There are 10 ways to get from Slovenia to Crete by plane, bus, car ferry, shuttle, busferry, train, or ferry
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Fly Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LJU - HER
6h 29m€126–270Shuttle to Vienna International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane VIE - HER
7h 21m€107–273Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
33h 42m€243–479Bus to Graz Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Graz Airportbus
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GRZ - HER
5h 17m€159–454Bus to Klagenfurt Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj to Klagenfurt Flughafenbus
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane KLU - HER
7h 36m€179–648Shuttle to Vienna International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane VIE - CHQ
7h 55m€128–351Bus to Treviso Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Ajdovščina to Treviso Airportbus
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane TSF - CHQ
7h€110–324Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
35h 50mTrain, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Maribor to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain 351
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
43h 7m€229–371Bus, bus and ferry via Dubrovnik
- Take the bus from Maribor bus station to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus 885
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 1h
Slovenia to Crete by train, tram, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Slovenia to Crete is to shuttle and fly which costs €100 - €280 and takes 7h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Slovenia to Crete is to bus and fly which takes 5h 17m and costs €150 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Slovenia to Crete. However, there are services departing from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja and arriving at Heraklion via Skopje, Transporten Centar and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 50m.
The distance between Slovenia and Crete is 1521 km.
The best way to get from Slovenia to Crete without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 33h 42m and costs €240 - €480.
It takes approximately 6h 29m to get from Slovenia to Crete, including transfers.
Slovenia to Crete bus services, operated by Vardar Tours, depart from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja station.
Slovenia to Crete bus services, operated by Vardar Tours, arrive at Skopje, Transporten Centar station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Slovenia. It is currently 9:28 AM in Slovenia and 10:28 AM in Crete.
There are 3124+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Slovenia and Crete, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Air Serbia, and five other airlines fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 4 times a day.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Treviso Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Treviso Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €180–350
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Maribor to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +381 637513988
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €62
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €121
Bus from Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €98
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- Phone
- +38670511611
- [email protected]
- Website
- tripstair.com
Bus from Ajdovščina to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://tripstair.com/
- Phone
- +389 2 261 1758
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- €35
- 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
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Maribor bus station to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- [email protected]
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €64
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- 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
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- [email protected]
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- [email protected]
- Website
- hellenicseaways.gr
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluestarferries.com
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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