There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Scotland by plane, busferry, bus, or train
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HER - EDI
7h 23m£66–181Bus and ferry, bus, train via Liège
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guilleminsbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
2d 9hFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HER - ABZ
9h 31m£95–298Fly Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CHQ - GLA
7h 47m£87–380Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HER - GLA
7h 19m£74–326Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Newcastle (NCL)plane HER - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 49m£82–266Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HER - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
10h 24m£108–276Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guilleminsbus
- Take the bus from Liège to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 19hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 19hBus and ferry, bus, train via Prague
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofiabus 983
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 20h£294–532Bus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the busferry from Timisoara to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
3d 7h£223–474
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Scotland is to fly which costs £65 - £190 and takes 7h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 19m and costs £70 - £330.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Tirana, Liège, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Crete and Scotland is 1975 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Scotland without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Liège which takes 2 days 9h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 23m to get from Crete to Scotland, including transfers.
Crete to Scotland bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to Scotland bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Scotland is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 5:47 PM in Crete and 3:47 PM in Scotland.
There are 1529+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Scotland?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and Eurowings fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 6 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–390
Flights from Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–350
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–400
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- 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
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £109
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £109
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Liège to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liège to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Timisoara to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
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