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Athens to Heraklion (Knossos) by flight or ferry

About 330 km. The flight is fastest at 3.6 h; the ferry is cheapest, from ₹3,510 per person.

Heraklion (Knossos) to Athens

Fastest

Flight

Aegean / Sky Express flight

3.6 h door to door

Cheapest

Ferry

Overnight ferry from Piraeus (Minoan Lines / ANEK)

from ₹3,510 per person

Best value

Flight

Aegean / Sky Express flight

cheapest at mid fares among options within 1.5× the fastest time (or 1 h more on a short ride)

Every option, compared

Door-to-door times (flights include the time at the airports). Fares are typical ranges from the cheapest seat to the premium one.

ModeServiceTimeFareRunsBook
FlightAegean / Sky Express flight3.6 h₹5,330–₹19,170per personDailyflight search ↗
FerryOvernight ferry from Piraeus (Minoan Lines / ANEK)9.5 hovernight₹3,510–₹12,780per personDailyRome2Rio ↗
  • Ferry, Overnight ferry from Piraeus (Minoan Lines / ANEK): Evening sailings arriving early morning; budget is a deck seat, mid an airline seat, luxury a cabin.

Booking links open the route on the country's transport booking site for trains, buses, boats and transfers, and a flight search for flights, dated about two weeks out; change the date there.

What it costs your group, one way

Fares × people; a private car is priced per car, one car per four people.

Option2 people4 people
Flight · Aegean / Sky Express flight₹10,660–₹38,340₹21,320–₹76,680
Ferry · Overnight ferry from Piraeus (Minoan Lines / ANEK)₹7,020–₹25,560₹14,040–₹51,120

Once you’re in Heraklion (Knossos)

  • Best time: April – June, September – October
  • Typical stay: 2 days
  • November: Mixed month: November is outside the recommended season (April – June, September – October). Nothing in our data flags November as a problem, but it isn't the season the place is best in.
Heraklion (Knossos) in November · mixed monthAbout Heraklion (Knossos)

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