There are 9 ways to get from Chania to Florence by plane, busferry, bus, car ferry, train, shuttle, 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 Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane CHQ - FLR
7h 40m€124–305Fly Chania International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CHQ - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h€56–235Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Port of Piraeusbusferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Firenzebusferry
32h 58mBus and ferry, car ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Chania to Patrabusferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Patras to Port of Anconacarferry
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
39h 14m€226–366Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane HER - FLR
8h 50m€260–532Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane HER - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
7h 20m€207–1,062Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Chania to Larissabusferry
- Take the bus from Elassóna to Elbasanbus
- Take the busferry from Elbasan to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabusferry
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Firenze Santa Maria Novellatrain
34h 57mCar ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Souda to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Firenzebusferry
40h 19mBus and ferry, ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Chania to Patrabusferry
- Take the ferry from Patras to Ancona M.Maferry Asf
- Take the train from Ancona to Faenzatrain Ic
- Take the train from Faenza to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
42h 44m€223–325
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chania to Florence is to fly and train which costs €55 - €240 and takes 6h.
The fastest way to get from Chania to Florence is to fly and train which takes 6h and costs €55 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Chania to Florence. However, there are services departing from Chania and arriving at Firenze via Piraeus and Durrës. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 58m.
The distance between Chania and Florence is 1456 km.
The best way to get from Chania to Florence without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 32h 58m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Chania to Florence, including transfers.
Chania to Florence bus services, operated by KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A, depart from Chania station.
Chania to Florence bus services, operated by KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A, arrive at Port of Piraeus station.
Florence is 1h behind Chania. It is currently 5:13 PM in Chania and 4:13 PM in Florence.
There are 8302+ hotels available in Florence.
What companies run services between Chania, Greece and Florence, Italy?
Austrian Airlines, Aegean Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ancona to Faenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Faenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Faenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Faenza to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Firenze Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +302821093052
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Chania to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Chania to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Chania to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Chania to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Firenze
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Elbasan to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- [email protected]
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
Shuttle from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- [email protected]
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Elassóna to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- [email protected]
- Website
- rucitours.com
Busferry from Vlorë to Firenze
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +30 2108919800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Ferry from Patras to Ancona M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- [email protected]
- Website
- ANEK Lines
Car ferry from Port of Souda to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- ANEK Lines
- Economy
- €35–55
- Airplane-type seats
- €40–60
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- €100–140
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