A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Kolymbari covers 162.0 km (100.7 mi) in about 2 hr 10 min and costs a fixed fare from €185 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Kolymbari 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 | €185 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €202 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €215 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €260 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €444 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €955 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kolymbari 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 Kolymbari: 162.0 km (100.7 mi), about 2 hr 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.
Kolymbari is a village at the base of the Rodopos peninsula, on the coast west of Chania where the beach strip ends and the headland begins. Kolymbari is built around a working harbour and a long pebble beach, and it keeps the feel of a village rather than a resort.
Gonia Monastery stands at the northern edge of the village, above the sea, and the Orthodox Academy of Crete sits beside it.
The road north from here runs out along the Rodopos peninsula, an empty limestone headland with no settlements on it, which is why Kolymbari is the last village on this stretch of coast.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the village or along the coast road either side of it.
Kolymbari's lanes towards the harbour are narrow. Where an address sits on one, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and confirms it before the day.
The drive crosses the island west, 162.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 10 min, to the village at the foot of the Rodopos peninsula.
Kolymbari and Maleme are five kilometres and thirty euros apart, and the five kilometres take less time than nothing at all. Maleme is 157.0 kilometres from this airport at about 2 hr 11 min and €155; Kolymbari is 162.0 at about 2 hr 10 min and €185. The road across the island is identical for both, so the difference sits entirely in how each one is reached at the western end.
Your driver meets you in arrivals and the car joins the national road within minutes. Ammoudara, Agia Pelagia and Lygaria pass in the first half hour, then Fodele, Bali and Panormos on the headlands, and Rethymno at 80.5 kilometres.
Georgioupolis and the Apokoronas slope follow, the road climbs over Aptera above Souda Bay, and Chania goes by on the bypass. The beach strip runs out through Agia Marina, Platanias and Maleme, and Kolymbari sits where the sand ends and the headland begins.
Nothing continues along this shore past the village. The road north runs onto the Rodopos peninsula, an empty limestone headland with no settlements on it, so Kolymbari is the last place on the coast a car can take you.
The village is built around a working harbour with the fishing boats using it through the year, and the beach is long pebble rather than the sand behind. Gonia Monastery stands above the sea at its northern edge, with the Orthodox Academy of Crete beside it.
Avra Imperial Hotel, Euphoria Resort, Selini Suites, Aphea Village and Chryssana Beach Hotel are spread along the coast road either side of the village. The lanes down towards the harbour are narrow, so where an address sits on one your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait.
The KTEL service between Chania and Kissamos stops at Kolymbari on the main road above the village.
Reaching it from this terminal means Heraklion's bus station, close to three hours to Chania, a change, and then the walk down from the stop with luggage. The car covers all of it in 2 hr 10 min and finishes at the door.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kolymbari. 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 Kolymbari 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: 162.0 km (100.7 mi), about 2 hr 10 min, and the same fixed fare from €185 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kolymbari at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Kolymbari back to Heraklion Airport covers the same 162.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb from the village up to the main road opens the return, then the Chania bypass and the Apokoronas stretch, then the Rethymno bypass. The Heraklion approach at the end thickens through the morning.
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.
Allow about 2 hr 10 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and margins for the harbour lanes and the two bypasses.
Send the flight number at booking. On a cross-island run the pickup is calculated rather than estimated, and the time appears 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 Kolymbari 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 Kolymbari costs a fixed €185 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €260.
Maleme is 157.0 kilometres from this airport at €155 and Kolymbari 162.0 at €185, and the quoted times are about a minute apart. The bands differ; the road does not.
An Orthodox monastery above the sea at the northern edge of the village, with the Orthodox Academy of Crete beside it. Both are within walking distance of the harbour.
Pebble, and long. The sand strip ends before Kolymbari, which is part of why the village stays quieter than Platanias and Agia Marina.
The Rodopos peninsula, empty limestone with no settlements on it. Kolymbari is the last village along this stretch of coast.
A conference and study centre founded beside Gonia Monastery, on the headland at the northern edge of the village. It sits in its own grounds above the sea and is the reason Kolymbari sees visitors out of season as well as in it.
The harbour tavernas keep village hours rather than resort hours. Kolymbari is the last settlement on this coast and gets no passing trade, so an evening arrival is quieter than a resort of the same size would be, and a late flight is worth mentioning at booking so the property expects you.
A pebble one running either side of the harbour, and quieter stretches along the coast road north towards the headland. Nothing here is a resort beach with rows of sunbeds.
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 €185 for a Standard car to Kolymbari.
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 Kolymbari and Kolymbari to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €185, 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.