A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Daratsos covers 147.0 km (91.3 mi) in about 2 hr 19 min and costs a fixed fare from €180 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Daratsos 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 | €180 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €195 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €260 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €360 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €470 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Daratsos 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 Daratsos: 147.0 km (91.3 mi), about 2 hr 19 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.
Daratsos is a suburb on the western edge of Chania, inland of the coast between the city and the beach districts. Daratsos is residential rather than a resort, part of the continuous built-up area that runs west from Chania towards Stalos.
There is no beach in Daratsos itself. Agioi Apostoloi, Chrissi Akti and Kalamaki all lie a short distance north, and the sand at Agia Marina begins a few kilometres beyond them.
Accommodation here is apartments and small hotels, used by visitors who want the city close by at lower cost than a seafront address.
We drop you at the door of your apartment, hotel or villa in the suburb.
Daratsos runs into its neighbours without an obvious boundary and its streets are residential. Give the property name at booking as well as the street.
The drive crosses the island to a residential suburb on Chania's western edge, 147.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 19 min.
The north coast carries the route: past Heraklion, Rethymno at 80.5 kilometres, then Georgioupolis, Apokoronas and the climb over Aptera.
Chania is skirted rather than entered, and Daratsos lies just beyond it, inland of the beach districts.
There is no beach in Daratsos itself. Kalamaki, Chrissi Akti and Agioi Apostoloi all sit a short distance north, and the sand at Agia Marina begins a few kilometres beyond them.
Two and a quarter hours is a long way to reach a suburb, and the honest note is the same as on every Heraklion-to-Chania route: this exists because flights are cheaper into Heraklion. Daratsos is 20.0 kilometres from Chania Airport, so the western airport turns this into half an hour. The western suburbs run together without a boundary from Chania out towards Stalos, and Daratsos sits inland of the shore ones. An address here is usually an apartment rather than a hotel, which is why the property name matters more than the district. Chania's suburbs are priced separately from this airport and the differences are marginal at this distance: Agioi Apostoloi at 144.0 kilometres, Daratsos at 147.0. Both are over two hours away, which is the number that actually matters rather than the three between them.
No direct public route exists.
Coach from Heraklion to Chania, close to 3 hours, then a city bus west, having first reached Heraklion's bus station from the airport. For a residential address with luggage that is most of a day.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 147.0 km (91.3 mi), about 2 hr 19 min, and the same fixed fare from €180 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Daratsos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Daratsos back to Heraklion Airport is the same 147.0 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
Morning traffic on Chania's western approaches is the first constraint, then the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach at the far end.
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 2 hr 19 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and margins for the Chania approach, the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion end.
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 Daratsos 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 Daratsos costs a fixed €180 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €260.
Far closer. Daratsos is 20.0 kilometres from Chania Airport against 147.0 from Heraklion.
Not in the suburb itself. Kalamaki, Chrissi Akti and Agioi Apostoloi all sit a short distance north.
A few minutes east. Daratsos is part of the continuous built-up area west of the city.
It sits inland of them. Agioi Apostoloi, Chrissi Akti and Kalamaki are on the shore; Daratsos is the residential ground behind.
Agioi Apostoloi at 144.0 kilometres and Chania Town at 142.0, all within a few kilometres of each other at the far end of a two hour drive.
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 €180 for a Standard car to Daratsos.
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 Daratsos and Daratsos to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €180, 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.