A private transfer from Chania Airport to Kolymbari covers 43.1 km (26.8 mi) in about 41 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €73 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Kolymbari 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 | €73 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €107 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €174 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kolymbari 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.
Kolymbari is a village at the base of the Rodopos peninsula, on the coast west of Chania where the beach strip ends and the headland begins. Kolymbari is built around a working harbour and a long pebble beach, and it keeps the feel of a village rather than a resort.
Gonia Monastery stands at the northern edge of the village, above the sea, and the Orthodox Academy of Crete sits beside it.
The road north from here runs out along the Rodopos peninsula, an empty limestone headland with no settlements on it, which is why Kolymbari is the last village on this stretch of coast.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the village or along the coast road either side of it.
Kolymbari's lanes towards the harbour are narrow. Where an address sits on one, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and confirms it before the day.
The drive runs west for 43.1 kilometres and takes about 41 minutes, ending where the beach strip stops and the Rodopos peninsula begins. Kolymbari is the last village on this coast before the headland, and the road beyond it leads nowhere except out along the peninsula.
The car crosses Akrotiri, passes Chania on the bypass and takes the coast road west through the suburbs at Daratsos and Galatas.
The resort strip follows: Stalos, Agia Marina, Platanias, Gerani and Maleme in a continuous line along the sand. Tavronitis is the junction where the mountain road south to Paleochora leaves, and after it the coast road runs on alone for the last few kilometres.
Kolymbari itself is entered along the shore. Gonia Monastery stands above the sea at the northern edge of the village with the Orthodox Academy of Crete beside it, and the harbour and pebble beach lie below, which is where most accommodation sits.
The KTEL coach towards Kissamos stops at Kolymbari and runs regularly through the day.
Getting to it from the airport means the airport bus into Chania and a change at the central station. Two legs plus a wait against 41 minutes in one car, and the coach sets you on the main road above the village rather than down by the harbour.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kolymbari. 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 Kolymbari 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: 43.1 km (26.8 mi), about 41 min, and the same fixed fare from €73 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kolymbari at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Kolymbari back to Chania Airport is the same 43.1 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The strip east of the village is slower in the morning, so a departure pickup from Kolymbari is timed against the whole run to Chania rather than against the quiet road at this end.
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 Kolymbari we work back from your flight: about 41 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the strip and 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 Kolymbari 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 Kolymbari costs a fixed €73 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €107.
About 41 min for the 43.1 km (26.8 mi) route. The beach strip between Chania and Maleme is the part that varies; the last few kilometres are consistently clear.
It is the last village before the Rodopos peninsula and sits on the road west, so both are further on from here. Kissamos, at 56.3 kilometres from the airport, is the town those boats and roads actually start from.
The monastery is at the northern edge of the village, above the sea. Give it as the drop-off address if that is where you want to be left, or ask at booking if you want a stop before your hotel.
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 €73 for a Standard car to Kolymbari.
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 Kolymbari and Kolymbari to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €73, 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.