There are 8 ways to get from Crete to Zurich by plane, busferry, bus, train, or car ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HER - ZRH
5h 35mCHF 74–246Bus and ferry, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pejebus
- Take the bus from Peja to Zürich Hbfbus
40h 22mFly Chania International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CHQ - ZRH
6h 3mCHF 119–268Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Basel (BSL)plane HER - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
7h 9mCHF 166–637Car ferry, bus
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HBbus
41h 29mCHF 259–466Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Budapestbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
43h 11mCHF 256–407Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HBbus
47h 54mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Chaniabus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Zürichbus
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Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Zurich is to fly which costs SFr 70 - SFr 250 and takes 5h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Zurich is to fly which takes 5h 35m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Zürich Hbf via Thessaloníki and Peja. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 22m.
The distance between Crete and Zurich is 1939 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Zurich without a car is to bus and ferry and bus via Thessaloníki which takes 40h 22m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 35m to get from Crete to Zurich, including transfers.
Crete to Zurich bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Zurich bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Zurich is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 22:32 in Crete and 21:32 in Zurich.
There are 1267+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Zurich, Switzerland?
Condor Flugdienst, Aegean Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Chania International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–410
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Zurich Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
Flights from Chania International Airport to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–440
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–190
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Sargans
- *
- CHF 110–170
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–20
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Thessaloníki to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–27
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Peja to Zürich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Peja to Zürich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 42
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 47
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +302821093052
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Bus from Heraklion to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Chania to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
- Phone
- +30 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–260
- Website
- Seajets
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