There are 11 ways to get from Ljubljana to Rethymno by plane, shuttle, bus, car ferry, busferry, car, or train
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Fly Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
best- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LJU - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
8h 20m€242–493Bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
cheapest- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion Central Station to Rethymnobus
38h 39m€150–261Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondilibus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymnocarferry
32h 2m€274–484Bus, car ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Tivolska to Koperbus
- Take the carferry from Piran to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the busferry from Patra to Chaniabusferry
- Take the bus from Chania to Rethymnobus
2d 9hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Ljubljana to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymnocarferry
22h 15m€446–768Fly Ljubljana to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LJU - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania Airport to Rethymno
10h 15m€257–503Shuttle to Klagenfurt Airport, fly to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane KLU - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania Airport to Rethymno
13h 45m€286–818Shuttle to Klagenfurt Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane KLU - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
9h 45m€331–968Bus to Treviso Airport, fly to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Treviso Airport Canovabus
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane TSF - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania Airport to Rethymno
8h 10m€168–388Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Slavonski Brodtrain 211
- Take the bus from Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymnocarferry
36h 11m€279–557Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Triestebus 977 / ...
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Rethymnobus
47h 26m
Ljubljana (LJU) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ljubljana to Rethymno is to bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which costs €150 - €270 and takes 38h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Ljubljana to Rethymno is to bus and fly and Private transfer which takes 8h 10m and costs €160 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Ljubljana to Rethymno. However, there are services departing from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja and arriving at Rethymno via Skopje, Transporten Centar, Thessaloniki and Heraklion Central Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 39m.
The distance between Ljubljana and Rethymno is 1614 km.
The best way to get from Ljubljana to Rethymno without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 32h 2m and costs €270 - €490.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Ljubljana to Rethymno, including transfers.
Ljubljana to Rethymno bus services, operated by Hisar Turizam, depart from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja station.
Ljubljana to Rethymno bus services, operated by Hisar Turizam, arrive at Skopje, Transporten Centar station.
Rethymno is 1h ahead of Ljubljana. It is currently 08:46 in Ljubljana and 09:46 in Rethymno.
There are 2949+ hotels available in Rethymno.
What companies run services between Ljubljana, Slovenia and Rethymno, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Ljubljana to Rethymno. However, you can take the bus to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana, walk to Ljubljana (LJU) airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER), walk to Heraklion Airport, then take the shuttle to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ljubljana to Rethymno via Sofia Central Bus Station, Sofia Serdica Bus Station, Piraeus Port Akti Kondili, and Port of Piraeus in around 32h 2m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Treviso Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Treviso Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Chania International Airport via Cologne Bonn, Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ljubljana to Slavonski Brod
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €70–165
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €70–110
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €130–150
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €150–165
Shuttle from Chania Airport to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €55–85
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €115–130
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €130–140
Shuttle from Chania Airport to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €55–85
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €115–130
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €130–140
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €70–165
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €70–110
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €130–150
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €150–165
Shuttle from Chania Airport to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €55–85
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €115–130
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €130–140
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
Bus from Ljubljana Tivolska to Koper
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
- Phone
- +302821093052
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Patra to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Bus from Chania to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Bus from Heraklion to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €153
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €153
- Phone
- +38670511611
- info@tripstair.com
- Website
- TripstAir
Bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Treviso Airport Canova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €38
- Website
- TripstAir
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +386 41520943
- info@hisarturizam.com
- Website
- hisarturizam.com
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- hisarturizam.com
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Bus from Heraklion Central Station to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- Phone
- +355 692323966
- arkleand.bus@yahoo.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €59
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Piran to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
- Adullt
- €75
- Phone
- +30 2108919800
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–270
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
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