There are 8 ways to get from Dublin to Heraklion by plane, ferry, train, bus, busferry, or shuttle
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Fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUB - HER
7h 4m€83–203Ferry, train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Centraltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 14hFly to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane DUB - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
8h 38m€202–431Fly to Sitia Airport, ferry
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane DUB - JSH
- Take the ferry from Sitia to Heraklionferry
22h 5m€118–391Ferry, train, bus, bus and ferry via Paris
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
3dBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 6hFerry, train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Milton Keynes Centraltrain
- Take the busferry from Milton Keynes Newport Pagnell to Alba Iuliabusferry
- Take the train from Alba Iulia to Sibiutrain
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 8h€341–629Ferry, train, bus, bus and ferry via Paris #2
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 12h
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Heraklion is to fly which costs €80 - €210 and takes 7h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Heraklion is to fly which takes 7h 4m and costs €80 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Dublin to Heraklion. However, there are services departing from The Gresham Hotel and arriving at Heraklion Port via Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria, Brussels-Nord and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 6h.
The distance between Dublin and Heraklion is 3178 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to Heraklion without a car is to ferry and train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 14h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Dublin to Heraklion, including transfers.
Dublin to Heraklion bus services, operated by Aircoach, depart from The Gresham Hotel station.
Dublin to Heraklion bus services, operated by Aircoach, arrive at Europa Bus Centre station.
Heraklion is 2h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 10:53 PM in Dublin and 12:53 AM in Heraklion.
There are 3129+ hotels available in Heraklion.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Heraklion, Greece?
Aer Lingus and Aegean Airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Stuttgart, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Bologna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Dubrovnik, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Stuttgart, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Bologna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Dubrovnik, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Alba Iulia to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–10
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- [email protected]
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.cretetaxitransfers.gr/
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–190
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €230–250
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- https://showmebus.com/
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Milton Keynes Newport Pagnell to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Sibiu to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluestarferries.com
Ferry from Sitia to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–700
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–700
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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