A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Mochlos covers 94.9 km (59.0 mi) in about 1 hr 25 min and costs a fixed fare from €105 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Mochlos 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 | €105 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €121 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €125 |
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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 | €500 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Mochlos 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 Mochlos: 94.9 km (59.0 mi), about 1 hr 25 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.
The 94.9 km drive east from Heraklion Airport turns off beyond Agios Nikolaos and descends to Mochlos on the Gulf of Mirabello, about 85 minutes door to door. Filmed along the route a private transfer follows.
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.
Mochlos is a fishing village on the north coast of eastern Crete, between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia. Mochlos faces a small island of the same name a few hundred metres offshore, which holds a Minoan settlement and can be reached by a short boat crossing from the harbour.
The village is a single line of tavernas along the water with rooms and apartments behind, and the beach beside it is shingle.
The setting is what people come for. The coast here is steep and largely empty, and Mochlos sits on one of the few flat pieces of ground on it.
We drop you at the door of your rooms, apartment or house in the village.
Mochlos is reached by a descent from the main road and its lanes end at the water. Your driver uses the nearest point a car can turn and confirms it before the day.
The drive runs east for 94.9 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 25 min, ending at a fishing village on the coast between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia. Mochlos sits below the main road at the end of a descent, on one of the few flat pieces of ground on a steep shore.
The first hour is the eastern national road: the resort strip, the inland climb, then Agios Nikolaos at 59.8 kilometres and the run along Mirabello Bay through Istron.
Past Pachia Ammos the road climbs again and runs high above the sea, with the coast below largely empty and the villages small and far apart.
The Mochlos turning drops several kilometres to the water. The village is a single line of tavernas along the harbour, and the island a few hundred metres offshore, which holds a Minoan settlement, is visible from the front the moment you arrive.
The eastern half of this drive passes several places sold as their own transfers, and the spacing is wide by Cretan standards: Istron at 70.7 kilometres from the airport, Mochlos at 94.9, Sitia at 126.0 and Palekastro at 143.0. Between them the coast is largely empty.
The KTEL coach towards Sitia passes on the main road above the village.
Being set down there leaves a descent of several kilometres on a road with no pavement, which is not a walk anyone makes with luggage. The coach also starts from Heraklion's bus station rather than the airport.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Mochlos. 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 Mochlos 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: 94.9 km (59.0 mi), about 1 hr 25 min, and the same fixed fare from €105 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Mochlos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Mochlos back to Heraklion Airport is the same 94.9 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The climb out of the village takes several minutes before the main road is reached, so departure pickups here are set earlier than the distance suggests.
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 Mochlos we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 25 min of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus an allowance for the climb and the resort coast nearer Heraklion.
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 Mochlos 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 Mochlos costs a fixed €105 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €145.
A small island a few hundred metres offshore holding a Minoan settlement, reached by a short boat crossing from the harbour.
Sitia is 126.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 94.9 to Mochlos, so roughly 30 kilometres of coast road separates them.
A shingle beach sits beside the village. The coast either side is steep and largely empty, which is what keeps Mochlos small.
Istron at 70.7 kilometres from Heraklion Airport, Sitia at 126.0 and Palekastro at 143.0. The coast between them is steep and thinly settled.
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 €105 for a Standard car to Mochlos.
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 Mochlos and Mochlos to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €105, 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.