There are 9 ways to get from Palermo to Crete by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, or ferry
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Fly Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PMO - HER
4h 50m€70–298Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisitrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
37h 46mFly Palermo Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane PMO - CHQ
7h 14m€101–276Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CTA - HER
6h 26m€73–208Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane CTA - CHQ
8h 25m€89–276Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo to Brindisibus
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
38h 58mTrain, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Piraeusbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
40h 43mTrain, bus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
44h 26mBus, bus and ferry via Caserta
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Caserta pzza Garibaldibus
- Take the busferry from Caserta stazione to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 2h
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €70 - €210 and takes 6h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Crete is to fly which takes 4h 50m and costs €70 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Crete. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Heraklion via Brindisi - Viale Togliatti, Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto, Vlore , station and Ioannina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 58m.
The distance between Palermo and Crete is 1153 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Crete without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus which takes 37h 46m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 50m to get from Palermo to Crete, including transfers.
Palermo to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brindisi station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 9:07 PM in Palermo and 10:07 PM in Crete.
There are 3117+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Crete, Greece?
Volotea, Aegean Airlines, and ITA Airways fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- [email protected]
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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 Ioannina to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Caserta pzza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Caserta stazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.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
- +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
- €120–310
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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