There are 12 ways to get from Netherlands to Crete by plane, train, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AMS - HER
5h 57m€93–250Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CGN - HER
8h 43m€72–293Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
41h 13mFly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane AMS - CHQ
6h 31m€154–398Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BRU - HER
6h 43m€96–277Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BRU - CHQ
7h 17m€132–435Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUS - HER
7h 50m€124–258Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane DUS - CHQ
8h 23m€165–356Fly Eindhoven Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EIN - HER
5h 55m€126–307Train, bus, bus and ferry via Prague
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Delitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
2d€260–448Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 3hTrain, Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Frankfurttrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Chaniabusferry
- Take the bus from Chania to Heraklionbus
2d 15h€318–461
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Netherlands to Crete is to fly which costs €90 - €250 and takes 5h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Netherlands to Crete is to fly which takes 5h 55m and costs €120 - €310.
The distance between Netherlands and Crete is 2499 km.
The best way to get from Netherlands to Crete without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 41h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Netherlands to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 1h ahead of Netherlands. It is currently 8:05 PM in Netherlands and 9:05 PM in Crete.
There are 2688+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Netherlands and Crete, Greece?
TUI Airlines Netherlands, Sky Express, and two other airlines fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 4 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–330
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- 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
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
- 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
Flights from Brussels Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
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
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €39
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €39
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- +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
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +302821093052
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Ioannina to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €42
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Bus from Chania to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
- 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
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