Travel

Getting to Heraklion

By air through Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”
Services to Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” are operated daily by Aegean Airlines, Sky Express and Volotea. Flights from Athens [ATH] to Heraklion [HER], take approximately 45 min. Several other airlines operate direct chartered flights to Heraklion daily from April to November from many European cities.

For more information, please check Heraklion airport’s website: https://www.heraklion-airport.gr/en/

By ferry from Piraeus
Ferry services are operating daily by MINOAN LINES and ANEK SUPERFAST. Overnight services from Piraeus to Heraklion take approximately 10 hours.

Local Transfers

In order to get to Kalimera Kriti Hotel & Village Resort from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (a distance of 42km) you have the following options:

1.Booking a taxi from Heraklion airport to Kalimera Kriti Hotel & Village Resort by sending an email to: info@cretetaxi.com quoting our workshop (FEBS 2025). A taxi will be waiting for you at the airport arrivals.

For all the participants of this Workshop there is a special fare price of 55 euros including VAT (one way). For more information: www.cretetaxi.com

(Catching a taxi from the taxi rank outside the airport arrivals hall will cost around 65 euros).

2. Public transport: there is no direct public transportation to Sissi from Heraklion Airport or the Heraklion city. You can catch a bus to the nearest town of Malia and from there you can catch a taxi to Kalimera Kriti in Sissi.  

For more information on catching a bus from Heraklion to Malia, see here: https://www.ktelherlas.gr/en 

To get from Heraklion Airport to Heraklion city center by city bus, see here: https://astiko-irakleiou.gr/en/ 

Visa requirements 

Citizens of the European Union or holders of a valid Schengen Visa do not need a visa to visit Greece. 

Citizens of all other countries should contact their nearest Greek Embassy or Consulate in order to obtain information regarding a visa to visit Greece. 

The organizers will provide any required documents confirming participation to the Scientific Meeting only after registration is confirmed by fee payment.

For more info, please contact Mrs Effie Pangeiou: effie@meetis.gr