A private transfer from Chania Airport to Daratsos covers 20.0 km (12.4 mi) in about 34 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €49 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Daratsos 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 | €49 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €84 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €158 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Daratsos 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 Daratsos: 20.0 km (12.4 mi), about 34 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.
Daratsos is a suburb on the western edge of Chania, inland of the coast between the city and the beach districts. Daratsos is residential rather than a resort, part of the continuous built-up area that runs west from Chania towards Stalos.
There is no beach in Daratsos itself. Agioi Apostoloi, Chrissi Akti and Kalamaki all lie a short distance north, and the sand at Agia Marina begins a few kilometres beyond them.
Accommodation here is apartments and small hotels, used by visitors who want the city close by at lower cost than a seafront address.
We drop you at the door of your apartment, hotel or villa in the suburb.
Daratsos runs into its neighbours without an obvious boundary and its streets are residential. Give the property name at booking as well as the street.
The drive crosses Akrotiri and comes down the western side of Chania, 20.0 kilometres in about 34 minutes. Daratsos sits inland of the beach districts rather than on the coast, so the route ends in a residential suburb rather than at the sea.
The car leaves the terminal, crosses the peninsula and descends towards Souda Bay before turning for the city.
Chania is skirted rather than crossed, and the road picks up the western suburbs beyond it. Daratsos lies just inland of Agioi Apostoloi and Chrissi Akti, with Kalamaki and Galatas on the same side.
Nothing here announces a boundary. The suburbs run together from Chania out towards Stalos, which is why an address given as a district rather than a property name is rarely enough to identify a door.
The western suburbs are each sold separately and their distances from the airport are close: Agioi Apostoloi 16.4 kilometres, Chrissi Akti 18.6, Daratsos 20.0 and Kalamaki 27.0. They differ by whether the address is on the shore or set back from it rather than by any real distance.
City buses serve Daratsos frequently, since it is part of Chania.
No service runs from the airport itself, so a public arrival means the airport bus into the centre and a change to come back west. Two legs plus a wait for 20 kilometres, at whatever hour the flight lands.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 20.0 km (12.4 mi), about 34 min, and the same fixed fare from €49 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Daratsos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Daratsos back to Chania Airport is the same 20.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Morning traffic on the city's western approaches is the slow part, so departures are timed against Chania rather than against the distance.
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 Daratsos we work back from your flight: about 34 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the city.
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 Daratsos 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 Daratsos costs a fixed €49 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €84.
Not in the suburb itself. Kalamaki at 27.0 kilometres from the airport, Chrissi Akti at 18.6 and Agioi Apostoloi at 16.4 are all a short distance north and each is booked separately.
About half the route is town driving. Crossing Akrotiri is quick; the descent into Chania and the run through the western suburbs are not.
A few minutes east. Daratsos is part of the continuous built-up area, so the harbour is a short drive rather than a journey.
It sits inland of them. Agioi Apostoloi is 16.4 kilometres from the airport, Chrissi Akti 18.6 and Kalamaki 27.0, all on the shore; Daratsos at 20.0 is the residential ground behind.
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 €49 for a Standard car to Daratsos.
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 Daratsos and Daratsos to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €49, 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.