A private transfer from Chania Town to Sitia covers 267.0 km (165.9 mi) in about 4 hr 0 min and costs a fixed fare from €351 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Town, or the departure run back from Sitia Town 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 | €351 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €370 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €410 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €495 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sitia Town 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 Sitia Town: 267.0 km (165.9 mi), about 4 hr 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.
Sitia is the main town of eastern Crete, built up a hillside above a bay at the far end of the north coast. Sitia is far enough from the airports that it stays outside the main tourist circuit, and it functions as a working port and market town with a long palm-lined seafront rather than as a resort.
The Venetian fortress known as the Kazarma stands above the town, and the streets below it climb in terraces from the harbour.
Sitia is the base for the far east: the palm forest at Vai, the Minoan site at Palekastro and the Toplou monastery all lie beyond it, and the ferry to Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes sails from its port.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the streets behind it.
Sitia is built on a slope and the lanes above the harbour are steep and narrow. Where an address sits on one, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and confirms it before 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 entire island, 267.0 kilometres in about 4 hr 0 min, and is among the longest transfers we sell. Sitia sits at the far eastern end of the north coast, roughly as far from Chania as it is possible to travel on Crete by road.
The first two hours are the north coast: Apokoronas and Georgioupolis, Rethymno at 64.9 kilometres, then the Milopotamos coast past Panormos and Bali, and Heraklion at roughly the halfway mark.
East of the capital the resort strip runs to Malia, and after it the road climbs inland and the island empties out. Agios Nikolaos comes next, then the high road across the eastern hills past the Mochlos turning.
The descent into Sitia is the end of it, and the drop-off is the town, below the Kazarma fortress. Four hours in a car is a long way to move on an island this size, and anyone whose flights are still open should weigh a Heraklion arrival, which halves it.
What this route really measures is the shape of Crete. The island is about 260 kilometres end to end and the road follows the north coast for almost all of it, so a transfer between the second city and the eastern capital takes four hours where a straight line would suggest far less. Sitia keeps a ferry link to Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes and a small airport of its own, and both are booked separately from this page when the quay or the terminal is where you actually need to be.
No public route covers this in a day comfortably.
The coach from Chania to Heraklion takes close to three hours, and the onward service to Sitia another three and a half with stops. That is most of a day, two changes and a walk from your Chania address to the station before any of it starts.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sitia Town. 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 Sitia Town 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: 267.0 km (165.9 mi), about 4 hr, and the same fixed fare from €351 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sitia Town at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Town.
Sitia back to Chania is the same 267.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
At four hours this is a full day's driving in either direction. Early departures start well before dawn, and the eastern hill road is slower in the dark.
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.
Around four hours of driving, plus whatever check-in or boarding you have been given, plus a real margin for the eastern hills and the three city approaches.
Send the details at booking. On a journey this long the pickup time is calculated rather than estimated, and it goes 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 Sitia Town 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 Sitia costs a fixed €351 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €410.
For a one-off it works, and the car goes door to door. If your flights are not yet booked, Heraklion Airport is 126.0 kilometres from Sitia against 267.0 from Chania Town, which halves the drive.
About 4 hr for the 267.0 km (165.9 mi) route, which makes it one of the longest transfers in our network.
Ask at booking rather than on the day. On a four hour route the driver's schedule is built around the pickup time on your voucher.
They are three separate points a few kilometres apart. The town sits below the Kazarma fortress, the quay is at the end of the seafront, and the airport is a short drive north. Say which you need at booking.
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 €351 for a Standard car to Sitia Town.
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 Sitia Town and Sitia Town to Chania Town are the same journey at the same fixed €351, 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.