A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Pitsidia covers 62.0 km (38.5 mi) in about 54 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €80 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Pitsidia 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 | €80 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €90 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €98 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €130 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €215 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €415 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Pitsidia 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 Pitsidia: 62.0 km (38.5 mi), about 54 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.
Pitsidia is an inland village in the south of the Heraklion region, a few kilometres back from the coast between Matala and Kalamaki. Pitsidia is a working village rather than a resort, built around a square with tavernas under plane trees, and it has kept that character while the beaches near it filled with visitors.
Komos beach, a long stretch of sand with a Minoan harbour site at its northern end, is the closest shore and is reached by a short road down from the village.
The village is used as a base by people who want the south coast beaches without staying on them.
We drop you at the door of your house, hotel or apartment in the village.
Pitsidia's lanes are narrow and several properties sit on tracks at its edge. Give the property name and the owner's directions when you book.
The drive crosses the island to the south, 62.0 kilometres in about 54 minutes. Pitsidia is inland of the coast rather than on it, so this route ends in a village among olive groves rather than at a beach.
The car passes Heraklion on the bypass and takes the road south, climbing away from the north coast into the hills behind the city.
The Messara opens beyond the climb, the wide agricultural plain that fills the centre of southern Crete, with Mires as its market town on the road west across it.
Pitsidia sits at the far side, a few kilometres short of the sea. The village is built around a square with tavernas under plane trees, and Komos beach lies down a short road from it, with the remains of the Minoan harbour that served Phaistos at its northern end.
Three separate places sit within a few kilometres of the village and are each sold as their own transfer, which is worth knowing when the accommodation is still being chosen. Kalamaki is 65.0 kilometres from this airport, Pitsidia 62.0 and Matala 66.0. All three are reached from the same plain by different turnings.
Agia Galini, further west along the south coast at 74.5 kilometres, is the other common choice from this side of the island and is a different road again once the Messara has been crossed.
The public route means a change at Mires and a rural timetable at both ends.
The first leg starts from Heraklion's bus station rather than the airport, and the connection onward to the village runs only a few times a day. A missed connection here costs hours rather than minutes.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Pitsidia. 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 Pitsidia 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: 62.0 km (38.5 mi), about 54 min, and the same fixed fare from €80 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Pitsidia at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Pitsidia back to Heraklion Airport is the same 62.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The crossing of the Messara and the climb back to the north coast are both slower early in the morning when farm traffic is on the road, so departures allow for that.
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 Pitsidia we work back from your flight: about 54 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the plain and the climb.
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 Pitsidia 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 Pitsidia costs a fixed €80 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €130.
Matala is 66.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 62.0 to Pitsidia, so about 4 kilometres separates them. Each is booked as its own transfer.
Komos, a long sandy beach a short drive down from the village, with the Minoan harbour site at its northern end. Matala and Kalamaki are the other two within a short drive.
It is a working village with a square and tavernas rather than a resort, which is why it is chosen by people who want the south coast beaches without staying on them.
Kalamaki at 65.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport, Matala at 66.0 and Agia Galini at 74.5. Each has its own fixed fare and its own turning off the Messara plain.
Komos is a short drive down from the village rather than a walk in summer heat with beach gear, which is why most visitors staying here use a car or a taxi for it.
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 €80 for a Standard car to Pitsidia.
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 Pitsidia and Pitsidia to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €80, 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.