Heraklion to Rhodes runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 02:30 and the last around 02:30. One passenger pays between €17.39 and €34.95, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 59m over 311 km, on services run by 8 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 8 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€17.39 to €34.95
- 212%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Heraklion
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for 17 September 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 02:30First departure
- 02:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Sailings on 17 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
02:3014:0011h 30m
BLUE STAR FERRIESVessel BLUE STAR CHIOSDirect
HERAKLIO → RODOS
from €26.50deckseat €28.50 €67.00 €67.00
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €26.50 to €67.00 on 17 September 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Blue Star runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
17 September 2026
€26.50
BLUE STAR FERRIES
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The flight gets you into Rhodes. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rhodes for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Faliraki Bus Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Heraklion to Rhodes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.9490 days
- €17.9460 days
- €20.1445 days
- €18.4930 days
- €19.5921 days
- €25.0914 days
- €30.597 days
- €45.993 days
- €55.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €17.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 212 percent. The dearest point is €55.89, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Heraklion to Rhodes 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
311 km
303 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
137,154 → 56,128
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 311 km against 303 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from RHO into Rhodes is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Rhodes
Settled in advance, so the ride into Rhodes costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Rhodes is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Faliraki Bus Station
Most of the points near Faliraki Bus Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Heraklion to Rhodes
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 Rhodes?
The fastest journey from Heraklion to Rhodes takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 7m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Heraklion to Rhodes?
The cheapest fare from Heraklion to Rhodes is €17.39, as of 16 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €47.34. 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 Rhodes?
The cheapest way from Heraklion to Rhodes is by ferry, at €17.39 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 10h 22m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Heraklion to Rhodes?
The fastest way from Heraklion to Rhodes is by flight, at 3h 59m door to door. Only 49m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €31.41.
When should I book Heraklion to Rhodes?
Fares from Heraklion to Rhodes bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €17.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 212 percent, measured on 16 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Heraklion to Rhodes?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Heraklion to Rhodes, at €22.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 16 September 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 Rhodes?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Heraklion to Rhodes, at €15.19 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 Rhodes?
8 operators sell services from Heraklion to Rhodes across 2 modes: Aegean Airlines, Blue Star, Luxair, Neos, Sky Express, Transavia Holland. 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 Rhodes?
Every service we sell from Heraklion to Rhodes is direct, with around 50 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 59m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Heraklion to Rhodes produce?
Travelling from Heraklion to Rhodes by ferry produces about 34.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 77.0 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Heraklion to Rhodes use?
Services from Heraklion to Rhodes by flight leave from Irákleion HER and arrive at Rhodes RHO. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Rhodes?
1 of the 8 operators we sell from Heraklion to Rhodes allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Heraklion to Rhodes on 16 September 2026: 311 km of route against 303 km in a straight line, 50 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €17.39, and 3h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Rhodes a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Rhodes and across Greece
Day trips that leave Rhodes in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Heraklion reaches 137 places in 32 countries on services we hold, over distances from 88 to 3,566 km. Rhodes reaches 157 places in 31 countries, from 40 to 3,343 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Heraklion
- 137Places you can leave for
- 32Countries
- 82Operators
Arriving in Rhodes
Leaving Rhodes
- 157Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 78Operators