Getting
to the Department
How to get to Crete and
to Rethymno:
By plane: Rethymno has no airport, but there are several flights
everyday from Athens to Chania and Heraklio. Domestic airlines,
which fly regularly to Crete, are:
Olympic Airways: http://www.olympic-airways.gr
Telephones: 28310-22257, 27353 (Rethymno) & 210-9666666 (Athens)
Aegean Airlines: http://www.aegeanair.com
Telephones: 28210-63366, 63448 (Chania).
The duration of the flight is 35 minutes (from Athens to Chania
or Heraklio).
Heraklio Airport: http://www.hcaa-eleng.gr/irak.htm
Chania Airport: http://www.hcaa-eleng.gr/hania.htm
Frequent cheap flights: http://www.skyscanner.net/
By boat: Every other day there are overnight boat voyages to
Rethymno by ANEK Lines: http://www.anek.gr
Telephones: 28310-29221 (Rethymno) & 210-4197420 (Piraeus
port)
There are also daily overnight voyages from Piraeus to Chania
and Heraklio by
ANEK Lines: http://www.anek.gr
by MINOAN Lines: http://www.minoan.gr
by Hellenic Seaways: www.hellenicseaways.gr (Piraeus - Chania)
Telephones: 2810-229602 (Heraklio) & 210-4145700 (Piraeus
port)
From airports to Rethymno:
By taxi: A taxi from Chania to Rethymno takes 50 minutes and
from Heraklio to Rethymno journey time is a little over 60 minutes
and costs approximately 45-50 euros.
By bus: There is also a regular bus service from Chania and
Heraklio to Rethymno run by KTEL: http://www.bus-service-crete-ktel.com
Telephone: 28310-22212 (Rethymno).
From Rethymno to the University Campus:
By taxi: From the town of Rethymno it takes less than 15 minutes
to reach the University Campus.
Radio taxi Telephone: 28310-23000, or 24000, or 25000
By bus: There are buses from the centre of town to the University
Campus every 15-30 minutes.
