There are 11 ways to get from Stuttgart to Heraklion by plane, bus, car ferry, car, train, busferry, or ferry
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Fly from Stuttgart Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane STR - HER
5h 23m€85–226Bus, car ferry
- 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
35h 18mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Stuttgart to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
30h 2m€533–877Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FRA - HER
6h 30m€106–239Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane NUE - HER
7h 29m€123–631Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MUC - HER
7h 43m€144–353Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ZRH - HER
8h 35m€101–361Bus, bus and ferry via Ioánnina
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
38h 58mTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain 963 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest Keletitrain Ec
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
41h 59m€284–505Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2dBus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport to Larissabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Hsw
2d 7h€285–531
Stuttgart to Heraklion by subway, foot, bus, train, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Heraklion is to train and fly which costs €100 - €240 and takes 6h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Heraklion is to fly which takes 5h 23m and costs €80 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Stuttgart to Heraklion. However, there are services departing from Stuttgart Hbf and arriving at Heraklion via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Ioannina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 58m.
The distance between Stuttgart and Heraklion is 2000 km.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Heraklion without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 35h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from Stuttgart to Heraklion, including transfers.
Stuttgart to Heraklion bus services, operated by Amr Travel, depart from Stuttgart Hbf station.
Stuttgart to Heraklion bus services, operated by Amr Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Heraklion is 1h ahead of Stuttgart. It is currently 11:51 AM in Stuttgart and 12:51 PM in Heraklion.
There are 2687+ hotels available in Heraklion.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Heraklion, Greece?
Condor Flugdienst, Eurowings, and five other airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–150
Flights from Munich International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- 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
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 Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice 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 Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- 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
- +383 44 102 280
- [email protected]
- Website
- armendtours.com
Bus from Stuttgart Airport to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- armendtours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Stuttgart Airport to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Stuttgart Airport to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- 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 Stuttgart Airport to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 38h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- 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
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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