A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Fragkokastello covers 134.0 km (83.3 mi) in about 2 hr 18 min and costs a fixed fare from €160 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Fragkokastello 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 | €160 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €179 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €185 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €225 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €384 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €795 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Fragkokastello 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 Fragkokastello: 134.0 km (83.3 mi), about 2 hr 18 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.
Fragkokastello is a settlement on the south coast of Crete, named after the Venetian castle that stands alone on the shore beside it. Fragkokastello's castle was built in the fourteenth century and survives as a near-complete rectangle of walls and corner towers directly above the sand, with nothing built against it.
The name is also written Frangokastello and Frangocastello.
The beach in front of the castle is wide, shallow and sandy, and the plain behind it is open farmland rather than resort development, which keeps the whole place quiet even in season.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, near the castle or out along the plain behind the beach.
Accommodation here is spread thinly across open country and few of the tracks are named. Give the property name and any directions the owner has sent you when you book.
The drive crosses to the south coast west of Plakias, 134.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 18 min. Fragkokastello is named after the Venetian castle that stands alone on its shore.
The north coast covers the first stretch to Rethymno at 80.5 kilometres.
South of the city the road climbs into the hills, and the descent brings it out on the southern shore, where it turns west above the water for the final section.
The castle was built in the fourteenth century and survives as a near-complete rectangle of walls and corner towers directly above the sand, with nothing built against it.
There is no village in the usual sense. Accommodation is scattered across the open plain behind the beach on tracks that are mostly unnamed, so the property name and whatever directions the owner has sent are what get the car to the door.
The name is also written Frangokastello and Frangocastello, and all three refer to the same place. The Drosoulites are the local legend attached to this beach: figures said to be seen moving across the plain at dawn in early summer. Whatever the explanation, the plain behind the castle is empty enough that the story has never had much competition.
No practical public route reaches Fragkokastello from this airport.
The coach from Chania serves Chora Sfakion a couple of times a day and the last stretch east has almost no scheduled service outside the summer weeks. Reaching that coach means crossing the island first.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Fragkokastello. 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 Fragkokastello 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: 134.0 km (83.3 mi), about 2 hr 18 min, and the same fixed fare from €160 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Fragkokastello at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Fragkokastello back to Heraklion Airport is the same 134.0 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
The climb north from the coast is slower than the descent, and early flights mean driving it before dawn, which the pickup time allows for.
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 18 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and a real margin for the mountain crossing.
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 Fragkokastello 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 costs a fixed €160 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €225.
Yes. Fragkokastello, Frangokastello and Frangocastello all refer to the same place on the south coast.
Yes. It is 85.7 kilometres from Chania Airport against 134.0 from Heraklion.
Yes. Accommodation is spread across open country on unnamed tracks, so the name and the owner's directions are what identify the door.
A local legend of figures seen at dawn on the plain in early summer, attached to this beach and its castle.
Chora Sfakion is 146.0 kilometres from this terminal at €170 for a Standard car and Fragkokastello 134.0 at €160, and both are quoted at about 2 hr 18 min. Twelve kilometres apart and no difference in the time.
Not in the usual sense. The accommodation is spread thinly across the open plain behind the beach on tracks that mostly carry no name, which is why the property name and the owner's directions go on the 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 €160 for a Standard car to Fragkokastello.
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 Fragkokastello and Fragkokastello to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €160, 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.