There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Switzerland by plane, busferry, bus, train, or car ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HER - ZRH
5h 35mCHF 55–248Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HER - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 12mCHF 46–218Bus and ferry, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pejebus
- Take the bus from Peja to Zürich Hbfbus
40h 25mFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane HER - GVA
5h 47mCHF 108–217Fly Chania International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CHQ - GVA
6h 15mCHF 128–298Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Basel (BSL)plane HER - BSL
5h 41mCHF 144–605Car ferry, bus
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HBbus
41h 33mCHF 260–456Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Budapestbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
43h 19mCHF 261–423Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HBbus
47h 58mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Chaniabus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Zürich hbfbus
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Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Switzerland is to fly and train which costs SFr 45 - SFr 220 and takes 7h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Switzerland is to fly which takes 5h 35m and costs SFr 55 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Zürich Hbf via Thessaloníki and Peja. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 25m.
The distance between Crete and Switzerland is 1939 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Switzerland without a car is to bus and ferry and bus via Thessaloníki which takes 40h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 35m to get from Crete to Switzerland, including transfers.
Crete to Switzerland bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Switzerland bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Switzerland is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 2:38 PM in Crete and 1:38 PM in Switzerland.
There are 1263+ hotels available in Switzerland.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Switzerland?
Condor Flugdienst, Aegean Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 4 hours.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–430
Flights from Chania International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Geneva International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–410
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–460
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Sargans
- *
- CHF 110–170
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 16–25
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–22
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Thessaloníki to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–27
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- [email protected]
Bus from Peja to Zürich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Peja to Zürich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 42
- 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
- CHF 47
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +302105233969
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- 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
- +302821093052
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Bus from Heraklion to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Chania to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
- Phone
- +30 2108219900
- [email protected]
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Kumanovo to Zürich hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 111
- Website
- Hak Bus
- 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
- CHF 110–260
- Website
- Seajets
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