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For the return journey, get to the airport bus stop (7min walk) as follows: walk east out of Heraklion main bus station and bear right uphill to the main road. The bus stop/shelter is almost opposite, outside a petrol station adjacent to a McDonalds outlet. Buy tickets from the driver or at the separate kiosk in the bus station (which also sells tickets for the Knossos town bus). The No. 1 bus runs every 10mins or so.

At the main bus station, KTEL buses for Chania (2hrs 30mins), Rethymnon (1hr 30mins) and Ay. Nikolaos (1hr 30mins) are likely to depart every 30mins up to 2030. Alternatively, taxi drivers may be eager to get long-distance jobs between the Cretan towns because a good main road links them all (Heraklion–Chania €150 in 2014).

The construction of the much-needed new Heraklion airport and related infrastructure, although delayed, is not cancelled. The location is near Kastelli in the Lassithi foothills. From that distance, when the time comes, journey time to/from Heraklion will be at least 30mins and a different route may operate.