A private transfer from Chania Airport to Agios Pavlos covers 117.0 km (72.7 mi) in about 2 hr 13 min and costs a fixed fare from €180 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Agios Pavlos at the same fixed fare.
Fares are per vehicle, not per person, and cover the whole car, so a family of four pays once. The price you see is the price confirmed on your voucher; it does not change with traffic, time of day, or a delayed flight.
| Vehicle | Typical models | Passengers | Bags | Fare | |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €180 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €225 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €336 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Agios Pavlos back to Chania Airport costs the same as the arrival leg. Child and booster seats are added at booking, at no extra charge.
The line is the road a driver actually takes from Chania Airport (CHQ) to Agios Pavlos: 117.0 km (72.7 mi), about 2 hr 13 min door to door. Pickup and drop-off are marked at the coordinates the booking engine quotes against, not at the centre of the nearest town.
Your driver meets you inside the arrivals hall at Chania Airport, holding a sign with your name and the company name on it. Your transfer starts there rather than at a taxi rank, so there is no queue and no fare to agree on the spot.
Chania International Airport (CHQ) sits on the Akrotiri peninsula, on high ground east of the city. Chania International Airport handled 1,574,043 international arrivals in 2025, which makes it the island's second gateway after Heraklion and the natural entry point for western Crete.
The airport's position matters for what happens next. The road down from Akrotiri joins the national road just east of Chania, so Rethymno, Georgioupolis and the whole north coast run east without entering the city, while Platanias, Kissamos and the west coast run through or around it.
Chania Airport is a single-terminal airport, so the walk from baggage reclaim to the meeting point is short even when several flights land together.
Inside the arrivals hall, at the exit, where your driver waits with a name board.
Look for the board rather than heading for the taxi rank. If your flight arrives late at night, the driver is still there: the pickup is set against the flight, not the schedule.
Give us your flight number at booking. Your pickup is scheduled against that flight, and we track it, so a delayed landing moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
Tell us as early as you can when a flight is cancelled or rerouted, so the driver can be reassigned.
Agios Pavlos is a bay on the south coast of the Rethymno region, at the end of a road that stops there. Agios Pavlos is a single small beach under a headland, with sand dunes over the ridge to the west that are reached on foot down a steep path.
There is no village. A few rooms and a taverna sit above the bay, and nothing else has been built on it.
The isolation is the whole character of the place, and it is a consequence of the road: the descent from the plateau is long, and nothing continues past the bay.
We drop you at the door of your rooms or house above the bay.
Agios Pavlos has no street addresses and very few buildings. Give the property name and the owner's directions when you book.
The drive runs east and then south for 117.0 kilometres and takes about 2 hr 13 min, ending at a bay where the road stops.
Two things are worth settling before a journey of this length to a place this small. The first is the fare: Triopetra, the next bay east, is 110.0 kilometres from this terminal at €169 for an SUV against €180 here, so seven kilometres cost eleven euros. The second is the arrival: Agios Pavlos Hotel is the accommodation, not one of several, and it sits above the water with a taverna and a few rooms for company.
The car comes down off Akrotiri and joins the national road east without entering Chania. The road runs through Apokoronas and Georgioupolis, past Rethymno, and then turns inland and south into the hills.
The descent from the plateau at the end is the slow part and the reason a 117 kilometre journey takes over two hours.
Agios Pavlos is a single bay at the end of a road that stops there. No village, no through route: a few rooms and a taverna on the slope above the water, and the sand dunes over the ridge to the west reached on foot down a steep path rather than by car.
The isolation is a consequence of that road, and it is the whole reason people come. The southern shore of the Rethymno region is a set of separate descents rather than a coast road, so the bays near Agios Pavlos are not the short hop the map suggests. Triopetra is 110.0 kilometres from this airport and reached by its own way down from the plateau.
There is no public route to Agios Pavlos.
Buses serve the inland villages on a rural timetable and the descent to the bay has no scheduled service at all. Reaching even those means the airport bus into Chania first.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 117.0 km (72.7 mi), about 2 hr 13 min, and the same fixed fare from €180 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Agios Pavlos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Agios Pavlos back to Chania Airport is the same 117.0 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
The climb from the bay to the plateau comes first and is slow, then the Rethymno bypass and the Chania approach, so an early flight means leaving well before dawn.
Book both directions together and the return is held at the same fare. Switch the form at the top of this page to Departure, or select a return when you book.
About 2 hr 13 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and a real allowance for the climb off the coast.
Give us the flight number at booking and the exact pickup time is confirmed on your voucher.
The fare covers the whole vehicle rather than each seat, so 4 people pay the same as 1. The price on your voucher is the price you pay, with no booking fee and no card surcharge.
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall holding a sign with your name on it. You walk out of baggage reclaim straight to the car, without joining a taxi rank or agreeing a fare on the spot.
Child seats cost nothing extra. Reserve the seat in the booking form and state the child's age, so the correct seat is fitted before the driver sets off.
Cancel at least 24 hours before your pickup time and you pay nothing. Plans change; the booking does not lock you in.
The vehicle carries your party and nobody else. It runs from the pickup point to your exact address, with no intermediate stops and no waiting for other passengers.
Your pickup is set against your flight number, not a clock time. Transfers run at any hour, which covers night landings and pre-dawn departures.
Every booking is confirmed by a person and carries a voucher showing your route, vehicle, pickup time and fare.
These are the questions guests ask most often about the Chania Airport to Agios Pavlos transfer, answered with this route's own distance, duration and fares.
Anything not covered here is answered when we confirm the booking.
A private transfer from Chania Airport to Agios Pavlos costs a fixed €180 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €225.
No. The bay holds a few rooms and a taverna and nothing else, and no road continues past it.
Yes. Agios Pavlos is 95.5 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 117.0 from Chania.
They lie over the ridge west of the bay, reached on foot down a steep path. There is no vehicle access.
It lies over the headland east at 110.0 kilometres from this airport, reached by a separate descent rather than along the shore.
An SUV for up to 4 passengers, a Minivan for up to 8, and a Minibus for up to 18.
Materially. Agios Pavlos is 114.0 kilometres from Souda at €152 for an SUV against 117.0 kilometres and €180 from this airport, so three kilometres of difference on the road carry twenty-eight euros of difference in the fare.
Not within walking distance. Triopetra, the next bay east, has its own rooms and its own descent from the plateau at 110.0 kilometres from this terminal, and the two are not connected along the shore.
Per vehicle. The fare covers the car and everyone in it, up to that vehicle's passenger and luggage limit. Two people and four people pay the same €180 for a Standard car to Agios Pavlos.
Yes, at no extra charge. Reserve the seat in the booking form and state the child's age so the correct infant, child or booster seat is fitted before the driver sets off.
Give us your flight number when you book. We track the flight and move the pickup to match the actual landing time, so a delay does not cost you the transfer.
Inside the arrivals hall, at the exit, where the driver waits with a board showing your name. You do not need to find a taxi rank or a car park level.
Yes. Cancel at least 24 hours before your pickup time and there is no charge.
Pay by card online when you book, or in euros in cash to the driver. There is no card surcharge and no booking fee either way.
You receive a confirmation email with your route, vehicle, pickup time and fare on it. Check the details and tell us if anything is wrong. An automated receipt on its own is not the confirmation. The emailed voucher is.
Yes. Chania Airport to Agios Pavlos and Agios Pavlos to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €180, and both directions are booked from this page. Select a return when you book and the price is held for both legs.
Those routes are priced the same way as this one: a fixed fare per vehicle, confirmed before you travel. The same applies to every private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.