A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Rethymno Port covers 82.3 km (51.1 mi) in about 1 hr 14 min and costs a fixed fare from €85 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Rethymno Port 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 | €85 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €95 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €110 |
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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 | €195 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €430 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Rethymno Port 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 Rethymno Port: 82.3 km (51.1 mi), about 1 hr 14 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.
Rethymno Port is the harbour on the northern edge of Rethymno, immediately below the Fortezza. Rethymno Port takes seasonal ferry traffic and cruise calls, and its position puts arriving passengers within a few hundred metres of the old town rather than outside the city.
The commercial quay sits alongside the Venetian harbour, which is the small one ringed by tavernas under its lighthouse.
Because the port is inside the city, a transfer from here is effectively a transfer to Rethymno itself, and the same access constraints in the old town apply.
We meet you at the passenger quay, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
The lanes behind the harbour are narrow and partly closed to vehicles. Where your onward address sits inside the old town, the driver uses the nearest legal stopping point and tells you which before the day.
The drive runs west for 82.3 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 14 min, ending at the quay below the Fortezza rather than in the streets behind it.
The coast road covers the route: past Heraklion, the cliffs above Agia Pelagia, the inland stretch behind Bali and Panormos, then the beach strip from Skaleta into the city.
Rethymno is entered from the east, so the hotel strip comes before the old town.
The port sits at the northern edge of the city, immediately below the Fortezza and alongside the small Venetian harbour. The commercial quay is the one ships use; the Venetian basin next to it is the one ringed with tavernas.
Because the port is inside the city, the drop-off is a few hundred metres from the old town rather than out on an industrial edge, which is unusual among Cretan harbours and makes this a short walk rather than a second transfer. Rethymno's quay is unusual among Cretan harbours in sitting inside the city rather than beyond it. Souda is 6.5 kilometres from Chania and Heraklion's port a kilometre from its centre, but here the old town starts a few hundred metres from where the ship ties up.
There is no bus from Heraklion Airport to Rethymno.
The public route means reaching Heraklion's bus station first, then the intercity coach west for around 90 minutes, then the walk from Rethymno's station to the quay. Three legs against a sailing time is the risk rather than the fare.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Rethymno Port. 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 Rethymno Port 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: 82.3 km (51.1 mi), about 1 hr 14 min, and the same fixed fare from €85 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Rethymno Port at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Rethymno Port back to the airport is the same 82.3 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
Eastbound traffic builds on the Heraklion approach through the morning, so pickups for early flights are set with that in mind.
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.
About 1 hr 14 min of driving, plus the check-in time your airline asks for or the boarding time your ferry line requires, plus a margin for the Heraklion approach.
Give us the flight number, or the ship and its boarding time, and the pickup is set against it.
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 Rethymno Port 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 costs a fixed €85 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €130.
A few hundred metres. It sits on the city's northern edge below the Fortezza rather than outside the city.
Its own. Souda is 53.0 kilometres from the city and Heraklion Port 77.8, but Rethymno's quay is inside it.
At the passenger quay with a banner showing your name and ours.
Yes, on the northern edge below the Fortezza, a few hundred metres from the old town.
No. Rethymno town is 80.5 kilometres from this terminal and the port 82.3, and both are €85 for a Standard car. The quay is a couple of minutes past the town centre at the end of the seafront.
Hotel Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio, Barbara Studios and Separe House are among the places in the old town behind the harbour, most of them a short walk from where the car can stop.
Less than from the two big ports. Rethymno's harbour is a working quay with a marina beside it rather than a main ferry gateway, so most passengers arriving here are staying in the old town rather than catching a boat.
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 €85 for a Standard car to Rethymno Port.
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 Rethymno Port and Rethymno Port to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €85, 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 taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.