A private transfer from Chania Airport to Kissamos covers 56.3 km (35.0 mi) in about 54 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €90 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou 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 | €90 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €124 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €180 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou back to Chania Airport costs the same as the arrival leg. Child and booster seats are added at booking, at no extra charge.
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.
Kissamos, also written Kastelli Kissamou, is the main town of the far west of Crete, set at the head of the Gulf of Kissamos between the Rodopos and Gramvousa peninsulas. Kissamos is a working town rather than a resort, with a long seafront, a working port and an archaeological museum holding the Roman mosaics found in the area.
The town has two beaches of its own, Mavros Molos to the west and Telonio to the east, and a centre that runs a few streets back from the water.
Its port is the reason many visitors come. Boats to Balos lagoon and Gramvousa island leave from Kissamos, and the ferry along the west coast to Kythira and the Peloponnese sails from the same quay.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the town or along the coast either side of it.
Kissamos spreads over several kilometres of seafront and many properties sit on unnamed lanes above the road. Give the accommodation name at booking as well as the address.
The drive runs the length of the western coast, 56.3 kilometres in about 54 minutes, and ends at the town that serves the far west of the island. Kissamos is the last place of any size before the Gramvousa peninsula, so this route crosses everything in between.
The car leaves Akrotiri, passes Chania on the bypass and picks up the coast road west. Stalos, Agia Marina and Platanias follow along the same beach, then Gerani and Maleme, where the wartime airfield and the German War Cemetery sit above the village.
Tavronitis is the junction. The road south to Paleochora leaves here, and the coast road carries on past Kolymbari at the foot of the Rodopos peninsula before turning inland across the neck of it.
The last section drops to the Gulf of Kissamos with Drapanias on the way in. Boats to Balos and Gramvousa leave from Kissamos port, and the Kythira ferry uses the same quay, so a sailing time is worth giving us at booking.
The KTEL coach from Chania to Kissamos runs regularly and takes about an hour.
Reaching it means the airport bus into Chania first and a change at the central station, so the public trip runs to roughly two and a half hours with luggage. Anyone connecting to a Balos boat or the Kythira ferry has a fixed sailing to meet, which is the case where the timetable risk matters most.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou. 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 Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou 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: 56.3 km (35.0 mi), about 54 min, and the same fixed fare from €90 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Kissamos back to Chania Airport is the same 56.3 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Eastbound traffic on the Chania bypass is heaviest in the morning, so departure pickups from the far west are set earlier than the drive time alone requires.
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 Kissamos we work back from your flight: about 54 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the Chania bypass.
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 Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou 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 Kissamos costs a fixed €90 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €124.
About 54 min for the 56.3 km (35.0 mi) route. The coast road west of Chania holds a steady speed, so the arrival hour changes the drive very little.
Yes. Give the sailing time when you book so the pickup is set against it, and give the port rather than the town as the drop-off address.
Several sold routes sit along this road: Maleme at 37.6 kilometres from the airport, Tavronitis at 40.0 and Kolymbari at 43.1. Each is booked as its own transfer.
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 €90 for a Standard car to Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou.
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 Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou and Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €90, 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.