There are 7 ways to get from China to Crete by plane, train, subway, or car ferry
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Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PEK - HER
16h 38m€224–707Fly Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CAN - HER
18h 9m€222–754Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane PEK - CHQ
17h 26m€255–845Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane PKX - CHQ
18h 12m€246–847Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane TFU - HER
19h€262–905Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane PEK - JSH
16h 51m€353–1,105Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Athens International Airport, subway, car ferry
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PEK - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Peiraiassubway
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymnocarferry
22h 34m€532–1,154
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from China to Crete is to fly which costs €220 - €750 and takes 16h 38m.
The fastest way to get from China to Crete is to fly which takes 16h 38m and costs €220 - €750.
The distance between China and Crete is 7716 km.
It takes approximately 16h 38m to get from China to Crete, including transfers.
There are 2735+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between China and Crete, Greece?
Air China, Austrian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–750
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Chania International Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Cairo, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–950
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,100
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Sitia Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Chania International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €260–850
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–800
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €290–900
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,100
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Sitia Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €280–900
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–750
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Chania International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–800
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–750
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Cairo, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–950
- Website
- cyprusairways.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Doha, Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–850
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
- Website
- Beijing International Airport
Train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Beijing International Airport
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport North
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- [email protected]
- Website
- OASA
Subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- OASA
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- [email protected]
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- Seajets
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