There are 10 ways to get from Hamburg to Heraklion by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, shuttle, busferry, or ferry
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Fly Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane HAM - HER
5h 54m€89–445Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Hamburg Dammtor to Würzburg Hbftrain 25
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
41h 27mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Hamburg to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
34h 36m€566–955Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BRE - HER
6h 56m€117–427Fly Hamburg Airport to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane HAM - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
7h 43m€218–533Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane HAJ - HER
7h 25m€143–846Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Praha-Holesovicetrain Rj
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
47h 40mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2dBus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Pejebus
- Take the bus from Peje to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 1hBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
2d 6h
Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hamburg to Heraklion is to fly which costs €85 - €450 and takes 5h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Hamburg to Heraklion is to fly which takes 5h 54m and costs €85 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Hamburg to Heraklion. However, there are services departing from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at Heraklion Port via Teg, Posta 8 and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Hamburg and Heraklion is 2369 km.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Heraklion without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 41h 27m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 54m to get from Hamburg to Heraklion, including transfers.
Hamburg to Heraklion bus services, operated by Armend Tours, depart from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Hamburg to Heraklion bus services, operated by Armend Tours, arrive at Tirana station.
Heraklion is 1h ahead of Hamburg. It is currently 3:17 PM in Hamburg and 4:17 PM in Heraklion.
There are 3114+ hotels available in Heraklion.
What companies run services between Hamburg, Germany and Heraklion, Greece?
Condor Flugdienst, Eurowings, and three other airlines fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 4 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–480
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–480
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Bremen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Schedules at
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Würzburg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Würzburg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- [email protected]
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–190
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €230–250
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 102 280
- [email protected]
- Website
- armendtours.com
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- armendtours.com
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +383 44 110 862
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Peje to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Durrës to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- [email protected]
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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