Crete

Getting There

Greece is a very popular summer holiday destination and you will find loads of budget flights flying to and from Crete. You may also opt to take a boat there if you are travelling from a neighbouring island or country.

By Plane

There are daily flights from Athens airport by Olympic Air, Aegean Airlines and Athens Airways (Which take about 45min.) to Heraklion and Chania. Sky Express operates flights from Athens airport to Sitia. During the months of July and August Astra Airlines flies from Thessaloniki to Heraklion and Chania.

From April until early November charter airlines fly directly to Heraklion and Chania from many European airports.

The airport at Heraklion also has daily flights to Rhodes which takes 1 hr. There are daily flights between Athens and Heraklion.

By Boat

Crete has many ferry connections. You can go from:

Pireaus to Heraklion with Minoan Lines

Pireaus to Chania with ANEK Lines or Hellenic Seaways

Pireaus to Ayios Nikolaos and Sitia with LANE Lines.

LANE also operates routes from Ayios Nikolaos/Sitia to Rhodes and other greek islands.

In the summer, there are daily catmarans (hydrofoils) from Heraklion to Santorini. The trip takes about 2.5 hours. Hellenic Seaways and SeaJets offer these sailings. Y

You can also go to Crete by ferry from the Peloponnese (Gytheio) and Kythira island. This ferry lands on the west part of Crete, in Kissamos port.

The main ports in Greece that ferries come into are in Heraklion, Chania, Rethymno, Sitia, and Kastelli-Kassamos.

For more information see Greece, Getting There

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