There are 10 ways to get from Spain to Chania by plane, train, bus, busferry, ferry, or shuttle
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Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Chania International Airport
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BCN - CHQ
8h 9m€92–245Fly Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AGP - CHQ
8h 56m€86–252Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chaniabusferry
2d 2hTrain, ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Take the busferry from Patra to Chaniabusferry
2d 4h€390–763Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MAD - CHQ
8h 59m€111–294Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BCN - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
7h 29m€202–505Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane PMI - CHQ
7h 46m€105–335Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MAD - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
9h 39m€216–524Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Piraeusbus
- Take the busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chaniabusferry
2d 11h€206–242Bus, bus and ferry via Tirana
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Chaniabus
2d 14h
Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Chania is to fly which costs €90 - €250 and takes 8h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Chania is to fly and Private transfer which takes 7h 29m and costs €200 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Spain to Chania. However, there are services departing from Barcelona and arriving at Chania via Sofia and Port of Piraeus. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 11h.
The distance between Spain and Chania is 2051 km.
The best way to get from Spain to Chania without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 9m to get from Spain to Chania, including transfers.
Spain to Chania bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Barcelona station.
Spain to Chania bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia station.
There are 4559+ hotels available in Chania.
What companies run services between Spain and Chania, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Ryanair, and three other airlines fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–280
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Busferry from Port of Piraeus to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Patra to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Bus from Heraklion to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Book at
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Barcelona to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €68
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- 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
- +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
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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