A private transfer from Chania Airport to Chora Sfakion covers 78.0 km (48.5 mi) in about 1 hr 36 min and costs a fixed fare from €135 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Chora Sfakion 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 | €135 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €169 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €259 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chora Sfakion 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 Chora Sfakion: 78.0 km (48.5 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.
Chora Sfakion is a small port on the south coast of Crete, at the foot of the mountains in the Sfakia region. Chora Sfakion is the road head for a stretch of coast that has no roads at all: the villages west of it, Loutro and Agia Roumeli among them, are reached only by boat or on foot.
The village itself is a single curve of harbour with tavernas and rooms above it, and a pebble beach on either side.
Its ferry is what most visitors come for. Walkers finishing the Samaria gorge at Agia Roumeli take the boat east to Chora Sfakion and continue by road from there.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, or at the quay if you are connecting to a boat.
Chora Sfakion is small and the harbour front is the centre of it. Tell us at booking if you are meeting a sailing, so the pickup time is set against the boat rather than the day.
The drive crosses the island to the south coast, 78.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 36 min. Chora Sfakion is on the far side of the White Mountains, so the second half of this route is mountain road and accounts for most of the time.
The car leaves Akrotiri, joins the national road above Souda and runs east along the edge of Apokoronas past the exits for Kalyves and Vamos.
The turn south comes at Vrisses. From there the road climbs steadily into the White Mountains, and the character changes within a few kilometres: sharper bends, higher ground, and villages that thin out as the road gains height.
The descent is the Imbros gorge, a narrow pass the road follows down towards the sea. Chora Sfakion appears at the bottom of it, a single curve of harbour against the mountain wall, with the Libyan Sea in front and no coastal road running west from the village.
The KTEL coach from Chania to Chora Sfakion runs a couple of times a day and takes around two hours.
It is timed around the ferries rather than around flights, so a landing that misses the connection means waiting for the next departure. Reaching the coach also means the airport bus into Chania first, which makes the public trip three legs.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Chora Sfakion. 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 Chora Sfakion 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: 78.0 km (48.5 mi), about 1 hr 36 min, and the same fixed fare from €135 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chora Sfakion at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Chora Sfakion back to Chania Airport is the same 78.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The Imbros climb is slower than the descent, and early flights mean driving it in the dark for much of the year, so the pickup time on the voucher reflects that rather than the daytime figure.
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 Chora Sfakion we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 36 min of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a real buffer for the mountain road.
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 Chora Sfakion 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 Chora Sfakion costs a fixed €135 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €169.
About 1 hr 36 min for the 78.0 km (48.5 mi) route. The national road as far as Vrisses is quick; the climb into the White Mountains and the Imbros descent take the rest.
Agia Roumeli has no road. Walkers take the boat east to Chora Sfakion and continue from there, so a transfer meeting you at this quay is the usual arrangement. Give us the sailing you expect to be on.
Yes. Tell us the sailing at booking and the pickup is set against the boat, since arrivals here depend on the sea rather than on a timetable alone.
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 €135 for a Standard car to Chora Sfakion.
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 Chora Sfakion and Chora Sfakion to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €135, 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 taxi in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.