Keratsini to Heraklion runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 14:51. One passenger pays between €19.59 and €24.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 11h 21m over 339 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€19.59 to €24.54
- 224%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Keratsini
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:09First departure
- 14:51Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
ANEK Lines and Blue Star Ferries 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 this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €50.94Sat19
- about €47.09Sun20
- about €30.04Mon21
- about €30.04Tue22
- about €33.89Wed23
- about €39.39Thu24
- about €32.24Fri25
- about €31.14Sat26
- about €28.94Sun27
- about €25.64Mon28
- about €25.09Tue29
- about €25.64Wed30
- about €34.99Thu1
- about €25.09Fri2
- about €23.99Sat3
- about €25.64Sun4
- about €19.59Mon5
- about €19.59Tue6
- about €22.34Wed7
- about €28.94Thu8
- about €23.99Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Heraklion. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Heraklion for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Police Department and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Keratsini to Heraklion
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.1990 days
- €15.7460 days
- €16.2945 days
- €20.1430 days
- €23.9921 days
- €25.0914 days
- €32.247 days
- €30.043 days
- €50.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 224 percent. The dearest point is €50.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Keratsini to Heraklion 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
339 km
323 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
77,077 → 137,154
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 339 km against 323 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Antíparos, Páros, Firá, Mílos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 HER into Heraklion is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Heraklion
Settled in advance, so the ride into Heraklion costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Police Department
Most of the points near Police Department open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Keratsini to Heraklion
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 Keratsini to Heraklion?
The fastest journey from Keratsini to Heraklion takes 11h 21m door to door, of which 9h 52m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 12h 8m, 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 Keratsini to Heraklion?
The cheapest fare from Keratsini to Heraklion is €19.59, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.97. 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 Keratsini to Heraklion?
The cheapest way from Keratsini to Heraklion is by ferry, at €19.59 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 11h 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.
When should I book Keratsini to Heraklion?
Fares from Keratsini to Heraklion bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €15.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 224 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Keratsini to Heraklion?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Keratsini to Heraklion, at €25.09. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 18 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Keratsini to Heraklion?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Keratsini to Heraklion, at €17.39 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 Keratsini to Heraklion?
No operator record names Keratsini to Heraklion directly. ANEK Lines and Blue Star Ferries, Blue Star, Minoan Lines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Keratsini to Heraklion?
60 percent of the services we sell from Keratsini to Heraklion are direct. The rest connect at Antíparos, Páros, Firá, Mílos, with about 63 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 Keratsini to Heraklion use?
Services from Keratsini to Heraklion by ferry leave from Λάντζες Ρούσσης and arrive at HERAKLIO. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Keratsini to Heraklion?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Keratsini to Heraklion 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Keratsini to Heraklion on 18 September 2026: 339 km of route against 323 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 11h 21m 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 Heraklion a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Heraklion and across Greece
Day trips that leave Heraklion in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Keratsini reaches 39 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 29 to 568 km. Heraklion reaches 137 places in 32 countries, from 88 to 3,566 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Keratsini
- 39Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 8Operators
Arriving in Heraklion
Leaving Heraklion
- 137Places you can leave for
- 32Countries
- 82Operators