A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Anissaras covers 22.4 km (13.9 mi) in about 22 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 Anissaras 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 | €42 |
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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 | €95 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €180 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Anissaras back to Heraklion Airport costs the same as the arrival leg. Child and booster seats are added at booking, at no extra charge.
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.
Anissaras is a quiet coastal strip immediately east of Hersonissos, made up almost entirely of hotel complexes set along a low rocky shoreline. Anissaras has no resort centre of its own, which is precisely the point: guests get the coast without the strip, with Hersonissos a few minutes away when they want it.
The shoreline alternates between small sandy inlets and flat rock, and most of the larger hotels have built their own beach areas and swimming platforms. Sunbathing here tends to happen inside the property rather than on a public beach.
Because the area is hotel-led, there is little in the way of independent shops or tavernas within walking distance. Most guests either eat in the hotel or take the short trip into Hersonissos.
We drop you at your hotel's reception entrance.
The complexes here sit behind long private drives off the coast road. The driver takes the vehicle right up to reception, which matters in Anissaras more than most places because the walk from the road would be a long one.
The drive runs east on the VOAK, the national road along the north coast, joined directly off the airport perimeter. It is a short run, and the road sits above the sea for most of it.
Anissaras comes up just before Chersonissos, which makes it one of the earlier exits on this coast. You leave the national road and drop towards a shoreline of low rock and small sandy inlets, with the hotel complexes strung along it.
The final approach is unlike the resort runs either side. Anissaras has no centre and no strip: it is a sequence of large properties set back behind their own gates and drives. That matters for the last two minutes, because a drop at the road would leave a long walk up a private approach in the sun. The driver goes to the reception door.
About 22 minutes is the normal figure, making this one of the quicker eastern transfers.
The KTEL coastal bus passes on the main road above Anissaras on its way between Heraklion and Malia.
It does not serve the airport, and it does not enter the resort. You would reach Heraklion bus station first, then walk in from the main road along the hotel approaches, which are long by design. For a hotel-led area with no shops or centre, that is a poor fit.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Anissaras. 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 Anissaras 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: 22.4 km (13.9 mi), about 22 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Anissaras at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Anissaras back to Heraklion Airport is the same 22.4 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The driver collects from the hotel reception rather than the road. Westbound traffic towards Heraklion builds from mid-morning, so pickups in that window are set slightly earlier.
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 Anissaras we work back from your flight: about 22 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for.
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 Anissaras 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 Anissaras costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55, and the fare is per vehicle rather than per person.
About 22 min for the 22.4 km (13.9 mi) route. Anissaras sits just before Chersonissos, so it is one of the shorter runs on this coast.
Yes, to the reception door. The complexes in Anissaras sit behind long private drives off the coast road, so being dropped at the road would mean a substantial walk with luggage.
Little, by design. The area is almost entirely hotel complexes with no resort centre. Chersonissos, a few minutes west, is where guests go for shops, tavernas and nightlife.
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 Anissaras.
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 Anissaras and Anissaras 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 Crete transfers we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.