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Heraklion

32 places reachable without changing — 6 by cruise, 27 by ferry. 28 carry a journey time and 30 a named operator. 8 are served by two boats at different speeds, where the choice costs about 1 h 15. Nothing here is a departure time — we hold rates, not timetables.

Before you buy a ticket

8 of 32 are served by two boats at different speeds. The fast one saves about 1 h 15 — a real decision, and one no single operator's site lays out for you.
25 have an airport within 40 km of the quay. Arrive by sea and leave by air — the combination no single-mode operator has a reason to show you.
9 operators run from here: Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries and 6 more — each selling only their own crossings.

Where you can go without changing

Every destination reachable without a change. One bar per mode, on one axis, so the train and the coach to the same place can be compared by eye. Distances are great-circle and the rate is a stated lower bound — 7 of 32 carry one.

cruiseferry more than one way

32 places · 28 timed
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Santorini (Thira) ferry crossing fast 1 h 35 conventional 3 h 15 daily Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets
Sitia ferry crossing JSH conventional 2 h 15 rate not held 89 km · Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Anafi ferry crossing JTR conventional 2 h 55 rate not held 125 km · Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Ios ferry crossing PAS fast 3 h 05 2× daily 156 km · Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries, SeaJets
Naxos ferry crossing JNX fast 3 h 20 conventional 4 h 30 rate not held 199 km · Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets
Paros ferry crossing PAS fast 3 h 35 conventional 4 h 30 rate not held 196 km · Cyclades Fast Ferries, Hellenic Seaways, SeaJets
Thira (Santorini) ferry crossing JTR conventional 3 h 44 rate not held 119 km · Anek Lines
Katapola ferry crossing fast 4 h 07 daily 177 km · SeaJets
Mykonos ferry crossing JMK fast 4 h 20 conventional 5 h 35 rate not held 238 km · Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries, SeaJets
Folegandros ferry crossing fast 4 h 30 rate not held 142 km · SeaJets
Milos ferry crossing MLO fast 4 h 40 conventional 5 h 10 daily 167 km · Anek Lines, Minoan Lines, SeaJets
Koufonissi ferry crossing JNX fast 4 h 42 daily 181 km · SeaJets
Kasos ferry crossing KSJ conventional 4 h 45 rate not held 161 km · Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Tinos ferry crossing JMK fast 4 h 50 rate not held 251 km · SeaJets
Syros ferry crossing JSY fast 5 h 15 conventional 6 h 30 rate not held 236 km · Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries, SeaJets
Serifos ferry crossing fast 5 h 35 conventional 5 h 50 daily 208 km · Hellenic Seaways, SeaJets
Karpathos ferry crossing AOK conventional 6 h 15 rate not held 189 km · Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Andros ferry crossing fast 7 h 25 rate not held 287 km · Golden Star Ferries, SeaJets
Piraeus-Athens cruiseferry crossing ATH cruise 504 h 00 fast 7 h 25 conventional 9 h 30 daily 321 km · Anek Lines, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, Minoan Lines, SeaJets
Diafani ferry crossing AOK conventional 8 h 07 rate not held 193 km · Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Athens (Rafina) ferry crossing ATH fast 8 h 20 rate not held 321 km · SeaJets
Rethymno ferry crossing CHQ fast 9 h 05 rate not held 60 km · SeaJets
Sifnos ferry crossing MLO fast 9 h 15 rate not held 188 km · SeaJets
Chalki ferry crossing conventional 9 h 57 rate not held 244 km · Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Rhodes ferry crossing RHO conventional 11 h 07 rate not held 304 km · Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Palma de Mallorca cruise crossing PMI cruise 192 h 00 rate not held 2034 km · TUI Cruises
Valletta cruise crossing MLA cruise 240 h 00 rate not held 963 km · Fred Olsen Cruise Lines
Santa Cruz de Tenerife cruise crossing TFN cruise 768 h 00 rate not held 3952 km · Fred Olsen Cruise Lines
Skiathos ferry crossing JSI crossing not held rate not held 451 km
Thessaloniki ferry crossing SKG crossing not held rate not held 621 km
Limassol cruise crossing crossing not held rate not held 723 km · Fred Olsen Cruise Lines
Southampton cruise crossing SOU crossing not held rate not held 2737 km · Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Bars drawn to 768 h 00 — the longest option currently shown. Filter the list and the axis follows.

The myth of the fast ferry

On 8 destinations two boats run the same water at different speeds. The saving is real but not proportional to the fare.

Piraeus-Athens fast 7 h 25 conventional 9 h 30 saves 2 h 05
Santorini (Thira) fast 1 h 35 conventional 3 h 15 saves 1 h 40
Mykonos fast 4 h 20 conventional 5 h 35 saves 1 h 15
Syros fast 5 h 15 conventional 6 h 30 saves 1 h 15
Naxos fast 3 h 20 conventional 4 h 30 saves 1 h 10
Paros fast 3 h 35 conventional 4 h 30 saves 55 min
Milos fast 4 h 40 conventional 5 h 10 saves 30 min
Serifos fast 5 h 35 conventional 5 h 50 saves 15 min

Which way is everything?

Every destination from Heraklion placed by compass bearing. Not a map — the angle is the only geography kept, so an empty quarter means nothing goes that way, not that it is sea.

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for crossings from Heraklion were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

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Where these hours come from

OpenStreetMap opening_hours (ODbL). These are median opening and closing times, not a promise about any one place — and a median is not a shutter, which is why the chart also draws the share that runs later.