{"id":4231,"date":"2025-05-02T10:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/147.52.99.226\/sic\/?page_id=4231"},"modified":"2025-05-28T05:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T05:20:54","slug":"arrival-to-rethymno","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/arrival-to-rethymno\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrival at Rethymno"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4231\" class=\"elementor elementor-4231\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f035b78 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f035b78\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1545e86 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1545e86\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e647a46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e647a46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Old Town: A Living Museum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e88ce44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e88ce44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><u>Arriving in Crete by plane<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>Crete is served by 2 airports<\/p><ul><li>Heraklion (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraklion-airport.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heraklion International Airport<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Nikos Kazantzakis<\/em>, IATA code: HER)<\/li><li>Chania (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chania-airport.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chania International Airport<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Ioannis Daskalogiannis<\/em>, IATA code: CHQ)<\/li><\/ul><p>In summer there are some direct international flights to both Heraklion and Chania.<\/p><p><strong><u>Arriving in Crete by ferryboat<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>From Athens you have the option to reach Crete (Heraklion or Chania) by ferryboat. The ferries to Crete leave everyday from the port of Piraeus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-674598c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"674598c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42a99c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42a99c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/branko-besevic-Vx96fUuN8sY-unsplash-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4136\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/branko-besevic-Vx96fUuN8sY-unsplash-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/branko-besevic-Vx96fUuN8sY-unsplash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/branko-besevic-Vx96fUuN8sY-unsplash-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/branko-besevic-Vx96fUuN8sY-unsplash-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/branko-besevic-Vx96fUuN8sY-unsplash-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/branko-besevic-Vx96fUuN8sY-unsplash-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3873c08 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3873c08\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d78934b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d78934b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da11fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1da11fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Heraklion airport: distance to Rethymnon about 82 km<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6acc4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6acc4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>BY BUS: You need to go to the Heraklion central bus station (KTEL) near the harbor. You can get there by either taking the local shuttle buses (bus stop located outside the Arrivals building) or by taxi.<ul><li>Local shuttle buses to KTEL run every 10 minutes (from 6:00 to 23:00). [ATTENTION! Bus No.5 does not go to KTEL]. The trip duration is approximately 20 minutes<\/li><li>A taxi from the airport to KTEL costs approx. 10-12\u20ac.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>Once you arrive at KTEL, you take the intercity bus (also called supraregional bus) to Rethymnon (trip duration: approx. 90 min. Bus ticket: 8.30\u20ac usually every hour, if not more often &#8211; check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktelherlas.gr\/en\/\">timetable<\/a><\/p><ul><li>BY TAXI: Getting directly from Heraklion airport to Rethymnon by taxi will cost approximately 100-120\u20ac (trip duration: 60-70 min).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0889b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0889b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa4bcb5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa4bcb5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f119d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f119d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Chania airport: distance to Rethymnon about 68 km<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbbd36f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbbd36f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>BY DIRECT BUS: There is a direct bus route from Chania Airport to Rethymnon (via Souda) and vice versa. (Trip duration: approx. 60-70 min. Bus ticket: 8 \u20ac &#8211; see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-ktel.com\/en\/services\/dromologia\">timetable<\/a>)<\/li><li>BY non-direct BUS: You need to take a bus to Chania central bus station (KTEL). You can get there by either taking the local shuttle buses (bus stop located outside the Arrivals building) or by taxi.<ul><li>Local shuttle buses to KTEL run almost every half hour (starting at 6:30 to 23:45). Trip duration: approx. 30 minutes. Ticket cost 2.50\u20ac. For more information please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-ktel.com\/en\/services\/dromologia\">timetable<\/a>.<\/li><li>A taxi from the airport to KTEL costs approximately 22-25\u20ac<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>Once you arrive at KTEL, you take the intercity bus (trip duration: approx. 60-70 min. Bus ticket: 6.80\u20ac &#8211; see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-ktel.com\/en\/services\/dromologia\">timetable<\/a>).<\/p><ul><li>BY TAXI: Getting directly from Chania airport to Rethymnon by taxi will cost approximately 90-100\u20ac (trip duration: 1 h).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-464b624 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"464b624\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a491f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a491f6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ae2441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ae2441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Getting to the University Campus<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/University+of+Crete\/@35.3530894,24.4475188,639m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x149a5777819ccac9:0xe49313c142b40961!8m2!3d35.3530851!4d24.4500937!16s%2Fg%2F12623hh0_?entry=ttu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Gallos University Campus<\/strong><\/a> is located about 7 km from the Rethymnon town center. You can take bus #10 (which runs every hour from downtown to the University) or any other bus that says University\/\u03a0\u0391\u039d\u0395\u03a0\u0399\u03a3\u03a4\u0397\u039c\u0399\u039f. The bus route takes approx. 15-25 minutes. Ticket price: 1,30\u20ac<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b6b6c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b6b6c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41fe758 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41fe758\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For information about bus schedules and online ticket reservations, please visit the following site: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-ktel.com\/en\/company\/profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ktel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f4a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"651f4a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-ktel.com\/en\/company\/profile\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4758\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/1-1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/1-1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edbc715 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"edbc715\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e62d41f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e62d41f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5736718 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5736718\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Town: A Living Museum Arriving in Crete by plane Crete is served by 2 airports Heraklion (Heraklion International Airport, Nikos Kazantzakis, IATA code: HER) Chania (Chania International Airport, Ioannis Daskalogiannis, IATA code: CHQ) In summer there are some direct international flights to both Heraklion and Chania. Arriving in Crete by ferryboat From Athens you have the option to reach Crete (Heraklion or Chania) by ferryboat. The ferries to Crete leave everyday from the port of Piraeus. From Heraklion airport: distance to Rethymnon about 82 km BY BUS: You need to go to the Heraklion central bus station (KTEL) near the harbor. You can get there by either taking the local shuttle buses (bus stop located outside the Arrivals building) or by taxi. Local shuttle buses to KTEL run every 10 minutes (from 6:00 to 23:00). [ATTENTION! Bus No.5 does not go to KTEL]. The trip duration is approximately 20 minutes A taxi from the airport to KTEL costs approx. 10-12\u20ac. Once you arrive at KTEL, you take the intercity bus (also called supraregional bus) to Rethymnon (trip duration: approx. 90 min. Bus ticket: 8.30\u20ac usually every hour, if not more often &#8211; check the timetable BY TAXI: Getting directly from Heraklion airport to Rethymnon by taxi will cost approximately 100-120\u20ac (trip duration: 60-70 min). From Chania airport: distance to Rethymnon about 68 km BY DIRECT BUS: There is a direct bus route from Chania Airport to Rethymnon (via Souda) and vice versa. (Trip duration: approx. 60-70 min. Bus ticket: 8 \u20ac &#8211; see the timetable) BY non-direct BUS: You need to take a bus to Chania central bus station (KTEL). You can get there by either taking the local shuttle buses (bus stop located outside the Arrivals building) or by taxi. Local shuttle buses to KTEL run almost every half hour (starting at 6:30 to 23:45). Trip duration: approx. 30 minutes. Ticket cost 2.50\u20ac. For more information please see the timetable. A taxi from the airport to KTEL costs approximately 22-25\u20ac Once you arrive at KTEL, you take the intercity bus (trip duration: approx. 60-70 min. Bus ticket: 6.80\u20ac &#8211; see the timetable). BY TAXI: Getting directly from Chania airport to Rethymnon by taxi will cost approximately 90-100\u20ac (trip duration: 1 h). Getting to the University Campus The Gallos University Campus is located about 7 km from the Rethymnon town center. You can take bus #10 (which runs every hour from downtown to the University) or any other bus that says University\/\u03a0\u0391\u039d\u0395\u03a0\u0399\u03a3\u03a4\u0397\u039c\u0399\u039f. The bus route takes approx. 15-25 minutes. Ticket price: 1,30\u20ac For information about bus schedules and online ticket reservations, please visit the following site: Ktel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_view_id":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4231","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-no-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4231"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4770,"href":"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4231\/revisions\/4770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uoc.gr\/sic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}