A private transfer from Chania Town to Chersonissos covers 165.0 km (102.5 mi) in about 2 hr 18 min and costs a fixed fare from €216 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Town, or the departure run back from Chersonissos 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 | €216 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €270 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €372 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chersonissos back to Chania Town 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 Town to Chersonissos: 165.0 km (102.5 mi), about 2 hr 18 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 comes to the door of your hotel, apartment or address in Chania at the time on your voucher. City pickups are door-to-door, so there is no meeting point to find.
Chania's old town sits behind the Venetian harbour, and most of it is pedestrianised. Chania's harbour lanes take no traffic at all, so where a hotel sits inside that zone the driver arranges the nearest point a car can legally stop, usually a few minutes' walk away, and confirms it before the day.
Tell us the hotel name as well as the street when you book. Old town addresses are frequently unnumbered and are far easier to find by name.
Journeys east to Rethymno, Georgioupolis and the north coast join the national road within a few minutes. Journeys west and south, towards Kissamos, Falasarna, Elafonissi and Paleochora, leave on slower roads that climb through the hills.
At your accommodation's entrance, or the closest legal stopping point when the address sits inside the pedestrian zone of the old town.
Your driver calls ahead if there is any doubt about where the vehicle can wait.
Give us the pickup address and a contact number at booking. Your driver waits at the agreed time and calls if the entrance is not reachable.
Tell us as early as you can if your plans change, so the driver can be rescheduled.
Chersonissos is the largest resort on Crete's north coast, built along a seafront strip east of Heraklion in the municipality of the same name. Chersonissos grew from a fishing harbour into a full resort town, and the old harbour is still the centre of it, ringed by tavernas and the boats that run day trips along the coast.
The resort divides clearly in two. The seafront and the main road carry the bars, the shops and the nightlife; the hillside villages behind it, Koutouloufari and Piskopiano, stay quiet and stone-built. Guests often book one expecting the other, so it is worth knowing which side of that line your hotel sits on.
The beach runs east from the harbour in a series of sandy bays broken by rock. Two of Crete's largest waterparks sit within a few minutes of the strip, which is why the resort draws families as heavily as it draws younger visitors.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the hillside villages.
The strip is one-way in places and closed to traffic at its busiest in high season. Where that applies, the driver uses the nearest hotel entrance the vehicle can reach rather than leaving you to walk the last stretch with luggage.
Your driver comes to the door of your Chania address at the time on the voucher. Where that address sits inside the old town, which most of the harbour quarter does, the car waits at the nearest point it can legally stop and you are told which one before the day.
The drive crosses most of the island west to east, 165.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 18 min. Chersonissos is on the coast beyond Heraklion, so this route runs the full north coast and then continues past the capital.
The first hour covers Apokoronas, Georgioupolis and the climb into Rethymno at 64.9 kilometres.
East of Rethymno the road runs the Milopotamos coast, past the turnings for Panormos and Bali, then Fodele and Agia Pelagia.
Heraklion is passed on its seaward side and the airport soon after, and the resort strip begins at Gouves. Two and a quarter hours is a long transfer to a resort that sits 27.9 kilometres from Heraklion Airport, which is worth weighing when flights are still open.
The KTEL coach from Chania to Heraklion takes close to three hours, then a second service covers the coast east.
That is two legs plus a change at Heraklion's bus station, after a walk from your Chania address to the station here. Around four hours in total against two and a quarter by car.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Chersonissos. 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 Chersonissos 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: 165.0 km (102.5 mi), about 2 hr 18 min, and the same fixed fare from €216 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chersonissos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Town.
Chersonissos back to Chania is the same 165.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Three separate slow points sit on this route: the Heraklion approach, the Rethymno bypass and the Chania approach. An early departure allows for all three.
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.
Two hours and eighteen minutes of driving, plus your check-in or boarding requirement, plus a margin for the three city approaches.
Send the flight or sailing with the booking and the time is worked out for you.
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 Town to Chersonissos 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 Town to Chersonissos costs a fixed €216 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €270.
Much closer. Chersonissos is 27.9 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 165.0 from Chania Town.
About 2 hr 18 min of driving. For an early flight that means leaving well before dawn.
Only with time to spare. It runs around four hours in total with a change at Heraklion.
Koutouloufari and Piskopiano stand on the slope above the resort and are booked as their own transfers from Chania. Say which of the three you need, because the turning inland comes before the seafront exit and a driver sent to the wrong one has to climb back out.
The seafront and harbour properties, among them Petra Beach Hotel, Arlen Beach Hotel, Glaros Beach Hotel, Golden Beach Hotel and Heronissos Hotel.
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 €216 for a Standard car to Chersonissos.
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.
The driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day, so nobody is left waiting on a pedestrianised lane. Give the accommodation name as well as the street when you book.
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 Town to Chersonissos and Chersonissos to Chania Town are the same journey at the same fixed €216, 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 transfers we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.