There are 11 ways to get from Tarifa to Crete by bus, plane, train, busferry, ferry, car ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal Fuengirolabus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AGP - HER
10h 28m€116–336Bus to Gibraltar International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepciónbus
- Fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GIB - HER
13h 55m€106–450Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the train from Malaga - Maria Zambrano Station to Estación de Atochatrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 11hFerry, car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Tarifa to Tanger Villeferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Port of Civitavecchiacarferry
- Take the bus from CIVITAVECCHIA | Deposito # f277 to ROMA | Anagninabus
- Take the busferry from Anagnina to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
4d 12hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Tarifa to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 2h€857–1,398Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TNG - HER
10h 29m€178–783Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal Fuengirolabus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AGP - CHQ
11h 12m€132–375Bus, train to Seville Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádizbus
- Take the train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane SVQ - HER
12h 24m€152–345Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal Fuengirolabus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane AGP - JSH
11h 57m€130–385Bus, bus and ferry via Tarragona
- Take the bus from Algeciras to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 23hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the bus from Málaga to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 6h€233–332
Málaga Airport (AGP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarifa to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €110 - €340 and takes 10h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Tarifa to Crete is to bus and fly which takes 10h 28m and costs €110 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarifa to Crete. However, there are services departing from Tarifa and arriving at Heraklion via Paseo de los Tilos - Estación de Autobuses, Málaga, Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 6h.
The distance between Tarifa and Crete is 2821 km.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Crete without a car is to bus and train and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 28m to get from Tarifa to Crete, including transfers.
Tarifa to Crete bus services, operated by Avanza Grupo, depart from Tarifa station.
Tarifa to Crete bus services, operated by Avanza Grupo, arrive at Estación de Autobuses de Málaga station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Tarifa. It is currently 10:20 AM in Tarifa and 11:20 AM in Crete.
There are 1946+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain and Crete, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Tarifa to Crete. However, you can take the bus to Terminal Fuengirola, walk to Fuengirola, take the train to Málaga-Aeropuerto, walk to Málaga Airport (AGP) airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER), walk to Irakleion Airport, then take the line 6 bus to Néa Alikarnassós. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Tarifa to Heraklion Port via Estación de Autobuses de Málaga, Malaga - Maria Zambrano Station, Estación de Atocha, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Montpellier, Tirana, and Tirana in around 2d 11h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Málaga Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–440
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Seville Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga - Maria Zambrano Station to Estación de Atocha
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal Fuengirola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.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
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- 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
- 800 174 471
- Website
- servizi.cotralspa.it
Bus from CIVITAVECCHIA | Deposito # f277 to ROMA | Anagnina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- servizi.cotralspa.it
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Anagnina to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
Bus from Algeciras to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- 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
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Málaga to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- Phone
- +34-956 63 63 63
- aml@aml.ma
- Website
- aml.ma
Ferry from Tarifa to Tanger Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- aml.ma
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Port of Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €220–330
- 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/
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–221
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Sirena Seat No Car
- €40
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- €50
- Sirena Seat Car
- €211
- Neptuno Seat Car
- €221
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