A private transfer from Chania Airport to Sfinari covers 74.8 km (46.5 mi) in about 1 hr 19 min and costs a fixed fare from €119 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Sfinari 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 | €119 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €158 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €248 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sfinari 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 Sfinari: 74.8 km (46.5 mi), about 1 hr 19 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.
Sfinari is a village on the west coast of Crete, north of Kambos on the road that runs down the western shore. Sfinari sits in a valley that opens to the sea, with a pebble beach at the mouth and a scatter of tavernas and rooms behind it.
The village proper is inland from the beach, on the slope, and the two are a short distance apart.
This coast faces west and is exposed, so the sea here is rougher than on the sheltered northern shore, and the settlements along it are small and far apart.
We drop you at the door of your rooms or house, at the beach or up in the village.
Sfinari's two parts are a short distance apart and the tracks are unnamed. Give the property name and the owner's directions when you book.
The drive reaches the west coast of Crete, 74.8 kilometres in about 1 hr 19 min. Sfinari faces the open sea on the island's western shore, a coast with far less on it than the northern one.
The route runs the familiar coast road west past Chania, Platanias and Maleme, then Tavronitis and Kolymbari.
Kissamos arrives at 56.3 kilometres, the last town of any size, and the road turns south-west from there.
The final section runs down the western shore. This coast is exposed and the settlements on it are small and far apart; Sfinari sits in a valley that opens to the sea, with a pebble beach at the mouth and the village itself inland on the slope. The two are a short distance apart, which is worth naming at booking.
The far west is a small set of widely spaced destinations rather than a strip. Kissamos is 56.3 kilometres from this airport, Fallasarna 70.7 and Sfinari 74.8, and there is little between them. Journey times here are decided by the roads rather than by traffic, which barely exists on this side.
There is effectively no public route to Sfinari.
The coach reaches Kissamos, and the western shore beyond it has almost no scheduled service outside the summer weeks. Reaching even Kissamos from the airport means a change in Chania first.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 74.8 km (46.5 mi), about 1 hr 19 min, and the same fixed fare from €119 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sfinari at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Sfinari back to Chania Airport is the same 74.8 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The Chania bypass is slowest eastbound in the morning, so departures from the west coast are set earlier than the quiet roads at this end suggest.
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 Sfinari we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 19 min 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 Sfinari 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 Sfinari costs a fixed €119 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €158.
They are a short distance apart, the village inland on the slope and the beach at the mouth of the valley. Say which you need at booking and give the property name.
It faces west and is exposed, so it is rougher than the sheltered northern shore. The beach is pebble rather than sand.
Fallasarna is 70.7 kilometres from Chania Airport and Kissamos 56.3, both north of here on the same side of the island.
Fallasarna is 70.7 kilometres from Chania Airport and Sfinari 74.8, so a short stretch of western coast road separates them, though the roads are slow.
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 €119 for a Standard car to Sfinari.
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 Sfinari and Sfinari to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €119, 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.