A private transfer from Chania Town to Chora Sfakion covers 72.6 km (45.1 mi) in about 1 hr 28 min and costs a fixed fare from €114 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Town, or the departure run back from Chora Sfakion 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 | €114 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €138 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €252 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chora Sfakion 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 Chora Sfakion: 72.6 km (45.1 mi), about 1 hr 28 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.
Chora Sfakion is a small port on the south coast of Crete, at the foot of the mountains in the Sfakia region. Chora Sfakion is the road head for a stretch of coast that has no roads at all: the villages west of it, Loutro and Agia Roumeli among them, are reached only by boat or on foot.
The village itself is a single curve of harbour with tavernas and rooms above it, and a pebble beach on either side.
Its ferry is what most visitors come for. Walkers finishing the Samaria gorge at Agia Roumeli take the boat east to Chora Sfakion and continue by road from there.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, or at the quay if you are connecting to a boat.
Chora Sfakion is small and the harbour front is the centre of it. Tell us at booking if you are meeting a sailing, so the pickup time is set against the boat rather than the day.
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 the White Mountains to the south coast, 72.6 kilometres in about 1 hr 28 min. Chora Sfakion is the port for the villages west of it that have no roads, so this route is usually booked against a boat.
The national road east from Chania covers the first part, along the edge of Apokoronas as far as Vrisses.
The climb south begins there. The road rises steadily into the White Mountains and the villages thin as it gains height.
The Imbros gorge is the descent, a narrow pass the road follows down towards the sea. Chora Sfakion appears at the bottom against the mountain wall, and no coastal road runs west from it, which is the whole reason the ferry exists. Sfakia has a reputation on Crete for independence that predates tourism entirely, and the village reflects it: small, unpolished and busier with boats than with cars. The mountains rise directly behind the harbour, which is why no road runs west along the shore.
The KTEL coach from Chania serves Chora Sfakion a couple of times a day and is timed around the ferries.
If your plans match the timetable it works. If a boat is late or a walk overruns, the next departure may be the following day, which is the risk rather than the fare.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Chora Sfakion. 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 Chora Sfakion 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: 72.6 km (45.1 mi), about 1 hr 28 min, and the same fixed fare from €114 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chora Sfakion at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Town.
Chora Sfakion back to Chania is the same 72.6 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Northbound the Imbros is a climb, and for much of the year an early departure means driving it in the dark. Both are in the time we quote.
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.
Eighty-eight minutes of driving plus whatever you are catching, plus a real allowance for the mountain road.
If you are arriving on the ferry, give us the sailing so the pickup is set against the boat rather than a fixed hour.
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 Chora Sfakion 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 Chora Sfakion costs a fixed €114 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €138.
Usually. Walkers finish at Agia Roumeli, which has no road, and take the boat east to Chora Sfakion. Give us the sailing you expect to be on.
Yes. Arrivals here depend on the sea, so the pickup is set against the sailing rather than a clock time.
The pass the road follows down to the coast, several kilometres of narrow ravine before the sea appears.
The mountains come down to the sea. Loutro and Agia Roumeli are reached by boat or on foot, which is what the ferry from this harbour exists for.
A village west along the coast with no road to it at all, reached only by the boat from this harbour or on foot. It is the main reason the Chora Sfakion ferry exists.
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 €114 for a Standard car to Chora Sfakion.
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 Chora Sfakion and Chora Sfakion to Chania Town are the same journey at the same fixed €114, 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.