There are 8 ways to get from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Crete by plane, train, bus, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MAN - HER
4h 16m€72–156Train, bus, bus and ferry via Liège
- Take the train from Wilmslow to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guilleminstrain Ice
- Take the bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 6hFly to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MAN - CHQ
4h 50m€89–243Fly to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane MAN - JSH
14h 5m€120–370Fly to Santorini, car ferry
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Santorini (JTR)plane MAN - JTR
- Take the car ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Heraklion Portcarferry
8h 18m€134–705Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 19hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Manchester Airport The Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from München to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
3d 3h€379–642Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes Centraltrain
- Take the busferry from Milton Keynes Newport Pagnell to Călimăneştibusferry
- Take the bus from Călimăneşti to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 8h€281–506
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Crete is to fly which costs €70 - €160 and takes 4h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Crete is to fly which takes 4h 16m and costs €70 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Manchester Airport (MAN) station to Crete. However, there are services departing from Manchester Airport The Station and arriving at Heraklion via London Victoria, München and Ioannina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
The distance between Manchester Airport (MAN) and Crete is 2932 km.
The best way to get from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Crete without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry via Liège which takes 2 days 6h and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 16m to get from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Crete, including transfers.
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Crete bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Manchester Airport The Station.
There is no direct flight from Manchester Airport Airport to Sitia Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 17h 55m and has one stopover.
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Crete bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Crete is 2h ahead of Manchester Airport (MAN). It is currently 10:21 PM in Manchester Airport (MAN) and 12:21 AM in Crete.
What companies run services between Manchester Airport (MAN), England and Crete, Greece?
Jet2.com, Corendon Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 3 times a day.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sitia Airport via Zagreb, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Wilmslow to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Airport The Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from München to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Milton Keynes Newport Pagnell to Călimăneşti
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +40-260-606343
- Website
- cento.ro
Bus from Călimăneşti to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- cento.ro
- Phone
- +4-0765-408.848
- [email protected]
- Website
- horas.ro
Bus from Călimăneşti to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Schedules at
- horas.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- [email protected]
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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