There are 9 ways to get from Zermatt to Crete by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)GVA - HER
9h 26m€138–362Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)MXP - HER
9h 40m€115–301Train, bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Visp to BernIc8 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
46h 15m€217–331Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Visp to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)ZRH - HER
9h 19m€188–582Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)MXP - CHQ
10h 14m€156–410Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Sitia Airport (JSH)MXP - JSH
11h 9m€129–380Train, bus to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Visp to Genève
- Take the bus from Annemasse to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)LYS - HER
12h 22m€148–374Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig BahnhofplatzGex / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Busto Arsizio
- Take the bus from Busto Arsizio to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
2d 7hTrain, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Visp to BernIc8 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern, Hauptbahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to HeraklionAbs / ...
2d 8h
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zermatt to Crete is to train and fly which costs €110 - €310 and takes 9h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Zermatt to Crete is to train and fly which takes 9h 19m and costs €180 - €600.
The distance between Zermatt and Crete is 2242 km.
The best way to get from Zermatt to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which takes 46h 15m and costs €210 - €340.
It takes approximately 9h 26m to get from Zermatt to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 1h ahead of Zermatt. It is currently 8:21 AM in Zermatt and 9:21 AM in Crete.
There are 908+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Zermatt, Switzerland and Crete, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Zermatt to Crete. However, you can take the train to Visp, take the train to Genève-Aéroport, walk to Geneva International Airport (GVA) 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 train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Heraklion via Visp, Bern, Bern, Skopje, Transporten Centar, Thessaloníki, and Thessaloniki in around 46h 15m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–400
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–650
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–120
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–650
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- Schedules at
- Swiss Railways
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €27–33
- 1st Class Ticket
- €45–60
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- info@glacierexpress.ch
- Website
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Busto Arsizio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €10–15
Train from Domodossola to Busto Arsizio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €11–17
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Visp to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +389 71 557 111
- niko_ekspres@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Bern to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Bern to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- 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
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Annemasse to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Busto Arsizio to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €91
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 692323966
Bus from Busto Arsizio to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- albtrans.net
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.autobus.al/en/operator/alb___trans_sh.p.k-22
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bern, Hauptbahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- 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
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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