A private transfer from Chania Airport to Sitia covers 269.0 km (167.1 mi) in about 3 hr 55 min and costs a fixed fare from €350 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Sitia Town 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 | €350 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €370 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €410 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €495 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sitia Town 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 Sitia Town: 269.0 km (167.1 mi), about 3 hr 55 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.
Sitia is the main town of eastern Crete, built up a hillside above a bay at the far end of the north coast. Sitia is far enough from the airports that it stays outside the main tourist circuit, and it functions as a working port and market town with a long palm-lined seafront rather than as a resort.
The Venetian fortress known as the Kazarma stands above the town, and the streets below it climb in terraces from the harbour.
Sitia is the base for the far east: the palm forest at Vai, the Minoan site at Palekastro and the Toplou monastery all lie beyond it, and the ferry to Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes sails from its port.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the streets behind it.
Sitia is built on a slope and the lanes above the harbour are steep and narrow. Where an address sits on one, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and confirms it before the day.
The drive crosses the island end to end, 269.0 kilometres in about 3 hr 55 min, and is the longest transfer this airport sells.
Sitia has three arrival points and from here they are one destination. The town, the port and the airport are quoted at the same 269.0 kilometres, the same 3 hr 55 min and the same fare in every vehicle class. Booking the wrong one costs nothing but a driver at the wrong door, which is the one reason to name the right one at booking.
Your driver meets you in the arrivals hall and the car comes down off Akrotiri onto the national road east of Chania. Aptera and Souda Bay open the run, the Apokoronas villages follow, and Rethymno passes at 70.3 kilometres.
Panormos, Bali and Fodele take the headlands, Ammoudara opens the Heraklion coast at 139.0 kilometres, and the city goes by on the bypass at roughly half distance.
The eastern resorts run from Kokkini Hani to Malia at 180.0 kilometres, Sissi follows at 189.0, and the coast empties before Mirabello Bay. Agios Nikolaos is passed at 219.0 kilometres, and the last hour climbs into the eastern hills past the Mochlos turning before descending towards Sitia.
The town is built up a slope above its bay and works as a port and market town rather than a resort, with a long palm-lined seafront and the streets rising behind it in terraces.
What most guests use it for lies further east: Vai and its palm forest, the Toplou monastery and the Minoan site at Palekastro. Four hours of road to reach a base for the far east makes sense in a way the same drive to a single beach would not.
El Greco, Sitia Bay, Sitia Beach, Itanos Hotel and Petras Beach stand on or just above the front. The lanes above the harbour are steep and narrow, so where an address sits on one your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait.
Public transport covers this in a day and only just.
The coach from Chania to Heraklion runs close to three hours, and the onward service to Sitia another three and a half with stops, after reaching Chania's bus station from the terminal. Two changes and most of the daylight against 3 hr 55 min in one car.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sitia Town. 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 Sitia Town 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: 269.0 km (167.1 mi), about 3 hr 55 min, and the same fixed fare from €350 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sitia Town at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Sitia back to Chania Airport covers the same 269.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
At close to four hours this is a full day's driving in either direction. The eastern hill road is the slow section and it is slower before dawn, and the Akrotiri climb comes at the very end when there is least time to absorb 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.
Allow about 3 hr 55 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and a real margin for the eastern hills and the three city approaches.
Give us the flight number at booking. On the longest route in this hub's list the pickup is calculated from the departure rather than estimated.
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 Sitia Town 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 Sitia costs a fixed €350 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €410.
From this airport, yes. All three are quoted at 269.0 kilometres, about 3 hr 55 min and the same fare in every vehicle, so name the point you actually need.
Far closer, and by roughly half. Sitia sits at the eastern end of the island and Heraklion is the airport that serves it, so an eastern arrival halves the drive.
No. It is a working port and market town with a long seafront, used as the base for Vai, Palekastro and Toplou further east.
The seafront and town properties, among them El Greco, Sitia Bay, Sitia Beach, Itanos Hotel and Petras Beach.
The Venetian fortress standing above the town, with the streets climbing in terraces from the harbour below it.
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 €350 for a Standard car to Sitia Town.
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 Sitia Town and Sitia Town to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €350, 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 taxi in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.