A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Karteros covers 5.8 km (3.6 mi) in about 7 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €36 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Karteros 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 | €36 |
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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: Karteros 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 Karteros: 5.8 km (3.6 mi), about 7 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.
Karteros is a beach immediately east of Heraklion, at the mouth of a gorge that runs down to the sea. Karteros is one of the two beaches the city uses itself, alongside Amnissos next door, which gives it a different character from the resorts further east: busiest at weekends, quieter mid-week in high season.
The beach is sand and shingle, backed by tavernas along the coast road rather than by hotels.
Its position is the practical point. Heraklion Airport is 5.8 kilometres away, closer than any resort, and the city centre is a short drive west.
We drop you at the door of your accommodation, on the coast road or in the streets behind it.
Karteros is small and its addresses are usually given by property name rather than number. Give that name at booking as well as the area.
The drive runs east for 5.8 kilometres and takes about 7 minutes, which makes Karteros the closest beach to Heraklion Airport. The car is on the coast road within a minute of leaving the terminal.
Karteros sits at the mouth of a gorge, and the road inland follows that gorge up towards the villages behind the coast. The beach and the tavernas occupy the flat ground at the bottom.
Amnissos is immediately alongside at 5.6 kilometres, close enough that the two share the same stretch of shore and are often described together.
Neither is a resort. These are the beaches Heraklion itself uses, which shows in the rhythm of the place: full on a Sunday, quiet on a Wednesday in the same week of August.
The gorge behind the beach is the other half of what makes this spot. The road up it leads to the villages on the slopes behind Heraklion, and the walk in from the coast is a short one, which is unusual for a beach this close to an airport.
The coastal bus between Heraklion and the eastern resorts stops near Karteros.
It runs from the city rather than the airport, so a public arrival would mean going west into Heraklion and coming back east again. For a 7 minute drive that is a genuinely absurd exchange with luggage.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Karteros. 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 Karteros 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: 5.8 km (3.6 mi), about 7 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Karteros at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Karteros back to Heraklion Airport is the same 5.8 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The run is short enough that traffic barely affects it, so departures from here need the least buffer of any route we sell.
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 Karteros we work back from your flight: about 7 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for.
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 Karteros 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 Karteros costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
It is the closest we sell a transfer to, at 5.8 kilometres. Amnissos alongside it is 5.6 kilometres by its own route, and the two share the same stretch of shore.
It is one of Heraklion's own beaches rather than a resort, so it fills at weekends and stays comparatively quiet mid-week, which is the opposite pattern to the resorts further east.
A gorge running inland, with the road following it up towards the villages behind the coast. The beach and its tavernas sit on the flat ground at the mouth.
They adjoin each other on the same shore. Amnissos is 5.6 kilometres from Heraklion Airport and Karteros 5.8, and each is booked as its own transfer.
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 €36 for a Standard car to Karteros.
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 Karteros and Karteros to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €36, 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 transfers we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.