A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Ammoudara covers 10.4 km (6.5 mi) in about 13 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €36 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Ammoudara - Heraklion 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 | €36 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €40 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €45 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €55 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €80 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €150 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Ammoudara - Heraklion 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 Ammoudara - Heraklion: 10.4 km (6.5 mi), about 13 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.
Ammoudara is the beach suburb immediately west of Heraklion, 6.0 kilometres from the city centre along one continuous sand beach. Ammoudara is where most of Heraklion's own beach hotels stand, close enough to the capital for the city to be a short drive rather than an outing.
The area runs along a single coast road with the sand on one side and hotels, apartments and tavernas on the other.
Its position suits people who want a beach base but expect to spend time in Heraklion itself, at Knossos, or at the museum in the city centre.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa along the coast road or in the streets behind it.
Crete has two places called Ammoudara, this one west of Heraklion and another on the edge of Agios Nikolaos. Give the hotel name at booking so the right one goes on the voucher.
The drive runs west past Heraklion for 10.4 kilometres and takes about 13 minutes, which makes it one of the shortest transfers we sell. Ammoudara sits on the far side of the city from the airport, so the whole journey is spent getting around Heraklion rather than travelling any distance.
The car leaves the terminal and joins the national road immediately, running above the port with the city below and to the left.
Heraklion is passed rather than entered. The road holds the seaward line until the built-up area ends, and the Ammoudara exit is the first one beyond it.
The last minutes are the coast road, with the beach on one side and the hotels along the other. Distances inside Ammoudara are small, so the exact address changes the arrival time by a minute or two at most.
Where you stay along the strip changes very little here. Ammoudara runs for a couple of kilometres along one coast road, and the difference between the first hotel and the last is a minute or two of driving rather than a decision worth making on transfer time.
What the location does decide is how you use Heraklion. The city centre is 6.0 kilometres east, close enough that the Archaeological Museum, the Venetian harbour and the restaurants inside the walls are an evening out by car rather than a day trip, which is the usual reason people pick this beach over one further from the capital.
A city bus runs between the airport and Heraklion, and a second covers the western beach.
Two buses and a change in the city centre, with luggage, to cover 10.4 kilometres. The saving is real in cash terms and small in every other, particularly for an arrival with cases at the end of a flight.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Ammoudara - Heraklion. 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 Ammoudara - Heraklion 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: 10.4 km (6.5 mi), about 13 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Ammoudara - Heraklion at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Ammoudara back to Heraklion Airport is the same 10.4 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Traffic on the city's seaward road builds eastbound through the morning, so an early flight is worth allowing a few extra minutes for despite the short distance.
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 Ammoudara we work back from your flight: about 13 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a small allowance for the city road.
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 Ammoudara - Heraklion 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 Ammoudara costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
The one immediately west of Heraklion, 6.0 kilometres from the city centre. Crete has a second Ammoudara on the edge of Agios Nikolaos, which is a different transfer entirely.
The fare is fixed and the driver waits for a delayed flight, which is the difference from a rank taxi at a busy hour. For a short run the argument is about certainty rather than distance.
6.0 kilometres, along one continuous beach. The city is a short drive rather than an excursion from here.
Barely. The city centre is 6.0 kilometres from Ammoudara and both are reached from the airport in a similar time, so the choice is between a beach in front of the hotel and the old town on the doorstep rather than between transfer times.
Your driver is assigned to the landing time we track rather than the time on the ticket, so an early arrival is met early. Give the flight number 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 €36 for a Standard car to Ammoudara - Heraklion.
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 Ammoudara - Heraklion and Ammoudara - Heraklion to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €36, 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 taxi in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.