A private transfer from Chania Town to Souda Port covers 6.5 km (4.0 mi) in about 16 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €20 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Town, or the departure run back from Souda Port 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 | €20 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €30 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €72 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Souda Port 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 Souda Port: 6.5 km (4.0 mi), about 16 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.
Souda Port is the ferry harbour for Chania, at the head of Souda Bay 6.5 kilometres east of the city. Souda Port handles the overnight sailings to and from Piraeus, which is the main sea link for western Crete, and the bay it sits in is one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean.
The passenger terminal is separate from the naval base that occupies the rest of the inlet, and taxis and buses wait directly outside it.
Arrivals here happen at one hour rather than through the day. The Piraeus boat docks early in the morning and empties in a few minutes, which is what shapes every transfer from this quay.
We meet you in front of the passenger terminal, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Everyone leaves the boat at once, which is what the banner is for. For a departure, give the operator and sailing time so the pickup is set against boarding rather than the time printed on the ticket.
The drive runs east from the city to the ferry harbour, 6.5 kilometres in about 16 minutes. Souda is Chania's port and the departure point for the overnight sailing to Piraeus, so this route is almost always booked against a boarding time rather than a clock.
Your driver collects you at your Chania address and leaves the city on the eastern road, with Souda Bay opening on the right.
The bay is one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean and the naval base occupies most of it. The passenger terminal sits separately at the head, and the approach to it is signposted well before the base entrance.
Sixteen minutes for 6.5 kilometres reflects the city end rather than the road. Getting out of Chania's centre with luggage is the slow part, particularly from an old town address where the car cannot reach the door.
A city bus runs from Chania to Souda and is inexpensive.
It leaves from the central station rather than your accommodation, which for an old town address means a walk with cases before the journey starts. Against a boarding deadline that is the risk rather than the fare: the boat does not wait, and the last stretch on foot is the part that goes wrong.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 6.5 km (4.0 mi), about 16 min, and the same fixed fare from €20 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Souda Port at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Town.
Souda Port back into Chania is the same 6.5 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The Piraeus boat docks early and empties in minutes, so a pre-booked car is waiting rather than joining the queue that forms outside the terminal.
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 sailing from Souda we work back from boarding rather than from departure: about 16 minutes of driving, plus the terminal time your ferry line asks for, plus a few minutes for reaching the car if your hotel sits inside the pedestrian zone.
Give us the operator and sailing time at booking and the exact pickup 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 Town to Souda Port 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 Souda Port costs a fixed €20 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €30.
About 16 min for the 6.5 km (4.0 mi) route. Leaving the city centre takes longer than the road itself, especially from an old town address.
Work back from boarding rather than from the sailing time on the ticket, since boarding closes well before departure. Give us the operator and time at booking and we set the pickup against it.
As close as the lanes allow. Much of the old town is pedestrianised, so the driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day.
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 €20 for a Standard car to Souda Port.
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 Souda Port and Souda Port to Chania Town are the same journey at the same fixed €20, 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.