There are 10 ways to get from Trieste to Crete by shuttle, plane, bus, car ferry, ferry, train, or busferry
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Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane VCE - HER
8h 1m€126–502Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TRS - HER
8h 38m€81–278Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Shkoder,Rruga Teutabus
- Take the bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Piraeusbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
35h 33mShuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane VCE - CHQ
9h 25m€137–541Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LJU - CHQ
10h 8m€183–550Shuttle to Graz Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Graz Airport
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GRZ - HER
7h 34m€172–1,223Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste Piazza Libertà to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
37h 10mBus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus stationbus 402 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja 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
38h 22mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
41h 50mBus, bus and ferry via Trieste, Autostazione
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
43h
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Crete is to fly which costs €80 - €280 and takes 8h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Crete is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 34m and costs €170 - €1300.
No, there is no direct bus from Trieste to Crete. However, there are services departing from Trieste, Autostazione and arriving at Heraklion Port via Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 50m.
The distance between Trieste and Crete is 1741 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Crete without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 35h 33m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 1m to get from Trieste to Crete, including transfers.
Trieste to Crete bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, depart from Trieste, Autostazione station.
Trieste to Crete bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Trieste. It is currently 4:09 PM in Trieste and 5:09 PM in Crete.
There are 2637+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Crete, Greece?
ITA Airways flies from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–430
- 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
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–260
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–800
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €220–800
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €76
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 31 41 219
- info@artanitravel.com
- Website
- artanitravel.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- artanitravel.com
Bus from Trieste Piazza Libertà to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- artanitravel.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- 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
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +386 41520943
- info@hisarturizam.com
- Website
- hisarturizam.com
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60
- Schedules at
- hisarturizam.com
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- 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
- 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
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- Phone
- +355 692323966
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €67
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
- 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
- €100
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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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