A private transfer from Chania Airport to Tavronitis covers 40.0 km (24.9 mi) in about 39 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €68 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Tavronitis 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 | €68 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €107 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €175 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Tavronitis 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 Tavronitis: 40.0 km (24.9 mi), about 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.
Tavronitis is a village on the coast west of Chania, at the junction where the road south towards Paleochora leaves the coastal route. Tavronitis sits at the mouth of the river of the same name, and the bridge over it was one of the objectives fought over during the Battle of Crete in 1941.
The village has a long pebble and sand beach, quieter than the strip east of it, and a working centre used by the surrounding farms.
Its position at the junction is the practical thing about it: the west coast, the Rodopos peninsula and the south-west of the island are all reached from here.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the village or along the beach road.
Tavronitis spreads either side of the junction and the old road carries most of its addresses. Give the property name at booking as well as the street.
The drive runs west along the coast for 40.0 kilometres and takes about 39 minutes, ending at the junction where the road to the south of the island begins. Tavronitis is the point where the coastal route and the mountain road to Paleochora divide.
The car crosses Akrotiri, passes Chania on the bypass and joins the coast road through Daratsos and Galatas.
The beach strip follows: Stalos, Agia Marina, Platanias, Gerani and Maleme, one after another along the same sand, with the last of them at 37.6 kilometres.
Tavronitis is immediately beyond. The village sits at the mouth of its river, and the bridge over it was fought over during the Battle of Crete in 1941, the airfield at Maleme being the objective on the other side. The beach here is quieter than the strip behind, and the junction south is what most traffic passing through is using.
The KTEL coach towards Kissamos stops at Tavronitis and runs regularly.
Getting to it means the airport bus into Chania and a change at the central station, turning a 39 minute drive into two legs and a wait. The coach also uses the main road rather than the village streets.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Tavronitis. 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 Tavronitis 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: 40.0 km (24.9 mi), about 39 min, and the same fixed fare from €68 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Tavronitis at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Tavronitis back to Chania Airport is the same 40.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The strip east of the village and the Chania bypass are both slower in the morning, so departure pickups allow for the whole run rather than the quiet road at this 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.
For a departure from Tavronitis we work back from your flight: about 39 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the strip and the 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 Tavronitis 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 Tavronitis costs a fixed €68 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €107.
The junction where the road south to Paleochora leaves the coast, and the river bridge fought over in 1941 during the Battle of Crete. Maleme airfield lies immediately east.
Considerably. Tavronitis is past the end of the resort strip, so the beach is pebble and sand with far less development behind it than at Platanias, 34.5 kilometres from the airport.
The road to Paleochora starts here, so the south west is reached without going back through Chania. Paleochora itself is 89.8 kilometres from the airport and is booked as its own transfer.
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 €68 for a Standard car to Tavronitis.
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 Tavronitis and Tavronitis to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €68, 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.