There are 10 ways to get from Alanya to Crete by plane, car, ferry, car ferry, bus, or busferry
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Fly Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GZP - HER
8h 53m€102–558Drive, ferry, car ferry
- Drive from Alanya to Port of Bodrumcar
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Lerosferry
- Take the ferry from Leros to Naxosferry Bsf
- Take the carferry from Naxos to Heraklion Portcarferry
17h 59m€225–429Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenlerbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Thessaloniki stationbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
42h€202–269Bus, ferry to Rhodes International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Alanya Kızlar Pınarı Zamanoglu Cd-3 to Antalya Terminali İlçe İndirme Peronubus
- Take the bus from Antalya to Fethiyebus
- Take the ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodesferry
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane RHO - HER
13h 11m€119–216Fly Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane GZP - CHQ
10h 32m€133–696Bus to Antalya Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Alanya Otogar to Serik Cd-15bus
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AYT - HER
9h 49m€130–291Bus, car ferry, bus to Larnaca International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Alanya to Taşucubus
- Take the carferry from Taşucu to Girnecarferry
- Take the bus from Nicosia to Larnaca Airportbus
- Fly from Larnaca International Airport (LCA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LCA - HER
15h 10mBus, ferry via Fethiye
- Take the bus from Alanya Otogar to Fethiyebus
- Take the ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodesferry
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Heraklionferry Bsf
21h 39m€107–372Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Alanya to Marmarisbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Marmaris to Port of Rhodesferry
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Heraklionferry Bsf
21h 39m€136–256Bus, ferry via Antalya
- Take the bus from Alanya Kızlar Pınarı Zamanoglu Cd-3 to Antalya Terminali İlçe İndirme Peronubus
- Take the bus from Antalya to Fethiyebus
- Take the ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodesferry
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Heraklionferry Bsf
22h 22m€126–251
Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Alanya to Crete is to bus and ferry via Antalya which costs €120 - €260 and takes 22h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Alanya to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 53m and costs €100 - €600.
No, there is no direct bus from Alanya to Crete. However, there are services departing from Alanya and arriving at Heraklion via Istanbul Esenler Otogari and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h.
The distance between Alanya and Crete is 698 km.
The best way to get from Alanya to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 42h and costs €200 - €270.
It takes approximately 8h 53m to get from Alanya to Crete, including transfers.
Alanya to Crete bus services, operated by Antalya Net Seyahat, depart from Alanya station.
Alanya to Crete bus services, operated by Antalya Net Seyahat, arrive at Istanbul Esenler station.
Crete is 1h behind Alanya. It is currently 7:11 AM in Alanya and 6:11 AM in Crete.
There are 2730+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Alanya, Turkey and Crete, Greece?
Turkish Airlines, Aegean Airlines, and Pegasus Airlines fly from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–500
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Sabiha Gokcen, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Antalya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Antalya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Sabiha Gokcen, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Antalya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Izmir, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Larnaca International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Larnaca International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Chania International Airport via Istanbul, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport to Chania International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Antalya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Sabiha Gokcen, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Larnaca International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Larnaca International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- cyprusairways.com
Flights from Larnaca International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Phone
- 0(212) 658 03 07
- [email protected]
- Website
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from Antalya to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from Alanya Otogar to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from Antalya to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
- Phone
- 0242 511 74 03
- Website
- alanyalilar.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27
- Schedules at
- alanyalilar.com.tr
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- 08503330700
- Website
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Alanya to Marmaris
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- MetroTurizm
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Standard
- €30–50
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kamil Koç
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- Kamil Koç
Bus from Antalya to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- Kamil Koç
Bus from Antalya to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- Kamil Koç
- Phone
- 0(850) 309 22 16
- [email protected]
- Website
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Schedules at
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 577 99 99
- [email protected]
- Website
- varan.com.tr
Bus from Alanya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- varan.com.tr
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Thessaloniki station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €102
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +90 242 331 01 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- antalyaulasim.com.tr
Bus from Alanya Kızlar Pınarı Zamanoglu Cd-3 to Antalya Terminali İlçe İndirme Peronu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9
- Schedules at
- antalyaulasim.com.tr
Bus from Alanya Otogar to Serik Cd-15
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9
- Schedules at
- antalyaulasim.com.tr
Bus from Alanya Kızlar Pınarı Zamanoglu Cd-3 to Antalya Terminali İlçe İndirme Peronu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9
- Schedules at
- antalyaulasim.com.tr
- Phone
- (0242) 331 40 81
- [email protected]
- Website
- batiantalyatur.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Schedules at
- batiantalyatur.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Fethiye
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Schedules at
- batiantalyatur.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(850) 244 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- mersinnurturizm.com
Bus from Alanya to Taşucu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- mersinnurturizm.com
- Phone
- +357 77 77 14 77
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kapnos Airport Shuttle
Bus from Nicosia to Larnaca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Kapnos Airport Shuttle
- Phone
- +90 252 316 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turkish Sealines
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Leros
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Turkish Sealines
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Leros to Naxos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Rhodes to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Rhodes to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Rhodes to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- [email protected]
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Naxos to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +90 532 507 56 34
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alesta ferries
Ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–39
- Website
- Alesta ferries
Ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–39
- Website
- Alesta ferries
- Phone
- 0392 444 43 64
- Website
- Akgunler Denizcilik
Car ferry from Taşucu to Girne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €39–41
- Website
- Akgunler Denizcilik
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bodrum Express Lines
Ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- Bodrum Express Lines
- Phone
- +30 694 415 6070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Makri Travel
Ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Makri Travel
- Phone
- 0 850 222 44 36
- [email protected]
- Website
- Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri
Ferry from Port of Fethiye to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–55
- Website
- Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri
- Economy
- €11–16
- Phone
- +30 22410 74 235
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sea Dreams
Ferry from Port of Marmaris to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €47
- Website
- Sea Dreams
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