There are 8 ways to get from Hanover to Heraklion by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, busferry, or ferry
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Fly from Hannover Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane HAJ - HER
5h 39m€113–270Train to Hamburg Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane HAM - HER
7h 24m€83–252Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
39h 39mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
32h 53m€569–929Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUS - HER
8h 1m€130–318Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Delitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
44h 59m€291–521Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 2hBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
2d 4h
Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Heraklion is to train and fly which costs €80 - €260 and takes 7h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Heraklion is to fly which takes 5h 39m and costs €110 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover to Heraklion. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hbf and arriving at Heraklion Port via Teg, Stacioni i Trenit and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Hanover and Heraklion is 2279 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Heraklion without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 39h 39m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 39m to get from Hanover to Heraklion, including transfers.
Hanover to Heraklion bus services, operated by Armend Tours, depart from Hannover Hbf station.
Hanover to Heraklion bus services, operated by Armend Tours, arrive at Tirana station.
Heraklion is 1h ahead of Hanover. It is currently 2:43 AM in Hanover and 3:43 AM in Heraklion.
There are 2735+ hotels available in Heraklion.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Heraklion, Greece?
Corendon Airlines, TUIfly, and five other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Nuremberg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.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
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +302105233969
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.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
- Phone
- +383 44 102 280
- [email protected]
- Website
- armendtours.com
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- armendtours.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- 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
- +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
- €120–280
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once 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 Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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