A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Koutsouras covers 115.0 km (71.5 mi) in about 1 hr 42 min and costs a fixed fare from €125 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Koutsouras 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 | €125 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €145 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €150 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €160 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €300 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €590 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Koutsouras 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 Koutsouras: 115.0 km (71.5 mi), about 1 hr 42 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.
Koutsouras is a village on the south-east coast of Crete, between Agia Fotia and Makrigialos. Koutsouras runs along the coast road with a shingle beach in front of it and greenhouses spreading inland behind, which is the pattern along this whole shore.
The village has shops and tavernas used by residents as much as by visitors, and a small park behind the beach.
Makrigialos and its long sand beach begin a short distance east, and Ierapetra is the nearest town of any size to the west.
We drop you at the door of your apartment, rooms or house along the coast road or behind it.
Koutsouras runs together with its neighbours along one road. Give the property name at booking so the driver stops in the right village.
The drive crosses to the south-east coast, 115.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 42 min. Koutsouras sits between Agia Fotia and Makrigialos, near the eastern end of the run of settlements that follows this shore.
The first part is the eastern national road to Agios Nikolaos and along Mirabello Bay to Pachia Ammos.
The isthmus follows, then Ierapetra at 93.3 kilometres.
East of the town the road runs above the water for 20 kilometres and the settlements come in sequence: Koutsounari at 102.0, Ferma at 104.0, Agia Fotia at 106.0 and Koutsouras at 115.0. Greenhouses fill the ground inland the whole way, which is what this coast lives on outside the season. Makrigialos begins a short distance beyond. Four settlements share the 20 kilometres of coast east of Ierapetra and each is sold separately: Koutsounari at 102.0 kilometres from this airport, Ferma at 104.0, Agia Fotia at 106.0 and Koutsouras at 115.0. They differ in what sits behind the beach rather than in the beach itself, and the property name is what identifies the right one.
The public route means two changes and an infrequent local bus.
A coach to Agios Nikolaos, a second to Ierapetra, then the eastbound service along the coast. The first leg also starts from Heraklion's bus station rather than the airport, so an arrival outside the middle of the day has no workable public option.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Koutsouras. 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 Koutsouras 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: 115.0 km (71.5 mi), about 1 hr 42 min, and the same fixed fare from €125 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Koutsouras at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Koutsouras back to Heraklion Airport is the same 115.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
At over an hour and a half, with the isthmus and the resort strip both still to come, an early flight means a pickup well before dawn.
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 Koutsouras we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 42 min of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the north coast 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 Koutsouras 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 Koutsouras costs a fixed €125 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €160.
Makrigialos is 118.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 115.0 to Koutsouras, so the two are a few minutes apart on the same road.
A shingle beach runs along the front of the village, with a small park behind it. The sand is at Makrigialos, just east.
It has shops and tavernas used by residents year-round, which is not true of every settlement on this coast.
Ferma has rocky coves, Koutsounari long shingle beaches, and Koutsouras a village with year-round shops. They lie between 102.0 and 115.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport.
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 €125 for a Standard car to Koutsouras.
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 Koutsouras and Koutsouras to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €125, 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.