A private transfer from Chania Airport to Stalida covers 178.0 km (110.6 mi) in about 2 hr 30 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 Stalida 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 | €270 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €275 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €304 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €400 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Stalida 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 Stalida: 178.0 km (110.6 mi), about 2 hr 30 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.
Stalida, often written Stalis, is a beach resort sitting in the gap between Chersonissos and Malia on the north coast. Stalida is quieter than either neighbour, which is largely why people choose it: the same long sandy beach, without the strip.
The resort is essentially one road running parallel to the sea, with hotels and apartments on both sides and the beach along its whole length. Nothing is far from anything else, and most guests walk everywhere once they arrive.
Because it sits between the two larger resorts, Stalida works as a base for people who want the nightlife within reach but not underneath their balcony. Chersonissos is a few minutes west, Malia a few minutes east.
We drop you at the door of your hotel or apartment along the beach road.
Stalida's main road is narrow and slows considerably in high season. The driver allows for that rather than dropping you short of the entrance.
The drive crosses the island east, 178.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 30 min, and ends on the beach road between Chersonissos and Malia.
One figure on this route deserves checking before you book, because it runs the wrong way. Malia is 180.0 kilometres from this airport, 2 kilometres further along the same road, and it costs €240 for a Standard car against €264 here. Stalida is the nearer destination and the dearer fare, and the gap is €24 rather than a rounding.
The car comes off Akrotiri onto the national road east of Chania and stays on it for the next two hours. Aptera above Souda Bay, the Apokoronas villages and Georgioupolis carry the first stretch, and Rethymno passes at 70.3 kilometres.
Panormos and Bali take the headlands, Fodele arrives at 121.0 kilometres, and the cliffs above Agia Pelagia bring the road down to Ammoudara at 139.0. Heraklion passes on the bypass, and Kokkini Hani, Gouves and Chersonissos follow along the eastern coast.
Stalida is the next exit after Chersonissos and is essentially one road running parallel to the sea, with hotels and apartments on both sides of it and the beach along its whole length.
That layout makes the resort easy to walk and slow to drive. In high season the beach road moves at the pace of the people crossing it, and your driver allows for that rather than stopping short of the entrance.
Stalis Hotel, Hotel Blue Sea Beach, Palm Beach, Knossos Hotel and Cactus Bay all sit on or just off that road within a kilometre of the centre.
The KTEL coach from Chania to Heraklion runs close to three hours, and the eastern coastal service continues through Chersonissos to Stalida.
Add the airport to Chania's bus station at the start and a walk down from the main road at the end, and the public route takes most of a day. The car does it in 2 hr 30 min and stops at the door.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Stalida. 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 Stalida 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: 178.0 km (110.6 mi), about 2 hr 30 min, and the same fixed fare from €264 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Stalida at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Stalida back to Chania Airport covers the same 178.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The beach road is the constraint at the start and the Chersonissos section immediately west of it is the slowest part of the return in summer. The Heraklion bypass, the Rethymno bypass and the Akrotiri climb shape the rest.
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 30 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline requires, and margins for the beach road, the two bypasses and the climb up to the terminal.
Send the flight number at booking, and the pickup is worked back from it rather than agreed on the morning.
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 Stalida 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 Stalida costs a fixed €264 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €304.
Malia is 180.0 kilometres from this airport at €240 for a Standard car and Stalida 178.0 at €264. The two fall in different bands and the distance does not explain it.
Yes. Stalis is the shorter form in common use, and both refer to the same resort between Chersonissos and Malia.
Far closer. Stalida is 29.9 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 178.0 from Chania, a difference of about two hours each way.
The properties along the beach road, among them Stalis Hotel, Hotel Blue Sea Beach, Palm Beach, Knossos Hotel and Cactus Bay.
End to end, yes. It is essentially one road parallel to the sea with the beach along its whole length, so most guests walk everywhere once they arrive.
In the gap between Chersonissos and Malia, close enough to reach either in a few minutes and far enough that neither is on the doorstep. That position is the reason people choose it over both.
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 Stalida.
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 Stalida and Stalida 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.