A private transfer from Chania Airport to Anissaras covers 173.0 km (107.5 mi) in about 2 hr 29 min and costs a fixed fare from €225 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Anissaras 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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Standard | Skoda Octavia, VW ID.3 | up to 3 | 3 | €225 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €235 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €245 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €276 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Anissaras 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 Anissaras: 173.0 km (107.5 mi), about 2 hr 29 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.
Anissaras is a quiet coastal strip immediately east of Hersonissos, made up almost entirely of hotel complexes set along a low rocky shoreline. Anissaras has no resort centre of its own, which is precisely the point: guests get the coast without the strip, with Hersonissos a few minutes away when they want it.
The shoreline alternates between small sandy inlets and flat rock, and most of the larger hotels have built their own beach areas and swimming platforms. Sunbathing here tends to happen inside the property rather than on a public beach.
Because the area is hotel-led, there is little in the way of independent shops or tavernas within walking distance. Most guests either eat in the hotel or take the short trip into Hersonissos.
We drop you at your hotel's reception entrance.
The complexes here sit behind long private drives off the coast road. The driver takes the vehicle right up to reception, which matters in Anissaras more than most places because the walk from the road would be a long one.
The drive crosses the island east, 173.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 29 min, to the hotel coast immediately east of Chersonissos.
The fare sits where the distance puts it. A Standard car is €225, the same as Chersonissos and Koutouloufari at 171.0 kilometres, with Stalida at 178.0 costing €264 and Malia at 180.0 costing €240. Gouves, nine kilometres back at 164.0, is €209.
One thing about this booking is worth knowing before you make it, and it is not the road: the size of your party. Every neighbouring resort on this coast can be booked from this airport in a Minibus for up to 18 passengers. This pairing cannot: the engine offers a Standard car for 3, an SUV or a Premium for 4, and a Minivan for 8, and nothing larger. A group of ten arriving at Chania for Anissaras needs two vehicles.
The road itself is the ordinary eastern run. The car comes down off Akrotiri onto the national road east of Chania, passes Aptera above Souda Bay, and crosses Apokoronas to Georgioupolis, with Rethymno at 70.3 kilometres.
Panormos and Bali take the headlands, Fodele arrives at 121.0 kilometres, and the cliffs above Agia Pelagia bring the road down to Ammoudara at 139.0. Heraklion passes on the bypass, then Karteros at 153.0, Kokkini Hani at 157.0 and Gouves at 164.0, and Analipsis is the last place before the turning.
Anissaras has no resort centre to arrive in, which is the point of it. The coast road runs past a sequence of gated complexes, each set behind its own long private drive, and the transfer ends at a reception door several hundred metres in from the tarmac rather than at a gate.
Serita Beach, Bella Beach, Mitsis Royal Mare, Mitsis Selection Laguna, Paralos Kosta Mare, Aqua Blu and Oasis Beach Hotel all stand on this stretch. None of them is reachable on foot from a bus stop with luggage, which is the practical case for a car on this coast.
Anyone whose flights are still open should weigh the other airport. Anissaras is 22.4 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 173.0 from Chania, which removes about two hours in each direction.
The KTEL coach from Chania to Heraklion takes close to three hours, and the eastern coastal service continues past Anissaras on the main road above the complexes.
Reaching Chania's bus station from the terminal comes first, then two coaches with a change, and then a walk down a private drive at the end of it. Most of a day, and the last part is the one that rules it out for anyone travelling with cases.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Anissaras. There is no central drop-off point and no walk with your luggage at the end. These are properties in the resort we transfer guests to regularly; if yours is not listed, it is still covered, so enter the name when you book.
Villas, apartments and private addresses in Anissaras are served the same way. Add the address at booking and the fare stays as quoted.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 173.0 km (107.5 mi), about 2 hr 29 min, and the same fixed fare from €225 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Anissaras at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Anissaras back to Chania Airport covers the same 173.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The first minutes go on getting the vehicle out to the coast road and past Chersonissos, the slowest westbound stretch on this coast in high summer. The Heraklion bypass, the Rethymno bypass and the Akrotiri climb shape the rest, and the last of those comes when there is least time to absorb it.
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.
Allow about 2 hr 29 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and margins for the hotel drive, the Chersonissos stretch and the climb back up to the terminal.
Give us the flight number at booking. On a cross-island run the pickup is calculated from the departure rather than estimated, and the time is printed 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 Anissaras 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 Anissaras costs a fixed €225 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €276.
It matches them. Chersonissos and Koutouloufari at 171.0 kilometres are also €225, Malia at 180.0 is €240 and Stalida at 178.0 is €264, so Anissaras is priced with its neighbours rather than apart from them.
Not on this pairing. The largest vehicle offered here is a Minivan for 8 passengers, where the neighbouring resorts on this coast are sold with a Minibus for up to 18. Larger parties need two vehicles.
Far closer. Anissaras is 22.4 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 173.0 from Chania, a difference of about two hours in each direction.
Yes. The complexes here stand behind long private drives off the coast road, and your driver takes the vehicle to the reception entrance rather than leaving you at the gate.
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 €225 for a Standard car to Anissaras.
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 Anissaras and Anissaras to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €225, 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 Crete transfers we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.