A private transfer from Chania Airport to Sissi covers 189.0 km (117.4 mi) in about 2 hr 39 min and costs a fixed fare from €264 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Sissi 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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Standard | Skoda Octavia, VW ID.3 | up to 3 | 3 | €264 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €276 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €282 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €318 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €420 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sissi 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 Sissi: 189.0 km (117.4 mi), about 2 hr 39 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.
Sissi is a small fishing village on the north coast of Lassithi, set around a narrow natural inlet between Malia and Milatos. Sissi kept its harbour rather than replacing it, so the centre is still a line of tavernas along the water with the boats tied up below the tables.
The village is deliberately quieter than the resorts west of it. Development here is low-rise and spread along the shore, the beaches are small coves rather than one long strip, and there is no nightlife district of the kind Malia is known for.
Sissi works for people who want the north coast without the crowds, and it stays within easy reach of them: the Lassithi plateau climbs inland from here, and Agios Nikolaos lies further east along the same road.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the village or in the small developments spread along the coast either side of it.
The lanes down to the harbour are narrow and some end at the water. Your driver uses the nearest point a car can turn and confirms it with you before the day.
The drive crosses the island east, 189.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 39 min, and ends at the fishing village on the inlet past Malia.
Sissi is the point where the north coast stops being a resort strip. Malia, 9 kilometres back at 180.0 kilometres, is the last of the built-up shore; east of it the development thins to low-rise pockets and the coast road runs between them rather than through them.
The car comes down off Akrotiri onto the national road east of Chania. Aptera and Souda Bay open the run, the Apokoronas villages and Georgioupolis follow, and Rethymno passes at 70.3 kilometres.
Panormos, Bali and Fodele take the headlands, the cliffs above Agia Pelagia bring the road to Ammoudara at 139.0 kilometres, and Heraklion goes by on the bypass. Kokkini Hani, Gouves, Chersonissos, Stalida and Malia carry the eastern coast, and the turning for Sissi comes shortly after the last of them.
The fare here is the same €264 as Stalida, 11 kilometres back down the road, so the last stretch east adds nothing to the price of a Standard car.
The village is built around a narrow natural inlet and kept its harbour rather than replacing it, so the centre is still a line of tavernas along the water with the boats tied up below the tables. The beaches are small sand and shingle coves either side rather than one strip, and there is no nightlife district of the kind Malia is known for.
Porto Sisi Hotel Apartments, Hotel Palm Bay, Castello Village, Maritimo Beach Hotel and Sissi Bay are spread through the village and the small developments along the coast either side of it.
The lanes down to the harbour are narrow and some end at the water, so your driver uses the nearest point a car can turn and confirms it before the day.
The KTEL coach from Chania reaches Heraklion in close to three hours, and the eastern service towards Agios Nikolaos passes the Sissi turning on the main road above the village.
From that stop the harbour is a walk downhill, after the airport-to-station leg, two coaches and a change. Sissi is a place most people arrive at by car for the same reason it is quiet.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sissi. 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 Sissi 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: 189.0 km (117.4 mi), about 2 hr 39 min, and the same fixed fare from €264 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sissi at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Sissi back to Chania Airport covers the same 189.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb from the village to the main road opens the return, then Malia, Stalida and Chersonissos in the first half hour, which is the slow part westbound in summer. The Akrotiri climb comes at the very 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.
Allow about 2 hr 39 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline requires, and margins for the harbour lanes, the resort strip and the climb to the terminal.
Send the flight number at booking. On a cross-island route the pickup is calculated from it and printed 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 Sissi 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 Sissi costs a fixed €264 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €318.
Not for a Standard car. Stalida is 178.0 kilometres from this airport and Sissi 189.0, and both are €264.
No. Malia is 9 kilometres west and has the strip; Sissi is a fishing village around a harbour inlet, low-rise, with small coves instead of one long beach.
Considerably. Sissi sits on the coast east of Heraklion, and arriving there rather than at Chania removes most of the drive.
The village and coastal properties, among them Porto Sisi Hotel Apartments, Hotel Palm Bay, Castello Village, Maritimo Beach Hotel and Sissi Bay.
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 €264 for a Standard car to Sissi.
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 Sissi and Sissi to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €264, 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.