A private transfer from Chania Airport to Vamos covers 36.4 km (22.6 mi) in about 45 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €62 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Vamos 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 | €62 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €102 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €169 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Vamos 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 Vamos: 36.4 km (22.6 mi), about 45 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.
Vamos is an inland village in Apokoronas, on the high ground between the national road and the sea east of Chania. Vamos was the administrative centre of the region under Ottoman rule, and the stone buildings from that period still line its main street.
The village is known for having restored those buildings rather than replacing them, and much of its accommodation is in converted stone houses rather than in new apartments.
Vamos sits away from the coast, which keeps it quiet, while the beaches at Kalyves and Almyrida are a short drive downhill.
We drop you at the door of your house, hotel or villa in the village or the surrounding hamlets.
Vamos has narrow stone lanes and several properties sit on tracks outside the village. Give the property name and the owner's directions when you book.
The drive leaves the coast behind and climbs into Apokoronas, 36.4 kilometres in about 45 minutes. Vamos sits inland on high ground, so the last part of this route runs through olive country rather than along any shore.
The car crosses Akrotiri, joins the national road above Souda and passes Aptera on the plateau to the left.
The turning inland comes after Kalyves. From there the road climbs gradually through terraces and stone walls, and the coast drops out of sight behind.
Vamos itself is a village of Ottoman-era stone buildings along a main street, restored rather than replaced. Many of the houses now let to visitors are those same buildings, which is why an address here is usually a house name rather than a number, and why the driver needs it at booking.
Apokoronas is a region rather than a resort, and the transfers into it are priced separately by village. Kalyves on the coast is 28.1 kilometres from this airport, Almyrida 33.3, Vamos 36.4 inland and Gavalochori 36.9, with Georgioupolis at the far end of the region at 48.4.
A local bus reaches Vamos from Chania a few times a day.
It runs on a village timetable rather than an airport one, and the airport service into Chania has to come first. Two legs and a wait for a journey that takes 45 minutes by car, with the last departure of the day going early in the evening.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 36.4 km (22.6 mi), about 45 min, and the same fixed fare from €62 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Vamos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Vamos back to Chania Airport is the same 36.4 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The descent to the national road takes several minutes, and the Chania approach is slower westbound in the morning, so departures allow for both.
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 Vamos we work back from your flight: about 45 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus an allowance for the descent and 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 Vamos 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 Vamos costs a fixed €62 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €102.
The last section is inland village road rather than national road. Vamos sits on high ground away from the coast, and the climb up to it accounts for most of the difference.
Kalyves is 28.1 kilometres from the airport and Almyrida 33.3, both on the coast below the village and both a short drive downhill from it.
It is what we need. Vamos properties are usually let by name rather than street number, so give the house name and any directions the owner sent when you book.
Kalyves at 28.1 kilometres from the airport, Almyrida at 33.3, Gavalochori at 36.9 and Georgioupolis at 48.4. Each has its own fixed fare rather than sharing a regional one.
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 €62 for a Standard car to Vamos.
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 Vamos and Vamos to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €62, 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 taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.