There are 11 ways to get from Scotland to Crete by plane, train, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EDI - HER
7h 3m€82–213Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
2d 1hFly Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ABZ - HER
8h 50m€102–340Fly Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane EDI - CHQ
7h 52m€118–271Fly Glasgow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GLA - HER
6h 56m€90–388Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MAN - HER
9h 42m€152–313Train to Newcastle, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane NCL - HER
8h 20m€98–313Train, bus, bus and ferry via Prague
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid 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 12h€518–976Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 14hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 18hTrain, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Timisoarabusferry
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
3d 8h€267–563
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Crete is to fly which costs €80 - €220 and takes 7h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Crete is to fly which takes 6h 56m and costs €90 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Crete. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Heraklion Port via London Victoria Green Line Station, Brussels-Nord and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
The distance between Scotland and Crete is 3160 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Crete without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 2 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Scotland to Crete, including transfers.
Scotland to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Crete bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 8:30 AM in Scotland and 10:30 AM in Crete.
There are 2688+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Scotland and Crete, Greece?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and Aegean Airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Newcastle to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- 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
- +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
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- 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
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 Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Timisoara
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- 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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