A private transfer from Chania Airport to Rodakino covers 92.0 km (57.2 mi) in about 1 hr 50 min and costs a fixed fare from €152 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Rodakino 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 | €152 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €186 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €253 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Rodakino 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 Rodakino: 92.0 km (57.2 mi), about 1 hr 50 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.
Rodakino is a settlement on the south coast of the Rethymno region, split between a hill village inland and the beaches below it at Korakas and Polirizos. Rodakino sits on the stretch of coast between Plakias and Fragkokastello, one of the least developed parts of the southern shore.
The beaches are shingle and sand in small bays, with a handful of tavernas and rooms behind them rather than hotels.
The mountains come down close to the sea here, so the road along this coast is slow and the settlements strung along it stay separate from one another.
We drop you at the door of your rooms, house or apartment, at the beaches or up in the village.
Rodakino has two distinct parts several kilometres apart. Say whether you need the village or the coast when you book, and give the property name, since the tracks below are unnamed.
The drive crosses to the south coast, 92.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 50 min. Rodakino lies on the least developed stretch of that shore, between Plakias and Fragkokastello, and the road to it is mountain road for the second half.
The route east from Souda runs along Apokoronas on the national road as far as the turning inland.
The climb south follows, into the hills that separate the two coasts, with the villages thinning as the road gains height.
The descent to the sea is the slow part. The mountains come down close to the water along this coast, so the road drops in a long series of bends and then runs above the shore rather than beside it. Rodakino is split between a hill village and the beaches at Korakas and Polirizos below, several kilometres apart, which is why the drop-off has to be named at booking.
The southern shore of the Rethymno region is served by several separate transfers and they are far apart on slow roads. Chora Sfakion is 78.0 kilometres from this airport, Fragkokastello 85.7 and Rodakino 92.0, with Plakias further east again.
There is effectively no public route to Rodakino.
Buses serve Plakias and the larger southern villages on a thin timetable, and the coast between them has almost nothing. Reaching even those means a change in Chania after the airport. For this destination the car is not a convenience choice.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Rodakino. 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 Rodakino 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: 92.0 km (57.2 mi), about 1 hr 50 min, and the same fixed fare from €152 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Rodakino at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Rodakino back to Chania Airport is the same 92.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Early flights mean climbing away from the coast in the dark for much of the year, which is slower than the same road in daylight, and the pickup time reflects that.
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 Rodakino we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 50 min of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a real buffer for the mountain section.
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 Rodakino 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 Rodakino costs a fixed €152 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €186.
Either, but say which at booking. The hill village and the beaches at Korakas and Polirizos are several kilometres apart on different roads.
Fragkokastello is 85.7 kilometres from Chania Airport and Chora Sfakion 78.0, both west along the same shore. Plakias lies to the east.
The bays here are shingle and sand in small stretches rather than one long beach, with tavernas and rooms behind them rather than hotels.
Fragkokastello is 85.7 kilometres from Chania Airport against 92.0 to Rodakino, so a short stretch of slow coast road separates them.
Korakas and Polirizos, the two below the village, each with its own approach off the coast road. The hill village inland is a separate place again.
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 €152 for a Standard car to Rodakino.
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 Rodakino and Rodakino to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €152, 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.