Skyline of Sarande, Albania (Corfu at left)

Heraklion to Corfu

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Heraklion to Corfu. From £40.34, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £40.34, every fee included. Services cover 709 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 27 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £40.34, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 27 October 2026

£40.34

  • 183%Moves across the booking window

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £106.31Wed7
  2. about £112.91Thu8
  3. about £94.54Fri9
  4. about £91.23Sat10
  5. about £72.85Sun11
  6. about £63.43Mon12
  7. about £74.75Tue13
  8. about £62.96Wed14
  9. about £64.85Thu15
  10. about £64.85Fri16
  11. about £68.62Sat17
  12. about £74.75Sun18
  13. about £58.72Mon19
  14. about £60.13Tue20
  15. about £53.06Wed21
  16. about £68.14Thu22
  17. about £62.96Fri23
  18. about £61.55Sat24
  19. about £46.47Sun25
  20. about £41.29Mon26
  21. about £40.34Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The ferry gets you into Corfu. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Corfu for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Corfu Green Bus Terminal (KTEL) and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Heraklion to Corfu

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £37.5290 days
  2. £55.4260 days
  3. £53.0645 days
  4. £44.5930 days
  5. £40.3421 days
  6. £60.1314 days
  7. £74.757 days
  8. £94.543 days
  9. £106.311 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £37.52.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 183 percent. The dearest point is £106.31, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£106.31£37.52137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Heraklion to Corfu and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

709 km

664 km as the crow flies, 7% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

137,154 → 40,047

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 709 km against 664 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Athens. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from CFU into Corfu is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Corfu

Settled in advance, so the ride into Corfu costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

Corfu is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Corfu Green Bus Terminal (KTEL)

Most of the points near Corfu Green Bus Terminal (KTEL) open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Heraklion to Corfu

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Heraklion to Corfu?

Heraklion to Corfu covers 709 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Heraklion to Corfu?

The cheapest fare from Heraklion to Corfu is £40.34, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £64.85. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Heraklion to Corfu?

The cheapest way from Heraklion to Corfu is by ferry, at £40.34 for one passenger on 27 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Heraklion to Corfu?

Fares from Heraklion to Corfu bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £37.52. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 183 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Heraklion to Corfu?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Heraklion to Corfu, at £58.72. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Heraklion to Corfu?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Heraklion to Corfu, at £35.63 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Heraklion to Corfu?

2 operators sell services from Heraklion to Corfu across 1 mode: Aegean Airlines, ANEK Lines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Heraklion to Corfu?

0 percent of the services we sell from Heraklion to Corfu are direct. The rest connect at Athens, with about 56 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Heraklion to Corfu use?

Services from Heraklion to Corfu by ferry leave from HERAKLIO and arrive at Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport CFU. Allow about 2h 20m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Heraklion to Corfu?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Heraklion to Corfu allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

Being on the water gives Corfu a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Corfu and across Greece

Day trips that leave Corfu in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Heraklion reaches 23 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 60 to 3,157 km. Corfu reaches 19 places in 7 countries, from 26 to 2,072 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Heraklion

  • 23Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 36Operators

Arriving in Corfu

Leaving Corfu

  • 19Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 29Operators

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