There are 10 ways to get from Chania to Montpellier by plane, ferry, bus, train, busferry, car ferry, or shuttle
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Fly Chania International Airport to Fréjorgues Airport
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)plane CHQ - MPL
9h 1m€114–245Fly Chania International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane CHQ - MRS
- Take the train from Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
8h 26m€87–333Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Chania to Port of Piraeusferry Abs
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
47h 54mBus 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 Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
2d€311–579Bus and ferry, car ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Patrabusferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to Montpellierbus 482
2d 18h€282–419Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Fréjorgues Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)plane HER - MPL
7h 56m€260–542Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane HER - MRS
- Take the train from Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
9h 41m€218–550Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HER - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
9h 30m€243–570Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Larissabusferry
- Take the bus from Larissa to Elbasanbus
- Take the busferry from Elbasan to Savona FSbusferry
- Take the bus from Savona to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charlesbus 404
- Take the bus from Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus
2dPrivate transfer, bus and ferry, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Porto Veneziano Hotel, Chania Town to Heraklion Port
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
2d 14h
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chania to Montpellier is to fly and train which costs €85 - €340 and takes 8h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Chania to Montpellier is to Private transfer and fly which takes 7h 56m and costs €260 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Chania to Montpellier station. However, there are services departing from Chania and arriving at Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station via Larissa, Elbasan, Savona and Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Chania and Montpellier is 1963 km.
The best way to get from Chania to Montpellier without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 47h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Chania to Montpellier, including transfers.
Chania to Montpellier bus services, operated by KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A, depart from Chania station.
Chania to Montpellier bus services, operated by KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A, arrive at Larissa station.
Montpellier is 1h behind Chania. It is currently 1:10 AM in Chania and 12:10 AM in Montpellier.
There are 6029+ hotels available in Montpellier.
What companies run services between Chania, Greece and Montpellier, France?
Transavia France, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fréjorgues Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fréjorgues Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Marseille Provence Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +302821093052
- [email protected]
- 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 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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Savona to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
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 Porto Veneziano Hotel, Chania Town to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Larissa to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Elbasan to Savona FS
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- [email protected]
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Chania to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- [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
- €130–200
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
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