There are 8 ways to get from Zurich to Crete by plane, train, bus, car ferry, busferry, or ferry
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Fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ZRH - HER
5h 17m€55–268Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Singen to Hauptbahnhoftrain 87
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
39h 28mFly to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane ZRH - CHQ
5h 46m€127–296Fly to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane ZRH - JSH
13h 16m€124–386Bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Zürich hbf to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
42h 51m€226–280Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztaltrain Rjx
- Take the train from Oetztal to Budapest-Keletitrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
43h 31m€278–491Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Zürich Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
47h 49mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Zürich HB to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Asf / ...
2d 1h€230–427
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Crete is to fly which costs €55 - €270 and takes 5h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Crete is to fly which takes 5h 17m and costs €55 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich to Crete. However, there are services departing from Zürich hbf and arriving at Heraklion via Skopje, Transporten Centar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 51m.
The distance between Zurich and Crete is 1939 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Crete without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 39h 28m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 17m to get from Zurich to Crete, including transfers.
Zurich to Crete bus services, operated by Hak Bus, depart from Zürich hbf station.
Zurich to Crete bus services, operated by Hak Bus, arrive at Skopje, Transporten Centar station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 11:54 AM in Zurich and 12:54 PM in Crete.
There are 2576+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Crete, Greece?
Condor Flugdienst, Aegean Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 5 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chania International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Singen to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Singen to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
Train from Singen to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–26
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztal
- *
- €35–55
Train from Oetztal to Budapest-Keleti
- *
- €100–160
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
Bus from Zürich HB to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
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
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Zürich hbf to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- 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
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Zürich Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- 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
- €120–280
- 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
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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