There are 9 ways to get from Vienna to Crete by plane, train, bus, car ferry, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane VIE - HER
4h 56m€70–217Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
35h 10mTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
36h 34mFly Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane VIE - CHQ
5h 30m€96–285Fly Vienna International Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane VIE - JSH
6h 35m€124–405Train to Bratislava Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BTS - HER
6h 2m€74–186Train to Graz Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GRZ - HER
7h 26m€111–405Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislavabus 901
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
39h 7m€200–251Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 902 / ...
- Take the bus from Budapest Hotel Platanus to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
41h 8m€146–373
Vienna to Crete by bus, foot, subway, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Crete is to fly which costs €70 - €220 and takes 4h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Crete is to fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €70 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Vienna to Crete. However, there are services departing from Wien Morzinplatz and arriving at Heraklion via Vienna International Airport, Einsteinova, Bratislava and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 7m.
The distance between Vienna and Crete is 1610 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to Crete without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 35h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 56m to get from Vienna to Crete, including transfers.
Vienna to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vienna International Airport station.
Vienna to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bratislava station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Vienna. It is currently 4:34 AM in Vienna and 5:34 AM in Crete.
There are 1158+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Crete, Greece?
Corendon Airlines, Ryanair, and three other airlines fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) every 4 hours.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €35–55
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €35–55
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €15–23
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €105
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.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
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Budapest Hotel Platanus to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €45–70
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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