A private transfer from Chania Airport to Rethymno Port covers 68.0 km (42.3 mi) in about 1 hr 18 min and costs a fixed fare from €85 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Rethymno Port 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 | €85 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €100 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €115 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €280 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Rethymno Port 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 Rethymno Port: 68.0 km (42.3 mi), about 1 hr 18 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.
Rethymno Port is the harbour on the northern edge of Rethymno, immediately below the Fortezza. Rethymno Port takes seasonal ferry traffic and cruise calls, and its position puts arriving passengers within a few hundred metres of the old town rather than outside the city.
The commercial quay sits alongside the Venetian harbour, which is the small one ringed by tavernas under its lighthouse.
Because the port is inside the city, a transfer from here is effectively a transfer to Rethymno itself, and the same access constraints in the old town apply.
We meet you at the passenger quay, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
The lanes behind the harbour are narrow and partly closed to vehicles. Where your onward address sits inside the old town, the driver uses the nearest legal stopping point and tells you which before the day.
The drive runs east along the north coast for 68.0 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 18 min, ending at the harbour below the Fortezza. Rethymno Port is inside the city rather than on an industrial edge, so this route finishes a few hundred metres from the old town.
The car leaves Akrotiri, joins the national road above Souda and follows the edge of Apokoronas past the turnings for Kalyves and Vamos.
Georgioupolis and Kavros come at the mouth of the Almyros, then the climb past Armeni and the descent through Atsipopoulo.
Rethymno is entered from the western side and the port sits at the northern edge of the city, immediately below the Fortezza and alongside the small Venetian harbour. The commercial quay is the one ships use; the Venetian basin next to it is the one ringed with tavernas.
No direct public service runs from Chania Airport to Rethymno.
The public route is the airport bus into Chania, the intercity coach east, then the walk or a taxi from Rethymno's bus station to the quay. Three legs against a sailing time is the part that makes it a poor choice rather than the cost.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Rethymno Port. 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 Rethymno Port 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: 68.0 km (42.3 mi), about 1 hr 18 min, and the same fixed fare from €85 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Rethymno Port at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Rethymno Port back to Chania Airport is the same 68.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The Souda and Chania section is slowest westbound in the morning, so a pickup at the quay is timed against that rather than the open road east of it.
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 the port we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 18 min of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the Chania approach.
Give us the flight number, or the ship and its all-aboard time, and the exact pickup 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 Rethymno Port 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 Rethymno Port costs a fixed €85 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €115.
Barely, in distance. Rethymno town is 70.3 kilometres from Chania Airport and the port 68.0, because the quay sits on the city's northern edge. They are booked separately so the driver knows exactly where to wait.
At the passenger quay, with a banner showing your name and ours. The lanes behind the harbour are narrow and partly closed to vehicles, so the quay is the meeting point rather than a street address.
The old town is a few hundred metres from the quay and parts of it take no vehicle. Give the hotel name at booking and the driver gets as close as the lanes allow.
Less than the name suggests. It is a working quay with a marina beside it rather than a main ferry gateway, so most passengers booked here are staying in the old town rather than catching a boat.
The Fortezza, the Venetian fortress on the headland, with the old town filling the ground between it and the water. The quay sits at the end of that seafront.
For the Piraeus overnight, yes, and it is the one most passengers use. Rethymno's harbour serves smaller traffic and the town around it rather than the island's main sea link.
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 €85 for a Standard car to Rethymno Port.
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 Rethymno Port and Rethymno Port to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €85, 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.