A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Koutsounari covers 102.0 km (63.4 mi) in about 1 hr 29 min and costs a fixed fare from €115 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Koutsounari 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 | €115 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €138 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €140 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €145 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €260 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €570 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Koutsounari 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 Koutsounari: 102.0 km (63.4 mi), about 1 hr 29 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.
Koutsounari is a settlement on the south-east coast of Crete, a few kilometres east of Ierapetra. Koutsounari has a hill village inland and a run of beaches below it, and most of the accommodation on this stretch is in low-rise complexes and apartments along the coast road rather than in the village itself.
The beaches are long and mostly shingle, with the Libyan Sea open in front and the mountains rising behind.
Ierapetra provides the shops, the market and the harbour, and Makrigialos continues the same coast further east.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the coast road or up in the village.
Koutsounari spreads over several kilometres and its two parts are distinct. Say whether you need the village or the coast when you book, and give the property name.
The drive crosses to the south-east coast, 102.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 29 min. Koutsounari lies a few kilometres east of Ierapetra, so this route takes the eastern national road, crosses the isthmus and then turns east along the Libyan Sea.
The opening section is the coast to Agios Nikolaos and the run along Mirabello Bay to Pachia Ammos.
The isthmus crossing follows. Crete narrows to about 12 kilometres here, so the change from one sea to the other takes only a few minutes, and Ierapetra arrives at 93.3 kilometres.
The last stretch runs east above the shore. Koutsounari is split between a hill village inland and a run of long shingle beaches below it, with most of the accommodation in low-rise complexes along the coast road rather than in the village, which is why the drop-off needs naming at booking.
This coast is priced by settlement rather than by region, and the distances are close together: Ierapetra at 93.3 kilometres from the airport, Koutsounari at 102.0, Ferma at 104.0 and Makrigialos at 118.0. All four sit on the same road east of the isthmus.
The public route needs two changes and most of a day.
A coach from Heraklion to Agios Nikolaos, a second to Ierapetra, then a local service east along the coast. The first leg starts from Heraklion's bus station rather than the airport, and the last runs infrequently outside the summer months.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Koutsounari. 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 Koutsounari 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: 102.0 km (63.4 mi), about 1 hr 29 min, and the same fixed fare from €115 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Koutsounari at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Koutsounari back to Heraklion Airport is the same 102.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Early flights mean starting on the south coast in the dark, then the isthmus and the resort strip, so morning pickups are set well ahead of the driving time.
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 Koutsounari we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 29 min of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the north coast resort strip.
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 Koutsounari 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 Koutsounari costs a fixed €115 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €145.
Ierapetra is 93.3 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 102.0 to Koutsounari, so a few kilometres of coast road separates them. Ierapetra has the shops, the market and the harbour.
They are separate and a short drive apart. Most accommodation is on the coast road below rather than in the hill village, but say which you need at booking.
Long and mostly shingle, open to the Libyan Sea with the mountains rising behind. Makrigialos, further east at 118.0 kilometres from the airport, has the sandier shore.
Makrigialos, at 118.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport, has the long sandy shore. Koutsounari's beaches are longer but mostly shingle.
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 €115 for a Standard car to Koutsounari.
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 Koutsounari and Koutsounari to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €115, 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.