Cheapest€18.49
- Hellenic Seaways HS353510:179h 53m20:10ATHENS (ALL PORTS)HERAKLIO
Door to door 11h 23mCO2 36.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Athens to Heraklion ferry
Ferries from Athens to Heraklion start at €19.59 and take 10h 51m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Athens to Heraklion on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Athens to Heraklion starts at €19.59 and takes 10h 51m door to door, run by 4 operators over 321 km, with around 48 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 10h 51mDoor to door
- 9h 21mMoving
- €19.59 to €38.29From
- 09:30 to 21:00First and last departure
- 3Per day
- 36.9 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for September 17, 2026, across 3 services on the day.
€19.59 to €38.29 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Sailings on September 17, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
09:3017:257h 55m
SEAJETSVessel CHAMPIONS LEAGUE JET 1Direct
PIRAEUS → HERAKLIO
from €117.70business seatVIP seat €145.70
21:0006:309h 30m
MINOAN LINESVessel FESTOS PALACEDirect
PIRAEUS → HERAKLIO
from €44.00deckVIP seat €60.00 €67.00
21:0006:509h 50m
HELLENIC SEAWAYSVessel NISSOS RODOSDirect
PIRAEUS → HERAKLIO
from €33.00deckseat €45.50
Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
September 17, 2026
€33.00
SEAJETS
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANEK Lines | €20.14 | 10h 52m | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
| Hellenic Seaways | €18.49 | 10h 51m | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
 Minoan Lines | €18.49 | 10h 51m | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
| Seajets | €18.49 | 10h 50m | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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
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When to book Athens to Heraklion
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.3490 days
- €18.4960 days
- €20.6945 days
- €16.8430 days
- €18.4921 days
- €19.5914 days
- €23.447 days
- €38.293 days
- €34.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 127 percent. The most expensive point is €38.29, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €26.74Sun
- €19.59Mon
- €22.89Tue
- €24.54Wed
- €31.14Thu
- €27.84Fri
- €29.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Athens
Ferry
- ATHENS (ALL PORTS)
Irákleion
Ferry
- HERAKLIO
- Worldchampion Jet & Champions League Jet 1
- Ηράκλειο
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 321 km against 321 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Athens at 06:21 and the last at 21:29, across 48 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h | 50m | 3h 10m | €34.95 | 81.4 kg | 40 |
| Ferry | 10h 51m | 9h 21m | 1h 30m | €19.59 | 36.9 kg | 48 |
Questions about Athens to Heraklion
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion take?
The Ferry from Athens to Heraklion takes 10h 51m door to door, of which 9h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 321 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion cost?
The Ferry from Athens to Heraklion starts at €19.59 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €22.34. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion?
4 operators run the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion: ANEK Lines, Hellenic Seaways, Minoan Lines, Seajets. Between them they file around 48 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion use?
The Ferry from Athens to Heraklion leaves from ATHENS (ALL PORTS) and arrives at HERAKLIO. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Athens to Heraklion?
Traveling from Athens to Heraklion by Flight costs €34.95 and takes 4h door to door, against 10h 51m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion?
Fares for the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.84. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 127 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion produce?
The Ferry from Athens to Heraklion produces about 36.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 321 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion?
Operators on the Ferry from Athens to Heraklion publish Bar, , Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 51m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Athens to Heraklion on September 14, 2026: 321 km of route against 321 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 10h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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