In Crete, you could see the Palace of Knossos, visit the cave of Zeus, taste wines, see how olive oil is produced and look into a ceramic workshop when visiting the Lassithi valley, go on a jeep safari in the mountains of Crete and on an excursion to the Samaria gorge, admire the inhabitants of the underwater world at the “Aqua World” aquarium in Hersonissos, have fun on the water attractions in the “Water City” water park in Anapolis, enjoy the water treatments on the Elafonissi beach? Are you going to fly to Moscow now?
How long is the flight from Crete to Moscow (direct flight)?
From the capital of Crete, the city of Heraklion, travelers will fly to Moscow in 3, 5-4 hours (they will cover a distance of 2,400 km). With "Transaero" tourists will cover this distance in 4 hours 40 minutes, and with "Aegean Airlines" - in 3 hours 05 minutes.
16,700 rubles is the approximate price of a Heraklion-Moscow air ticket, but if your goal is to save on tickets, then keep in mind that in May and September they can be purchased for 5700 rubles.
Connecting flight Crete-Moscow
From Crete, you can get to Moscow with stops in Athens, Thessaloniki, Prague, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv or other cities, which is why the duration of the flight will stretch for 6-22 hours.
With "Aegean Airlines", travelers will fly home through Thessaloniki (until the 2nd flight you will be asked to wait about 9 hours, and you will arrive home in 13 hours), Tel Aviv (you will be taken home after 10 hours, of which 4 hours will be allocated for waiting) or Athens (you will fly for 4.5 hours, and wait for the departure of 2 aircraft - 2.5 hours), from Ural Airlines - via Yekaterinburg (on board the aircraft you will spend 7.5 hours, and the whole journey will last more than 10 hours), with Lufthansa - via Munich (at home you will land in 28 hours, of which you will be allocated 22 hours for docking), with German Wings - via Cologne (before 2 departure you will have 4.5 hours, and you will return home in 12 hours).
Choosing a carrier
Airbus A 320, Boeing 737-500, Airbus A 319 and other aircraft owned by the following air carriers will take you to Moscow: “Aegean Airlines”; Olympic Air; Aeroflot; "Transaero".
Travelers fly from Crete to Moscow from Heraklion Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER) - it is located 5 km from Heraklion. This airport is equipped with waiting rooms, currency exchange offices, catering points, a room for spending time with mothers with children, duty-free shops where you can get Cretan wines, spirits, perfumes, jewelry. You can also buy baby products here at the respective store.
What to do on board an aircraft?
During the flight, do not forget to decide who to give souvenirs from Crete in the form of ceramics (vases, antique figurines), figurines of ancient gods and heroes from myths, Cretan cheese, jewelry, Greek pickled olives, soap and cosmetics based on olive oil (“Apivita”,“Ismene Olive”,“Bioselect”), vodka with aniseed aroma - ouzo, leather and wool products, handmade carpets.
