There are 12 ways to get from Iași to Crete by bus, plane, train, car ferry, night train, car, busferry, ferry, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Chișinău International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the bus from Iasi Airport to Strășenibus
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane RMO - HER
8h 11mShuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Iaşi to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane OTP - HER
7h 36m€86–228Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Iași to Bucharesttrain
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
- Take the bus from Ruse to Piraeusbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
36h 15m€229–459Train, night train, drive, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Iași to Bucharesttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofiatrain Ic
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain Ic
- Drive from Petrich to Rodopoliscar
- Take the train from Rodopolis to Thessalonikitrain Re
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
39h 50m€157–214Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Iasi, Autogara Codreanu to Thessalonikibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
2d 13h€285–660Fly Iași International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane IAS - CHQ
5h 20m€107–324Fly Iași International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane IAS - HER
2h 21m€119–395Bus to Chișinău International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Iasi Airport to Strășenibus
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane RMO - CHQ
11h 4mShuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Iaşi to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane OTP - CHQ
8h 10m€132–376Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Iasi, Autogara Codreanu to Thessalonikibus Simeonidis
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
39h 2m€140–270Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Iași to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Athens Lagoumitzibus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
41h 3m€167–370Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Iași to Port of Rafinacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Rafina to Mykonoscarferry
- Take the carferry from Mykonos to Heraklion Portcarferry
27h 18m€427–780
Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Iași to Crete is to shuttle and fly which costs €85 - €230 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Iași to Crete is to fly which takes 2h 21m and costs €110 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Iași to Crete. However, there are services departing from Iasi, Autogara Codreanu and arriving at Heraklion via Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 2m.
The distance between Iași and Crete is 1487 km.
The best way to get from Iași to Crete without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 36h 15m and costs €220 - €460.
It takes approximately 8h 11m to get from Iași to Crete, including transfers.
Iași to Crete bus services, operated by Simeonidis Tours, depart from Iasi, Autogara Codreanu station.
Iași to Crete bus services, operated by Simeonidis Tours, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
There are 3061+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Iași, Romania and Crete, Greece?
Austrian Airlines, Anima Wings, and Neos fly from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Iași International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- auraairlines.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Iași International Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Iași International Airport to Chania International Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Iași to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €31–34
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Iași to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €31–34
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–25
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–5
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €4–6
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €2–4
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Rodopolis to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +37360600488
- https://transmixt.md/
- Website
- transmixt.md
Bus from Iasi Airport to Strășeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- transmixt.md
- Book at
- transmixt.md
Bus from Iasi Airport to Strășeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- transmixt.md
- Book at
- transmixt.md
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
Bus from Ruse to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Ruse to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- Citylines
- 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
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Iasi, Autogara Codreanu to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Iasi, Autogara Codreanu to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- 0371.503.503
- [email protected]
- Website
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Iaşi to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Iaşi to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Iași to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Athens Lagoumitzi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- €130–330
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Rafina to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Mykonos to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €160–360
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- [email protected]
- Website
- ANEK Lines
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- ANEK Lines
- Economy
- €45–65
- Airplane-type seats
- €45–70
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- €120–170
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