A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Piskopiano covers 23.3 km (14.5 mi) in about 19 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €38 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Piskopiano 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 | €38 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €45 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €48 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €60 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €95 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €200 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Piskopiano 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 Piskopiano: 23.3 km (14.5 mi), about 19 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.
Piskopiano is a hill village above Chersonissos, on the slope behind the coast rather than on it. Piskopiano sits alongside Koutouloufari at the same height, and the two share a character the resort below does not: old stone houses, narrow lanes and tavernas built into the hillside.
The village looks down over the whole coastal strip, and the sea is a few minutes away by road rather than at the door.
Its appeal is the combination: the quiet of a village at night, with Chersonissos and its beaches close enough to reach in minutes.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa in the village.
Piskopiano's lanes are narrow, steep and partly one-way, and some take no car at all. Your driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day.
The drive runs east for 23.3 kilometres and takes about 19 minutes, ending uphill rather than on the coast. Piskopiano is one of the hill villages above Chersonissos, so the last part of this route climbs away from the sea instead of running along it.
The national road is joined at the airport perimeter and the coast passes quickly: Kokkini Hani, Gournes, Gouves and Analipsis in the first quarter of an hour.
The turn comes before Chersonissos itself. The road leaves the coast and climbs the slope behind it, and the change is immediate: olive terraces instead of hotels, and the strip laid out below as you gain height.
Piskopiano sits at the top alongside Koutouloufari, at 26.7 kilometres from the airport by its own road. The two villages share the same hillside and the same lanes of old stone houses, which are narrow enough that the final approach is slow and some addresses are reached on foot. Koutouloufari and Piskopiano are usually described together and booked apart, and the two sit close enough that a visitor walking between them takes about ten minutes along the ridge. What separates them for a driver is the approach: each has its own turning off the road up from the coast.
No bus climbs to the hill villages.
The coastal service reaches Chersonissos on the main road below, and the last part is then a local taxi or a steep walk uphill with luggage. That first leg also runs from Heraklion's bus station rather than the airport, so the public route is three stages for a 19 minute drive.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Piskopiano. 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 Piskopiano 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: 23.3 km (14.5 mi), about 19 min, and the same fixed fare from €38 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Piskopiano at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Piskopiano back to Heraklion Airport is the same 23.3 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The descent to the coast road takes a few minutes on its own, so departures from the hill villages are set slightly earlier than from Chersonissos below them.
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 Piskopiano we work back from your flight: about 19 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus an allowance for the descent and the coast road.
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 Piskopiano 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 Piskopiano costs a fixed €38 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
They are neighbouring villages on the same slope above Chersonissos, booked separately. Piskopiano is 23.3 kilometres from the airport and Koutouloufari 26.7.
As far as the lane allows. Piskopiano's streets are narrow, steep and partly one-way, and a few take no vehicle at all, so the driver stops at the nearest legal point and tells you which before the day.
Chersonissos and its beaches are a few minutes downhill by road. The village itself sits back from the coast, which is what keeps it quiet at night.
Yes, they sit on the same ridge about ten minutes apart on foot, though each is reached by its own turning by car.
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 €38 for a Standard car to Piskopiano.
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 Piskopiano and Piskopiano to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €38, 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.