A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Heraklion Town covers 4.3 km (2.7 mi) in about 10 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €34 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Heraklion Town 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 | €34 |
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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: Heraklion Town 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 Heraklion Town: 4.3 km (2.7 mi), about 10 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.
Heraklion is the capital of Crete and its largest city, built inside a ring of Venetian walls on the north coast. Heraklion holds the Archaeological Museum, which has the Minoan collection from Knossos and is the reason many visitors come to the city at all, and the palace site itself lies a few kilometres inland.
The centre is compact and walkable. The Venetian harbour with the Koules fortress at its mouth, the Morosini lion fountain, the market street and the museum all sit within a few hundred metres of each other.
The city works as a base rather than a beach resort. Its own sand is at Ammoudara to the west and Amnissos and Karteros to the east, all a short drive out.
We drop you at the door of your hotel or apartment wherever a vehicle can legally reach it.
Heraklion's centre is a grid of one-way and pedestrianised streets, and several of the older lanes take no car at all. Your driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day. Give the hotel name as well as the street, because numbering restarts across districts.
The drive covers 4.3 kilometres in about 10 minutes and is the shortest transfer we sell. Heraklion Airport sits on the eastern edge of the city, close enough that the terminal and the Venetian walls are within sight of the same stretch of road.
The route leaves the airport, joins the coastal road above the port and turns into the city from the north side. The harbour with the Koules fortress is on the right as the car comes in.
Inside the walls the picture changes. Heraklion's centre is a grid of one-way streets with pedestrianised sections through the middle, so the last few hundred metres depend entirely on which side of the centre your hotel is on rather than on distance.
That is the whole argument for a booked transfer over a short distance: not the driving, which is nothing, but knowing in advance where the car can legally stop and having someone waiting when a flight lands at an hour the rank is empty.
The public bus between the airport and the city centre runs frequently and costs a fraction of any car.
It sets down at the main bus stops rather than at hotels, so an address inside the pedestrian zone still leaves a walk with luggage. For a party of one or two travelling light the bus is a sensible choice. For a family arriving late, the fixed fare and a driver holding a name board is the difference worth paying for.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Heraklion Town. 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 Heraklion Town 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: 4.3 km (2.7 mi), about 10 min, and the same fixed fare from €34 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Heraklion Town at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Heraklion Town back to the airport is the same 4.3 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Getting out of the centre in the morning takes longer than getting in, so an early departure is set with the one-way system in mind rather than the ten minute drive.
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 Heraklion we work back from your flight: about 10 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a few minutes for reaching the car if your hotel sits inside the pedestrian zone.
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 Heraklion Town 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 Heraklion Town costs a fixed €34 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
About 10 min for the 4.3 km (2.7 mi) route. The airport sits on the eastern edge of the city, so the drive is short and the variable part is reaching an address inside the walls.
The case is certainty rather than distance. The fare is fixed, the driver tracks the flight, and someone is waiting by name at an hour when the rank may be empty.
As close as the street allows. Where the address sits behind a pedestrianised section, the driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and tells you which one before the day.
Knossos lies a few kilometres inland from the centre and is reached from the city rather than from the airport road. Most visitors staying in Heraklion make it a half-day trip.
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 €34 for a Standard car to Heraklion Town.
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 Heraklion Town and Heraklion Town to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €34, 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.