There are 11 ways to get from Trieste to Crete by plane, bus, car ferry, shuttle, train, busferry, 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 Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TRS - HER
9h 48m€134–349Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Grtrain
- Take the train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BLQ - HER
8h 54m€102–746Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste Piazza Libertà to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
35h 45mShuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- 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 51m€298–766Shuttle 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
8h 35m€314–804Shuttle 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€446–1,167Train to Treviso Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Treviso Centraletrain
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane TSF - CHQ
8h 25m€112–345Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serresbus
- Take the train from Serres to Thessalonikitrain Re
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
38h 48m€190–239Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Fierbus
- Take the bus from Fier to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
40h 31m€176–251Bus, bus and ferry via Tirana
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
40h 32mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
43h
Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Crete is to bus and ferry which costs €170 - €260 and takes 40h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Crete is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 34m and costs €440 - €1200.
No, there is no direct bus from Trieste to Crete. However, there are services departing from Trieste, Autostazione and arriving at Heraklion Port via 9 Katëshet A and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 32m.
The distance between Trieste and Crete is 1559 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Crete without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 35h 45m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 48m to get from Trieste to Crete, including transfers.
Trieste to Crete bus services, operated by Aleks Viaggi, depart from Trieste, Autostazione station.
Trieste to Crete bus services, operated by Aleks Viaggi, arrive at Tirana station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Trieste. It is currently 6:18 PM in Trieste and 7:18 PM in Crete.
There are 3082+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Crete, Greece?
Ryanair, Volotea, and three other airlines fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Treviso Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Treviso Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–100
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Centrale to Treviso Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Serres to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +355 69 31 41 219
- info@artanitravel.com
- Website
- artanitravel.com
Bus from Trieste Piazza Libertà to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- artanitravel.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
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €340–900
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €802
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- 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
- +355 692323966
- arkleand.bus@yahoo.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €67
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €59
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 209 3508
- aleksviaggi@gmail.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Aleks Viaggi
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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