A private transfer from Chania Airport to Chania Town covers 14.9 km (9.3 mi) in about 23 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €40 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Chania Town 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 | €40 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €68 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €129 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chania Town 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 Chania Town: 14.9 km (9.3 mi), about 23 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.
Chania Airport sits out on Akrotiri, so the first half of this 14.9 km run is open upland rather than anything built up, and the whole drive takes about 23 minutes. Chania's old town is closed to traffic through most of its lanes, so the final approach depends on the address. Filmed along the route a private transfer follows.
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.
Chania Town is the second largest city in Crete and the capital of the Chania region, built around a Venetian harbour on the north-west coast. Chania's old town fills the ground behind that harbour as a dense quarter of Venetian and Ottoman lanes, most of them closed to traffic and several too narrow for a car to enter at all.
The city divides into parts that matter when you arrive. Topanas and Splantzia are the old quarters on either side of the harbour, Nea Chora is the seafront neighbourhood immediately west with the nearest town beach, and the modern city spreads inland around the covered market.
Chania sits 6.5 kilometres from the ferry port at Souda and forms the road junction for the whole west of the island, which is why it is used as a base for Samaria, Elafonissi and Balos rather than only as a destination in itself.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa wherever a vehicle can legally reach it.
Much of the old town is pedestrianised and some lanes take no car at all. Your driver stops at the nearest permitted point and confirms where that is before the day. Give the hotel name as well as the street, because harbour addresses are signposted by name more often than by number.
The drive crosses the Akrotiri peninsula and drops into the city, covering 14.9 kilometres in about 23 minutes. Chania Airport sits out on Akrotiri, the headland east of the city, so the first half of the run is open upland rather than anything built up.
The road leaves the terminal and climbs across the plateau, passing the turnings for the Akrotiri villages and for the Venizelos Graves, the hillside above Chania where Eleftherios Venizelos is buried and where most of the city is visible at once. Souda Bay opens on the left as the road begins to descend.
City driving is the last part and the part that decides your final few minutes. Chania's old town is closed to traffic through most of its lanes, so the approach depends on the address: harbour and Topanas hotels are reached from the western side, Splantzia from the market end, and Nea Chora along the coast road. Your driver takes the right one when the hotel name is on the booking.
About 23 minutes is the normal door-to-door figure, which makes this one of the shortest transfers we run. Late-evening arrivals clear it faster still, since the city end is what slows the drive rather than the peninsula road.
Chania is also reached from Souda, and the two arrival points are worth separating. Souda is the ferry port for the overnight sailing from Piraeus and sits 6.5 kilometres from the city, against 14.9 kilometres from this airport, so a ferry arrival is a shorter drive than a flight but lands at dawn rather than at a time you choose.
A public bus links the airport with the city and is the cheapest way in.
It runs to a timetable built around scheduled flights rather than delayed ones, sets down at the central bus station rather than at your accommodation, and leaves you to cover the last stretch into the old town on foot with your luggage. Over 14.9 kilometres the saving is real but small, and it disappears entirely if a delayed landing means waiting for the next departure.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Chania Town. 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 Chania Town 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: 14.9 km (9.3 mi), about 23 min, and the same fixed fare from €40 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chania Town at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Chania Town back to the airport is the same 14.9 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Morning departures leave the old town before the delivery vans and the day's first coaches fill the narrow streets, so an early pickup is usually the quickest run of the day.
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.
For a departure from Chania we work back from your flight: about 23 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a few minutes for reaching the car if your hotel sits inside the pedestrian zone.
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 Chania Town 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 Chania Town costs a fixed €40 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €68, and the fare covers the vehicle rather than each seat in it.
About 23 min for the 14.9 km (9.3 mi) route. The Akrotiri section runs at a steady speed at any hour, so the city end is the only variable.
Three: an SUV for up to 4 passengers, a Minivan for up to 8, and a Minibus for up to 18. Every fare shown on this page is per vehicle and covers everyone travelling in it.
Your driver gets as close as the lanes permit. Most of the old town is pedestrianised, so the car stops at the nearest legal point and you are told which one before the day rather than on arrival.
Souda is 6.5 kilometres from Chania against 14.9 from the airport, so the drive is shorter. The difference in practice is the hour: the Piraeus ferry docks around dawn, while flights arrive through the day and evening.
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 €40 for a Standard car to Chania Town.
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 Chania Town and Chania Town to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €40, 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 taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.