A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Gerani near Chania covers 153.0 km (95.1 mi) in about 1 hr 58 min and costs a fixed fare from €165 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Gerani - Chania 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 | €165 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €175 |
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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 | €200 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €400 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Gerani - Chania 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 Gerani - Chania: 153.0 km (95.1 mi), about 1 hr 58 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.
Gerani is a coastal village west of Chania, on the beach strip between Platanias and Maleme. Gerani in Chania should not be confused with the Gerani near Rethymno: the two share a name and sit about 80 kilometres apart on the same coast.
The village lies at the mouth of a small gorge, and the beach in front of it is sand and shingle, continuous with its neighbours along the strip.
Development here is thinner than at Platanias, which is a few minutes east, and the older village sits inland of the coast road.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the beach side or in the village behind.
Crete has two places called Gerani, this one west of Chania and another near Rethymno. Give the region and the property name at booking so the right one goes on the voucher.
The drive crosses the island from end to end, 153.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 58 min. Gerani sits on the beach strip west of Chania, so this route runs the full north coast and then continues past the city.
The eastern half is the coastal run to Rethymno at 80.5 kilometres, above Agia Pelagia and behind the headlands at Bali and Panormos.
West of Rethymno the road opens out through Georgioupolis and Apokoronas, then climbs over Aptera with Souda Bay below.
Chania is passed on the bypass, and the beach strip follows: Stalos, Agia Marina, Platanias, then Gerani. Two hours is a long transfer to a resort that sits 34.5 kilometres from Chania Airport, which is worth weighing before booking flights rather than after. The western strip is a run of resorts sold separately, and from this airport they are all around two hours away: Platanias, Gerani and Maleme sit within a few kilometres of each other at the far end of a 153 kilometre drive. From Chania Airport the same places are under forty minutes.
The KTEL coach from Heraklion to Chania runs through the day, then a city bus covers the western strip.
That is two legs plus a walk from the stop, after first reaching Heraklion's bus station from the airport. Around four hours in total against two by car, and the last stretch on foot with luggage.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Gerani - Chania. 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 Gerani - Chania 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: 153.0 km (95.1 mi), about 1 hr 58 min, and the same fixed fare from €165 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Gerani - Chania at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Gerani back to Heraklion Airport is the same 153.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The strip and the Chania bypass are both slower eastbound in the morning, and the Heraklion approach is slower again at the far end, so early departures allow for both.
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 Gerani we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 58 min of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the two city approaches.
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 Gerani - Chania 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 €165 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €200.
Much closer. This part of the coast is about 35 kilometres from Chania Airport against 153.0 from Heraklion, so the western airport turns a two hour transfer into forty minutes.
No. This route serves the village on the beach strip west of Chania. The Rethymno Gerani is 90.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport and is a separate transfer.
A beach continuous with Platanias and Maleme either side, a gorge behind the village with a cave at its mouth, and thinner development than the strip immediately east.
Platanias to the east and Maleme to the west, both on the same continuous beach. From Chania Airport they are 34.5 and 37.6 kilometres respectively.
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 €165 for a Standard car to Gerani - Chania.
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 Gerani - Chania and Gerani - Chania to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €165, 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 taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.