly which takes 4h 2m and costs €80 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Crete. However, there are services departing from Galilei Giotto and arriving at Heraklion via Palermo Oreto Orsi, Messina - Piazza della Repubblica, Vlore , station and Ioannina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 24m.
The distance between Sicily and Crete is 868 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to Crete without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus and car ferry which takes 41h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 1m to get from Sicily to Crete, including transfers.
Sicily to Crete bus services, operated by SAIS Autolinee, depart from Palermo Oreto Orsi station.
Sicily to Crete bus services, operated by SAIS Autolinee, arrive at Messina Piazza della Repubblica station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Sicily. It is currently 12:51 PM in Sicily and 1:51 PM in Crete.
There are 2614+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair, Sky Express, and two other airlines fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 3 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- +39081/969167
- servizioclienti@leonettiroma.it
- Website
- leonettiroma.it
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Brindisi - Autorità Portuale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.leonettiroma.it/
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- 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
- €65–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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