There are 9 ways to get from Maastricht to Crete by train, plane, bus, busferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CGN - HER
7h 30m€80–260Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2dTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUS - HER
7h 56mTrain to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Maastricht to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EIN - HER
7h 4m€118–330Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BRU - HER
7h 45m€105–297Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane DUS - CHQ
8h 39mFly Maastricht Aachen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MST - HER
6h€217–659Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbftrain S43 / ...
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain 90N
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Delitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d 1h€367–563Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Liege to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
2d 12h
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Maastricht to Crete is to train and fly which costs €100 - €300 and takes 7h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Maastricht to Crete is to fly which takes 6h and costs €210 - €700.
No, there is no direct bus from Maastricht to Crete. However, there are services departing from Liege Gare des Guillemins and arriving at Heraklion Port via Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Maastricht and Crete is 2388 km.
The best way to get from Maastricht to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 0h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Maastricht to Crete, including transfers.
Maastricht to Crete bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, depart from Liege Gare des Guillemins station.
Maastricht to Crete bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Maastricht. It is currently 5:24 PM in Maastricht and 6:24 PM in Crete.
There are 2746+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Maastricht, Netherlands and Crete, Greece?
TUI Airlines Netherlands and Transavia Holland fly from Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, Wednesday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, Wednesday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- condor.com
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
- €80–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Maastricht Aachen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Maastricht Aachen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €9–14
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €15–23
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €9–14
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Herzogenrath to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Herzogenrath to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- +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
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Liege to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 51m
- 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
- +30 210 89 19 800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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