A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Almyrida covers 127.0 km (78.9 mi) in about 1 hr 49 min and costs a fixed fare from €125 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Almyrida 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 | €125 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €156 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €160 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €175 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €320 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €765 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Almyrida 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 Almyrida: 127.0 km (78.9 mi), about 1 hr 49 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.
Almyrida is a small resort on the Apokoronas coast east of Chania, set on a shallow sandy bay at the foot of the Drapanos peninsula. Almyrida sits 2.4 kilometres from its larger neighbour Kalyves and shares the same stretch of protected water, which stays calm and shallow a long way out.
The resort is compact. Tavernas and shops line the seafront, the beach runs directly in front of them, and the accommodation is mostly apartments and villas rather than large hotels.
The shallow bay and the afternoon breeze make Almyrida one of the places on this coast used for windsurfing, and the hill villages of Plaka, Kokkino Chorio and Gavalochori sit immediately above it.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the lanes behind it.
Many Almyrida addresses are villas on the hillside rather than numbered streets. Give the property name and the owner's directions when you book, so the driver has more than a street to work from.
The drive runs the length of the north coast and turns down onto the Apokoronas shore, 127.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 49 min.
The first hour and a half is the coast road: past Heraklion and Rethymno, then Georgioupolis and Kavros at the mouth of the Almyros.
The Apokoronas turnings follow, and the road drops through farmland to Kalyves, which sits 2.4 kilometres short of Almyrida on the same shallow bay.
The last kilometres run along the shoreline between the two. Almyrida's seafront is the road, and the villas above it are reached by lanes that climb sharply, which is the slowest part of the whole journey.
At nearly two hours this is a long way to come for a bay that sits 33.3 kilometres from Chania Airport. If the flights are still open, the western airport turns this into three quarters of an hour. Almyrida is used for windsurfing because of the afternoon breeze that funnels along this bay, and the shallow water that lets beginners stand a long way out. Both are properties of the bay rather than the village, and Kalyves beside it shares them.
No public service runs from Heraklion Airport to Almyrida.
The route would be a coach to Chania, the Apokoronas bus towards Kalyves, then a taxi or a walk for the final stretch, after first getting from the airport into Heraklion's bus station. Four stages, and the last connection of the day leaves Chania early in the evening.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Almyrida. 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 Almyrida 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: 127.0 km (78.9 mi), about 1 hr 49 min, and the same fixed fare from €125 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Almyrida at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Almyrida back to Heraklion Airport is the same 127.0 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
The climb out of the village comes first, then the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach. An early flight from here means leaving 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.
About 1 hr 49 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and margins for the village lanes, the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach.
Give us the flight number at booking and the exact pickup time 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 Almyrida 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 Almyrida costs a fixed €125 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €175.
Much closer. Almyrida is 33.3 kilometres from Chania Airport against 127.0 from Heraklion.
No. Kalyves sits 2.4 kilometres along the same bay and is booked separately.
Yes, with the property name and the owner's directions. Many Almyrida villas sit on unnamed hillside lanes.
A regular afternoon breeze along the bay and water shallow enough to stand in well out from the shore.
Kalyves is 123.0 kilometres from this terminal and sells nothing smaller than an SUV at €175. Almyrida is 127.0 and starts at €125 for a Standard car, so the further of the two bays is fifty euros less for a party of three.
Swimming and windsurfing. The water stays shallow and calm a long way out and the afternoon breeze is reliable, which is an unusual combination on this coast.
2.4 kilometres along the same protected water, and a separate transfer with its own fare.
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 €125 for a Standard car to Almyrida.
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 Almyrida and Almyrida to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €125, 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.