A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Kalyves covers 123.0 km (76.4 mi) in about 1 hr 40 min and costs a fixed fare from €175 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Kalyves 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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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €175 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €210 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €303 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €825 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kalyves back to Heraklion Airport costs the same as the arrival leg. Child and booster seats are added at booking, at no extra charge.
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.
Kalyves is a coastal village in Apokoronas, east of Chania, built where a small river reaches a long sandy beach. Kalyves is larger and more of a working village than the resorts around it, with a square, shops used by residents and a seafront that stays open through the winter.
The beach runs the length of the village and shelves gently, and a second smaller beach sits past the river mouth at the eastern end.
Kalyves is 28.1 kilometres from Chania Airport and sits directly below the national road, which makes it one of the quickest coastal villages to reach on this side of the island while remaining out of sight of the traffic.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or in the streets behind the square.
The lane along the beach is narrow and busy in season. Where your address sits on it, the driver uses the nearest point a car can wait and tells you which before the day.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kalyves. 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 Kalyves 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: 123.0 km (76.4 mi), about 1 hr 40 min, and the same fixed fare from €175 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kalyves at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
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.
We set your departure pickup from your flight or sailing time and the 1 hr 40 min drive, then confirm the exact time on your voucher. Tell us your flight number at booking and we work backwards from it.
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 Kalyves transfer, answered with this route's own distance, duration and fares.
Anything not covered here is answered when we confirm 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 €175 for a Standard car to Kalyves.
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 Kalyves and Kalyves to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €175, 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.