A private transfer from Chania Airport to Sfakaki covers 79.3 km (49.3 mi) in about 1 hr 14 min and costs a fixed fare from €124 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Sfakaki 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 | €124 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €164 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €236 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sfakaki 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 Sfakaki: 79.3 km (49.3 mi), about 1 hr 14 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.
Sfakaki is a small coastal settlement on the beach strip east of Rethymno, between Skaleta and Adelianos Kampos. Sfakaki is one of the quieter stretches of that shore, with low-rise apartments and small hotels rather than the larger complexes closer to the city.
The beach is sand and shingle and continuous with its neighbours, running west without a break towards Rethymno.
Its appeal is being on the strip without being in the busiest part of it, while Rethymno stays close enough for an evening out.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa on the beach road or behind it.
Sfakaki, Skaleta and Adelianos Kampos share the same shore and their addresses look alike. Give the accommodation name at booking so the driver stops at the right one.
The route east covers Apokoronas and Georgioupolis, then the climb past Armeni and the descent into Rethymno.
The city is passed on its bypass and the beach strip follows: Platanias first at 73.6 kilometres from this airport, then Adelianos Kampos, then Sfakaki.
Sfakaki is one of the quieter parts of that strip, low-rise apartments and small hotels rather than the larger complexes closer to the city.
Four settlements share this beach in a row and their addresses look alike. Skaleta is 81.2 kilometres from here, Sfakaki 79.3 and Platanias 73.6, so the hotel name rather than the area is what tells the driver which turning off the coast road to take. Rethymno's eastern strip is four settlements with four names on one continuous beach, and the practical differences are small: how far you are from the old town, and whether the hotel sits on the beach road or behind the national road.
The intercity coach runs above the strip on the national road and does not stop at hotels.
Getting here by public transport means the airport bus into Chania, the coach to Rethymno, then a further leg east along the beach road with your luggage.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sfakaki. 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 Sfakaki 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: 79.3 km (49.3 mi), about 1 hr 14 min, and the same fixed fare from €124 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sfakaki at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Sfakaki back to Chania Airport is the same 79.3 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Westbound the Rethymno bypass and then the Chania approach are the two slow points, both worse in the morning.
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.
About 1 hr 14 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and margins for the Rethymno bypass and the Chania approach.
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 Sfakaki 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 Sfakaki costs a fixed €124 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €164.
Between Adelianos Kampos to the west and Skaleta to the east, at 79.3 kilometres from this airport.
Yes, slightly. Sfakaki is 72.7 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 79.3 from Chania.
An SUV for up to 4 passengers, a Minivan for up to 8, and a Minibus for up to 18. Each fare covers the whole vehicle rather than a seat in it.
Platanias, at 73.6 kilometres from this airport. Adelianos Kampos, Sfakaki and Skaleta follow it eastward.
Sfakaki, the second of them coming from the west. From this airport Adelianos Kampos is 78.0 kilometres, Sfakaki 79.3, Skaleta 81.2 and Panormos 90.5, and the fares run €124, €124, €128 and €135 for an SUV.
The properties between the beach and the old road, among them Rethymno Beach, CHC Imperial Palace, Sofia and Amnissos.
The same continuous sand that runs from Rethymno to Skaleta, with the old coast road behind it and the hotels set between the two. Sfakaki is quieter than the Platanias end and has less between the properties and the water.
A few minutes by road, and too far to walk comfortably from this end of the strip. Guests who want the old town on foot book the western end at Platanias instead.
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 €124 for a Standard car to Sfakaki.
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 Sfakaki and Sfakaki to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €124, 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 private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.