There are 8 ways to get from Belfast to Crete by plane, busferry, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BHD - HER
8h 41m€164–805Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUB - HER
9h 1m€95–306Bus and ferry, train, Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioanninabus
- Take the busferry from Ioannina to Heraklionbusferry
3d 2h€574–934Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BHD - CHQ
9h 10m€111–393Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane DUB - CHQ
9h 20m€102–434Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane DUB - JSH
19h€99–454Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Antwerp Rooseveltplaatsbus
- Take the bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 2hBus and ferry, train, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
3d 5h
George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €95 - €310 and takes 9h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Crete is to fly which takes 8h 41m and costs €160 - €850.
No, there is no direct bus from Belfast to Crete. However, there are services departing from Belfast, Europa Buscentre and arriving at Heraklion Port via Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria, Dover, Antwerpen-Centraal and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 2h.
The distance between Belfast and Crete is 3210 km.
The best way to get from Belfast to Crete without a car is to bus and ferry and train and Bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 3 days 2h and costs €550 - €950.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from Belfast to Crete, including transfers.
Belfast to Crete bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast, Europa Buscentre station.
Belfast to Crete bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Crete is 2h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 11:52 PM in Belfast and 1:52 AM in Crete.
There are 2592+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Crete, Greece?
British Airways, KLM, and four other airlines fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 5 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Chania International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–320
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- 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
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- [email protected]
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–130
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–130
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–130
- Website
- Dublin Express
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Antwerp Rooseveltplaats
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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
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