There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Florence by plane, car ferry, bus, busferry, train, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane HER - FLR
7h 12m€123–273Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- 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
5h 34m€86–678Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabusferry
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Firenze Santa Maria Novellatrain
30h 35mFly Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane CHQ - FLR
7h 35m€135–381Fly Chania International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- 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
5h 57m€88–336Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane HER - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h 53m€93–258Fly Chania International Airport to Pisa International Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane CHQ - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h 44m€97–332Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Taranto Portbusferry
- Take the train from Taranto to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
35h 15mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Kavajëbus
- Take the busferry from Kavajë to Firenzebusferry
39h 16mFerry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Hsw
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Firenzebusferry
40h 49mBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Firenze Autostazionebusferry
2d 5h
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Florence is to fly and train which costs €90 - €260 and takes 6h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Florence is to fly and train which takes 5h 34m and costs €85 - €700.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Florence. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Firenze via Tirana and Kavajë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 16m.
The distance between Crete and Florence is 1526 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Florence without a car is to car ferry and bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 30h 35m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 12m to get from Crete to Florence, including transfers.
Crete to Florence bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Florence bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Florence is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 2:31 AM in Crete and 1:31 AM in Florence.
There are 8367+ hotels available in Florence.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Florence, Italy?
Austrian Airlines, Aegean Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Heraklion Port to Firenze Autostazione via Tirana, Terminal C, Asllan Rusi, and Tirana in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
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
- €100–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fiumicino International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fiumicino International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Firenze Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Taranto to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
- 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 Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Taranto Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Kavajë to Firenze
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ioannina to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- [email protected]
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–8
- Schedules at
- Linja të autobusëve Gjirafa
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 68 402 3400
- [email protected]
- Website
- group.shpresa.al
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- group.shpresa.al
- Phone
- +355 69 930 4724
- [email protected]
- Website
- visit-gjirokastra.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 69 671 6168
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavajë
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.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
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Tirana to Firenze Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- [email protected]
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–330
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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