A private transfer from Chania Town to Makrigialos covers 266.0 km (165.3 mi) in about 4 hr 7 min and costs a fixed fare from €285 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Town, or the departure run back from Makrigialos 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 | €285 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €295 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €430 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €450 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €750 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Makrigialos 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 Makrigialos: 266.0 km (165.3 mi), about 4 hr 7 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.
Makrigialos is a resort on the south-east coast of Crete, strung along one of the longest sandy beaches on this side of the island. Makrigialos shelves gently and stays shallow well out from the shore, which is the reason it is chosen by families over the pebble coves further west.
The resort runs along the coast road rather than around a centre, with apartments and small hotels set between the road and the sand.
Koutsounari, Ferma and Analipsi continue the same coast towards Ierapetra, and the Pefki gorge climbs inland from the village behind the beach.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the beach side of the road or on the slopes above it.
Makrigialos spreads over several kilometres and many properties sit on unnamed lanes off the coast road. Give the accommodation name at booking as well as the area.
The drive covers 266.0 kilometres in about 4 hr 7 min and is the one Chania transfer that crosses the island and then changes coast.
Every other long run east from Chania stays on the north shore to the end. This one leaves it at Ierapetra, cuts the narrow waist of Crete where the island is at its thinnest, and finishes along the south coast facing Africa.
Your driver joins the national road a few minutes from your Chania address. Aptera and Souda Bay come first, then the Apokoronas villages, Georgioupolis and Kavros, and Rethymno at about a quarter of the way.
Panormos, Bali and Fodele take the headlands, Ammoudara opens the Heraklion coast, and the city passes on the bypass near the midpoint. Kokkini Hani, Gouves, Chersonissos, Stalida and Malia follow, then Sissi and Milatos, then Agios Nikolaos.
South of Istron the road turns inland across the isthmus to Ierapetra on the Libyan Sea, and the last part is the coast road east through Ferma, Koutsounari, Agia Fotia and Koutsouras.
Makrigialos and Sitia Port are both 266.0 kilometres from Chania, and the fares are not the same: €285 here against €350 there. The difference is the vehicle rather than the road. This pairing sells a Standard car and the Sitia runs start at an SUV, which is worth knowing if you are choosing between the two ends of eastern Crete.
At 4 hr 7 min it is also the longest of them by time, since the south coast road is slower than the national road it replaces.
No public route reaches Makrigialos from Chania in one day without effort.
The coach to Heraklion runs close to three hours, a second service crosses to Ierapetra, and a third covers the south coast east. Three legs, two changes and a set-down on the coast road, against a car that stops at the accommodation door.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Makrigialos. 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 Makrigialos 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: 266.0 km (165.3 mi), about 4 hr 7 min, and the same fixed fare from €285 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Makrigialos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Town.
Makrigialos back to Chania covers the same 266.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The south coast road and the climb over the isthmus fill the first hour, so a morning flight from Chania means leaving in the dark. Everything after Agios Nikolaos runs on the national road and the pace picks up from there.
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 4 hr 7 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time you have been given, and a margin for the south coast road, the isthmus and the Heraklion approach.
Send the flight number or sailing at booking. On a four-hour route the pickup is calculated rather than estimated, and the time appears 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 Town to Makrigialos 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 Makrigialos costs a fixed €285 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €450.
Both are 266.0 kilometres from Chania, and this pairing sells a Standard car while the Sitia routes begin at an SUV. The fares are €285 and €350 for that reason.
The south-east coast, past Ierapetra. The route crosses the island at its narrowest point rather than following the north shore the whole way.
The properties along the coast road and the slopes above it, among them Perigiali, White Houses, Panmar Apartments, Ocean Beach Club and Sunwing Makrigialos Beach.
Considerably. Makrigialos is 118.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 266.0 from Chania Town, so an eastern arrival removes about two and a half hours in each direction.
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 €285 for a Standard car to Makrigialos.
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 Makrigialos and Makrigialos to Chania Town are the same journey at the same fixed €285, 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.