There are 9 ways to get from Heraklion to Nantes by plane, car ferry, bus, train, car, shuttle, or busferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane HER - NTE
6h 31m€83–233Car ferry, bus, train
- 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 to Paris Gare de Lyonbus
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Nantestrain Tgv
2dCar ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Nantescar
39h 28m€675–1,109Private transfer to Chania International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion to Chania - Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane CHQ - NTE
8h 4m€226–494Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)plane HER - RNS
- Take the train from Rennes to Nantestrain
10h 49m€159–545Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyonbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hubbus
2d 7hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Nordbus
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Nantestrain Tgv
2d 12hBus and ferry, bus, train via Vienna
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Nantestrain
2d 12h€496–946Bus and ferry, Bus via Munich
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Münchenbus
- Take the bus from Munich Fröttmaning to Nantesbus
2d 21h€347–526
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heraklion to Nantes is to fly which costs €80 - €240 and takes 6h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Heraklion to Nantes is to fly which takes 6h 31m and costs €80 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Heraklion to Nantes. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub via Terminal B, Dollari B, Tirana, Gare de Lyon - Diderot and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Heraklion and Nantes is 2590 km.
The best way to get from Heraklion to Nantes without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 0h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 31m to get from Heraklion to Nantes, including transfers.
Heraklion to Nantes bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Heraklion to Nantes bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
Nantes is 1h behind Heraklion. It is currently 1:51 AM in Heraklion and 12:51 AM in Nantes.
There are 280+ hotels available in Nantes.
What companies run services between Heraklion, Greece and Nantes, France?
Volotea, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) twice daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–430
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- 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
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- [email protected]
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Heraklion to Chania - Airport
- 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
- +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
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Ioannina to München
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich Fröttmaning to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- €120–310
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- Seajets
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