A private transfer from Chania Airport to Bali covers 102.0 km (63.4 mi) in about 1 hr 36 min and costs a fixed fare from €152 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Bali 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 | €152 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €180 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €253 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Bali 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 Bali: 102.0 km (63.4 mi), about 1 hr 36 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.
Bali is a resort on the north coast of the Rethymno region, built around four small coves rather than a single beach. Bali sits well below the national road, reached by a descent of about 2 kilometres, which is why it is invisible to anyone driving past.
The coves, Livadi, Varkotopo, Karavostasi and the harbour beach, are each small and separated by rock, and the village climbs the slopes between and above them.
That layout decides how a stay here feels. Distances between the coves are short but steep, and accommodation is described by which cove it sits above rather than by street.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, at whichever cove it sits above.
Bali's roads are steep, narrow and in places one-way. Tell us which cove or which hotel at booking, because an address given only as Bali does not identify where in the village to go.
The route east covers Apokoronas, Georgioupolis and Rethymno, then the beach strip and the inland stretch behind the headlands.
Bali sits about 2 kilometres below the national road at the bottom of a steep, narrow descent, and nothing of the village shows from above.
It is built around four separate coves on a slope rather than along one beach, so the cove your accommodation sits above decides where the car can stop and how long the last few minutes take.
At 102.0 kilometres this is one of the longer runs from this airport to a north coast village, and Heraklion Airport is 52.8 kilometres from the same place. If the flights are still open, the eastern airport halves it. The Milopotamos coast is a run of small harbours below the national road rather than a strip along it. Panormos is 90.5 kilometres from this airport, Bali 102.0, and each is reached by its own descent, which is why neither is visible from the car on the way past.
The intercity coach passes the Bali junction on the national road above the village.
Being set down there leaves a descent of about 2 kilometres, steep enough that few people walk it with luggage, and the coach is reached only after the airport bus into Chania.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Bali. 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 Bali 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: 102.0 km (63.4 mi), about 1 hr 36 min, and the same fixed fare from €152 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Bali at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Bali back to Chania Airport is the same 102.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb out of the village takes several minutes on its own before the Rethymno bypass and the Chania approach.
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 1 hr 36 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and an allowance for the climb out of the village plus the two slow points west.
Give us the flight number at booking and the pickup 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 Bali 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 Bali costs a fixed €152 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €180.
Whichever your accommodation sits above, or the hotel name. The four coves are joined by steep and partly one-way roads.
By half. Bali is 52.8 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 102.0 from Chania.
An SUV for up to 4 passengers, a Minivan for up to 8, and a Minibus for up to 18. Each fare covers the whole vehicle rather than a seat in it.
Panormos, at 90.5 kilometres from this airport, reached by a much shorter descent than Bali's.
Bali is the top of the local ladder. Sfakaki is 79.3 kilometres from this airport at €124 for an SUV, Skaleta 81.2 at €128, Panormos 90.5 at €135 and Bali 102.0 at €152.
The properties around the bays, among them Sofia, Athina, Bella Vista and Sea View. Bali is built around several small coves, so the property name is what identifies which one the car goes down to.
Several. The village occupies a set of small coves around a fishing harbour, each with its own approach off the road above, which is why the property name rather than the village name decides where the car goes down.
Bali sits further below the road and its coves are spread over more ground. Panormos is reached in a fraction of the drop, and over 102.0 kilometres against 90.5 that difference is most of what separates the two arrivals.
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 €152 for a Standard car to Bali.
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 Bali and Bali to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €152, 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.