A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Kalamaki on the south coast covers 65.0 km (40.4 mi) in about 59 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €88 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Kalamaki - South Crete 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 | €88 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €92 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €98 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €130 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €215 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €415 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kalamaki - South Crete 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 Kalamaki - South Crete: 65.0 km (40.4 mi), about 59 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.
Kalamaki is a village on the south coast of the Heraklion region, at the northern end of the long beach that runs down towards Matala. Kalamaki in the south should not be confused with the Kalamaki west of Chania: the two share a name and sit on opposite coasts.
The beach here is sand and open to the Libyan Sea, wide and exposed, with the village set immediately behind it.
Development is low-rise and the settlement is small, with Pitsidia inland and Komos beach running south along the same shore.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa in the village or along the beach road.
Crete has two places called Kalamaki, this one on the south coast and another west of Chania. Give the region or the property name at booking so the right one goes on the voucher.
The drive crosses the island from the north coast to the Libyan Sea, 65.0 kilometres in about 59 minutes. Kalamaki sits at the northern end of the long beach that runs south towards Matala, and the route to it is inland almost the whole way.
Heraklion is passed on the bypass and the road turns south, climbing out of the coastal plain into the hills behind the city.
The Messara follows, wide and agricultural, with Mires on the road across it. Greenhouses and olive groves fill the plain either side.
The last stretch turns towards the sea past Pitsidia at 62.0 kilometres. Kalamaki is 3 kilometres further, and the beach in front of it is open to the Libyan Sea rather than sheltered, which is the main difference between this shore and the coves further along it.
The public route requires a change at Mires and a village service beyond it.
Both legs run on a rural timetable, and the first begins at Heraklion's bus station rather than the airport. For a journey the car does in under an hour, the public version takes most of a day when the connections do not line up.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kalamaki - South Crete. 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 Kalamaki - South Crete 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: 65.0 km (40.4 mi), about 59 min, and the same fixed fare from €88 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kalamaki - South Crete at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Kalamaki back to Heraklion Airport is the same 65.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The climb out of the Messara is the slow section northbound, worse in the early morning with farm traffic on the road, so departure pickups reflect that rather than the daytime run.
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 Kalamaki we work back from your flight: about 59 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the Messara and the climb back to the north coast.
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 Kalamaki - South Crete 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 €88 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €130.
No. Crete has two places called Kalamaki, this one on the south coast near Matala and another on the beach west of Chania. Give the region at booking so the right one goes on the voucher.
Matala is 66.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 65.0 to Kalamaki, so the two are close and are reached by different turnings from the same plain.
Wide sand, open to the Libyan Sea rather than sheltered by headlands, with Komos beach continuing south along the same shore.
The beach continuing south along the same sand, with a Minoan harbour site excavated behind it. It is within walking distance of Kalamaki along the shore.
It is the inland village a few kilometres back from the shore, with more in the way of tavernas and rooms than the beach itself, and it is where some Kalamaki addresses actually are.
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 €88 for a Standard car to Kalamaki - South Crete.
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 Kalamaki - South Crete and Kalamaki - South Crete to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €88, 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.