Good afternoon,
We are looking to going to Crete in September for 12 days. I know there are no direct flights from Boston. The flights look long with long layovers and multiple stops. I am wondering what flights people from Boston may have taken to get there. I was thinking maybe we could spend a couple of days in Venice or elsewhere first then go on to Crete. We have been to Athens Zurich and Rome already.
Thank you!
You won't find any direct flights from Venice to Crete, whether Heraklion or Chania.
However, in September 2026, you will find direct flights to Crete from several other cities in Italy, such as Rome and Naples, or in Spain, such as Barcelona, as well as from many cities in France and other major European cities. Most of these flights are operated by low-cost carriers.
For planning flights to secondary cities it can be helpful to find their airport website and work backwards to home. For example here is the website Heraklion arrivals https://www.heraklion-airport.gr/en/flight-information-amp-destinations/. It shows London, Munich and Frankfurt, probably at least one of which has a nonstop from Boston. A number of the flights on to Heralkion are on the budget airlines so maybe are not showing up when you search Boston-Heraklion flights. But if you are going to stay a night or two in the intermediate city anyway one of them may work for you.
A good way to find which European cities have direct flights to Crete is to use Google Flights.
Set "Heraklion" as your departure city and "Europe" as your destination, select "one-way" and a date.
You'll see all the cities displayed on the map, then filter by selecting "Non-stop flights".
You should also try using Chania instead of Heraklion.
As long as an airline offers a direct flight from Crete to a city, there's also a direct flight in the opposite direction.
