There are 6 ways to get from Tangier to Crete by plane, car ferry, train, bus, busferry, or ferry
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Fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TNG - HER
10h 46m€159–502Fly to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane TNG - CHQ
8h 4m€140–5,600Car ferry, train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
- Take the train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Gironatrain Ave
- Take the bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 1hCar ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
- Take the bus from Algeciras to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 1hFerry, bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Tanger Ville to Tarifaferry
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 2hFerry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Tanger Ville to Tarifaferry
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 21h€333–531
Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tangier to Crete is to fly which costs €150 - €500 and takes 10h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Tangier to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 4m and costs €140 - €6000.
The distance between Tangier and Crete is 2816 km.
The best way to get from Tangier to Crete without a car is to car ferry and train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 3 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 46m to get from Tangier to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 2h ahead of Tangier. It is currently 5:59 AM in Tangier and 7:59 AM in Crete.
There are 3064+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Tangier, Morocco and Crete, Greece?
Vueling Airlines, Ryanair, and four other airlines fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Chania International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- 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 Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- 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
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Algeciras to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/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
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–200
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–221
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Sirena Seat No Car
- €40
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- €50
- Sirena Seat Car
- €211
- Neptuno Seat Car
- €221
- Phone
- +34-956 63 63 63
- aml@aml.ma
- Website
- aml.ma
Ferry from Tanger Ville to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–50
- Schedules at
- aml.ma
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