Craiova to Heraklion runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €95.13 and €99.85, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 53m over 1,036 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€95.13 to €99.85
- 140%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Craiova
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.
- 06:41First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €151.98Tue15
- about €159.68Wed16
- about €183.63Thu17
- about €180.58Fri18
- about €145.38Sat19
- about €125.58Sun20
- about €96.98Mon21
- about €118.14Tue22
- about €99.18Wed23
- about €145.38Thu24
- about €123.93Fri25
- about €116.23Sat26
- about €126.13Sun27
- about €99.73Mon28
- about €80.48Tue29
- about €93.36Wed30
- about €109.08Thu1
- about €100.83Fri2
- about €108.53Sat3
- about €111.06Sun4
- about €93.29Mon5
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 flight gets you into Heraklion. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Heraklion for the night the flight 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 Craiova to Heraklion
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €93.1390 days
- €77.4360 days
- €90.4145 days
- €76.6330 days
- €93.2921 days
- €99.7314 days
- €96.987 days
- €183.633 days
- €151.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €76.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 140 percent. The most expensive point is €183.63, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Craiova 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
1,036 km
1,006 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
234,140 → 137,154
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,036 km against 1,006 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Belgrade, Athens, Sofia, Bucharest. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 trip 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 cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Police Department
Most of the points near Police Department open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Craiova 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 it take to get from Craiova to Heraklion?
The fastest journey from Craiova to Heraklion takes 4h 53m door to door, of which 1h 51m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 59m, 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 Craiova to Heraklion?
The cheapest fare from Craiova to Heraklion is €80.48, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €148.23. 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 Craiova to Heraklion?
The cheapest way from Craiova to Heraklion is by flight, at €99.85 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 5h 1m 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 Craiova to Heraklion?
Fares from Craiova to Heraklion bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €76.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 140 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Craiova to Heraklion?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Craiova to Heraklion, at €96.98. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Craiova to Heraklion?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Craiova to Heraklion, at €79.38 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 service from Craiova to Heraklion?
1 operators sell services from Craiova to Heraklion across 1 mode: Aegean Airlines. 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 Craiova to Heraklion?
20 percent of the services we sell from Craiova to Heraklion are direct. The rest connect at Belgrade, Athens, Sofia, Bucharest, with about 51 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 Craiova to Heraklion use?
Services from Craiova to Heraklion by flight leave from Craiova CRA and arrive at Irákleion HER. 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 Craiova to Heraklion?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Craiova 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.
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 Craiova to Heraklion on September 14, 2026: 1036 km of route against 1006 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €80.48, and 4h 53m 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
Craiova reaches 60 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 2,289 km. Heraklion reaches 134 places in 32 countries, from 88 to 3,566 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Craiova
- 60Places you can leave for
- 19Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Heraklion
Leaving Heraklion
- 134Places you can leave for
- 32Countries
- 82Operators