How to reach Heraklion

By air

There are two international airports on Crete, Heraklion Airport and Chania Airport. Please choose Heraklion Airport for your arrival and departure.

Heraklion International Airport  is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country’s second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. You can book your ticket with Aegean Airlines which is the Official EuroMOF Airl Carrier Sponsor and is offering 20% discount for one-way or round-trip participants tickets, for internal or external AEGEAN or Olympic Air network route to Heraklion on all published Economy Class fares.

(Refers to a -20% discount in the ECONOMY COMFORT FLEX fare category for bookings made on any route of the AEGEAN or Olympic Air network from/to Heraklion, exclusively through our website www.aegeanair.com, while it is noted that airport taxes are not excluded from our offer)

Heraklion Airport also services domestic flights to and from the other Greek islands, such as Santorini, Rhodes, Mykonos and Paros. 

Flights to Heraklion are available by many airlines from various parts of Europe. These charter flights come mostly from France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Romania and the United Kingdom. You can travel to Heraklion, Crete from anywhere in the world via Athens (Greece). The distance from Athens is about 205 Miles and there are several flights a day (air time from Athens to Heraklion is about an hour).

By ferry

Ferry boat connection between Athens (Piraeus) and Crete is available directly to Heraklion by both MINOAN Lines and ANEK Lines. On arrival at Heraklion port travelers can walk to the venue. Use a map or a navigation app to guide you along the way. It's about 12-15 minute walk. Approximately 850 meters away.

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Taxi                                                                                                 

Taxi is the most convenient way for travelling. The rates are more or less fixed for all taxi companies. Taxi transfer from Heraklion airport to venue hotel or city center is 19€ per transfer. We can arrange for taxi sharing with other participants arriving on the same flight, where possible. This can be arranged through the conference secretariat [email protected]. 

Bus

Α different way of transportation is by bus. On arrival at Heraklion airport, participants can take a city bus https://astiko-irakleiou.gr/en/ to Heraklion center and then, they can walk and go to the venue, which is very close.