Košice to Heraklion

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Košice to Heraklion. From €156.54, fastest 5h 33m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Košice to Heraklion costs €156.54 at the cheapest and takes 5h 33m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,568 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,568 km
Fastest
5h 33m
Average
5h 42m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€156.54
CO2 per passenger
385.7 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 39m2h 29m3h 10m€162.98385.7 kg1
  • 5h 39mFastest, by Flight
  • €162.98Cheapest, by Flight
  • 385.7 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,568 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€156.54
  1. Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko S202907:302h 19m09:49Košice railway stationBratislava hlavna stanica
  2. Smartwings Slovakia SS992411:102h 38m13:48Bratislava BTSIrákleion HER

Changes at Bratislava, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 8h 15mCO2 408.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€181.86
  1. Smartwings Slovakia SS974106:442h 29m09:13Košice KSCIrákleion HER

Door to door 5h 39mCO2 385.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€165.34
  1. Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko S264707:301h 57m09:27Košice railway stationBudapest Keleti
  2. Smartwings Hungary SH657110:532h 18m13:11Budapest BUDIrákleion HER

Changes at Budapest, with 86 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 38mCO2 374.1 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Košice to Heraklion
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Košice to HeraklionSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€426.12€291.60€270.36€265.05€306.35€282.75€343.52€226.70€162.98€189.53€173.01€224.34€184.81€210.18
Train€400.74€316.59€328.69€248.94€344.09€289.64€317.14€229.14€179.64€195.04€175.79€244.54€274.24€247.29

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €156.54

The flight gets you into Heraklion. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Police Department

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Košice to Heraklion

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

  1. €149.4190 days
  2. €115.7860 days
  3. €132.8945 days
  4. €111.4430 days
  5. €166.5221 days
  6. €210.1814 days
  7. €317.147 days
  8. €270.363 days
  9. €400.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €111.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 260 percent. The most expensive point is €400.74, 1 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.
€400.74€111.441371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €226.70Sun
  2. €162.98Mon
  3. €189.53Tue
  4. €173.01Wed
  5. €224.34Thu
  6. €184.81Fri
  7. €210.18Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €270.36Sep
  2. €154.34Oct
  3. €135.25Nov
  4. €156.54Dec
  5. €158.85Jan
  6. €116.94Feb

The route

KošiceKošiceIrákleionIrákleion
The journey

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 1,568 km against 1,522 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 Kraków, Ostrava, Bratislava, Budapest. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Košice at 06:44 and the last at 06:44, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Košice

Rail
  • Košice railway station
  • Košice-Predmestie railway station
  • Barca
Bus
  • Košice, AS
  • Košice, Autobusová stanica
Air
  • KSC

Irákleion

Bus
  • Police Department
  • CENTRAL BUS STATION
Air
  • HER
Ferry
  • Worldchampion Jet & Champions League Jet 1
  • Ηράκλειο

Landing at HER after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from HER into 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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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Smartwings Slovakia€160.035h 33m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest train fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€140.5090%
Taxes€14.059%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€156.54100%

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Police Department

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Košice 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 Košice to Heraklion?

The fastest journey from Košice to Heraklion takes 5h 33m door to door, of which 2h 29m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 42m, 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 Košice to Heraklion?

The cheapest fare from Košice to Heraklion is €156.54, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €197.20. 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 Košice to Heraklion?

The cheapest way from Košice to Heraklion is by flight, at €162.98 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 5h 39m 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 Košice to Heraklion?

Fares from Košice to Heraklion bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €111.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 260 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Košice to Heraklion, at €162.98. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Košice to Heraklion?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Košice to Heraklion, at €116.94 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 Košice to Heraklion?

1 operators sell services from Košice to Heraklion across 1 mode: Smartwings Slovakia. 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 Košice to Heraklion?

20 percent of the services we sell from Košice to Heraklion are direct. The rest connect at Kraków, Ostrava, Bratislava, Budapest, with about 53 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 Košice to Heraklion use?

Services from Košice to Heraklion by flight leave from Košice KSC 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 Košice to Heraklion?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Košice 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Košice to Heraklion on September 12, 2026: 1568 km of route against 1522 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €156.54, and 5h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Heraklion is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

What to book in Heraklion before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Heraklion, with free cancellation on most of it.

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