A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Agios Nikolaos Port covers 61.0 km (37.9 mi) in about 50 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €70 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Agios Nikolaos - 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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Standard | Skoda Octavia, VW ID.3 | up to 3 | 3 | €70 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €79 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €82 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €115 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €170 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €370 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Agios Nikolaos - Port back to Heraklion Airport 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 Heraklion Airport (HER) to Agios Nikolaos - Port: 61.0 km (37.9 mi), about 50 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 meets you inside the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport, holding a sign with your name on it. Your transfer starts there rather than at a taxi rank, so there is no queue to join and no fare to agree on the spot.
Heraklion International Airport (HER) is Crete's main gateway and handled 4,039,249 international arrivals in 2025. Heraklion International Airport concentrates its arrivals into one short terminal, which keeps the walk from baggage reclaim to the meeting area brief even at peak season.
The driver confirms your name and destination, loads your luggage, and leaves from the airport car park. Nothing is settled on the day when you have paid online, and the fare on your voucher does not change.
The airport sits on the coast road immediately east of Heraklion city, which puts every eastern resort on a direct run without crossing town. Westbound journeys join the same national road in the opposite direction.
Inside the arrivals hall, past baggage reclaim, at the transfers meeting area. Your driver holds a name sign that matches the booking.
Look for the sign rather than a taxi rank or a car park level. The phone number on your voucher reaches a person who can locate your driver, if the sign is not where you expect it.
Give us your flight number at booking. Your pickup is then scheduled against that flight rather than against a clock time, and the driver is told to arrive later when the flight lands late.
Tell us as early as you can when a flight is cancelled or rerouted, so the driver can be reassigned.
Agios Nikolaos Port is the harbour of the Lassithi capital, on Mirabello Bay in eastern Crete. Agios Nikolaos Port takes cruise calls and seasonal ferry traffic, and its quays sit directly below the town rather than out on an industrial edge.
The harbour connects to Lake Voulismeni by a short channel, so passengers stepping off a ship are within a few hundred metres of the lake, the tavernas and the Archaeological Museum.
Boats to Spinalonga also leave from here, which makes the port a departure point as well as an arrival one.
We meet you at the passenger quay, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
For a cruise call, check your ship's all-aboard time before booking a long excursion. For a departure, give the sailing time so the pickup is timed against boarding.
The drive runs east for 61.0 kilometres and takes about 50 minutes, ending at the quay rather than in the town. Agios Nikolaos Port sits directly below the centre, so this route finishes on the waterfront a few hundred metres from Lake Voulismeni.
The road east is the national road: the resort strip to Malia, then the inland climb where the development stops.
Mirabello Bay opens on the descent, and the road comes into Agios Nikolaos along its northern edge.
The port is entered from the town side. Cruise passengers joining a ship here and travellers taking the seasonal ferries both use the same quay, and the drop-off is on the waterfront itself rather than at a terminal building set apart from the town.
The KTEL intercity coach reaches Agios Nikolaos in about 90 minutes from Heraklion's bus station.
It arrives at the bus station above the town, which leaves a walk downhill to the harbour with luggage on steep streets. Against a fixed sailing time, and after a leg into the city from the airport first, that is three stages with a deadline at the end.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Agios Nikolaos - Port. 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 Agios Nikolaos - Port 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: 61.0 km (37.9 mi), about 50 min, and the same fixed fare from €70 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Agios Nikolaos - Port at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Agios Nikolaos Port back to Heraklion Airport is the same 61.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Cruise calls have a fixed all-aboard time and the resort strip west of here is slowest through the middle of the morning, so a pickup timed against a ship is set with that in mind.
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 departure from the port we work back from your flight: about 50 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the Malia to Gouves stretch.
Give us the flight number, or the ship and its all-aboard time, 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 Heraklion Airport to Agios Nikolaos - 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 Heraklion Airport to Agios Nikolaos Port costs a fixed €70 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €115.
Only slightly. The town centre is 59.8 kilometres from Heraklion Airport and the port 61.0, because the quay sits directly below the centre. Both are booked separately so the driver knows where to wait.
Agios Nikolaos is about 50 minutes each way from Heraklion Airport, so check your ship's all-aboard time before planning around it. Tell us the ship at booking and the pickup is set against that time.
At the passenger quay, with a banner showing your name and ours. The quay is on the waterfront rather than in a separate terminal area.
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 €70 for a Standard car to Agios Nikolaos - 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.
Give us your flight number when you book. We track the flight and move the pickup to match the actual landing time, so a delay does not cost you the transfer.
Inside the arrivals hall, at the exit, where the driver waits with a board showing your name. You do not need to find a taxi rank or a car park level.
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. Heraklion Airport to Agios Nikolaos - Port and Agios Nikolaos - Port to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €70, 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.