There are 11 ways to get from Rijeka to Crete by shuttle, plane, bus, car ferry, busferry, train, 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.
Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ZAG - HER
8h 47m€335–585Fly Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane RJK - HER
10h 26m€130–406Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
36h 8m€186–442Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane ZAG - CHQ
10h 5m€336–663Fly Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane RJK - CHQ
12h€159–463Bus, shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane VCE - HER
10h 11m€399–735Bus, shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane VCE - CHQ
11h 45m€415–843Bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
36h 10m€160–249Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Rijeka to Vinkovcitrain 211
- Take the train from Sid to Novi Beogradtrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
40h 22m€250–388Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
45h 30mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Split, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Split Bus Station to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
45h 40m€166–327
Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rijeka to Crete is to bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which costs €160 - €250 and takes 36h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Rijeka to Crete is to shuttle and fly which takes 8h 47m and costs €330 - €600.
No, there is no direct bus from Rijeka to Crete. However, there are services departing from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Heraklion via Skopje, Transporten Centar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 10m.
The distance between Rijeka and Crete is 1560 km.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Crete without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 36h 8m and costs €180 - €450.
It takes approximately 8h 47m to get from Rijeka to Crete, including transfers.
Rijeka to Crete bus services, operated by Hafet Tours, depart from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Rijeka to Crete bus services, operated by Hafet Tours, arrive at Skopje, Transporten Centar station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Rijeka. It is currently 4:59 AM in Rijeka and 5:59 AM in Crete.
There are 2688+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Rijeka, Croatia and Crete, Greece?
Eurowings and Air Serbia fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) 3 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–430
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Rijeka to Vinkovci
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- [email protected]
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Sid to Novi Beograd
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- 2nd Class
- €4–5
- 1st Class
- €5–7
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–370
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–370
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–55
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- 011 761-4693
- [email protected]
- Website
- BS Tours
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- BS Tours
- Phone
- + 385 (0)52 383 000
- [email protected]
- Website
- fils.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- fils.hr
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Phone
- +302105233969
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +389 44 371 066
- [email protected]
- Website
- hafettours.mk
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Schedules at
- hafettours.mk
- Phone
- +386 41520943
- [email protected]
- Website
- hisarturizam.com
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Schedules at
- hisarturizam.com
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- [email protected]
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- 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
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- Phone
- +355 692323966
- [email protected]
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €59
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +383 44 119 284
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Split Bus Station to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lezhë to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- 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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