A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Rodakino covers 125.0 km (77.7 mi) in about 2 hours and costs a fixed fare from €155 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Rodakino 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 | €155 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €179 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €190 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €195 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €384 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €795 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Rodakino 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 Rodakino: 125.0 km (77.7 mi), about 2 hr 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.
Rodakino is a settlement on the south coast of the Rethymno region, split between a hill village inland and the beaches below it at Korakas and Polirizos. Rodakino sits on the stretch of coast between Plakias and Fragkokastello, one of the least developed parts of the southern shore.
The beaches are shingle and sand in small bays, with a handful of tavernas and rooms behind them rather than hotels.
The mountains come down close to the sea here, so the road along this coast is slow and the settlements strung along it stay separate from one another.
We drop you at the door of your rooms, house or apartment, at the beaches or up in the village.
Rodakino has two distinct parts several kilometres apart. Say whether you need the village or the coast when you book, and give the property name, since the tracks below are unnamed.
The drive crosses to the south coast of the Rethymno region, 125.0 kilometres in about 2 hours. Rodakino sits on the least developed stretch of that shore, between Plakias and Fragkokastello.
The north coast covers the first hour and a quarter, as far as Rethymno at 80.5 kilometres.
South of the city the road climbs past Armeni and crosses into the hills that separate the two coasts.
The descent is the slow part. The mountains come down close to the water along this shore, so the road drops in a long series of bends and then runs above the sea rather than beside it.
Rodakino is split between a hill village and the beaches at Korakas and Polirizos below, several kilometres apart on different roads. Which one you need has to be said at booking, because arriving at the wrong one is a twenty minute correction rather than a five minute one. The mountains reach the sea along this shore, which is why the settlements are separate rather than continuous. Rodakino's two parts, the hill village and the beaches below, are a few kilometres apart for the same reason.
There is effectively no public route to Rodakino.
Buses serve Plakias and the larger southern villages on a thin timetable, and the coast between them has almost nothing. Reaching even those means a coach from Heraklion's bus station and a change at Rethymno.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Rodakino. 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 Rodakino 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: 125.0 km (77.7 mi), about 2 hr, and the same fixed fare from €155 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Rodakino at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Rodakino back to Heraklion Airport is the same 125.0 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
The climb away from the coast comes first and is slow, and early flights mean driving it before dawn for much of the year.
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 2 hours of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and a real margin for the mountain section and the Heraklion approach.
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 Rodakino 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 Rodakino costs a fixed €155 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €195.
Either, but say which at booking. The hill village and the beaches at Korakas and Polirizos are several kilometres apart on different roads.
Yes. Rodakino is 92.0 kilometres from Chania Airport against 125.0 from Heraklion.
Shingle and sand in small bays rather than one long beach, with tavernas and rooms behind them rather than hotels.
The mountains come down close to the water, so the village sits inland and the beaches are below it on their own road.
On the south coast between Plakias to the east and Fragkokastello to the west, with the mountains reaching close to the sea and keeping the development thin.
Korakas or Polirizos, the two below the village. The hill village inland is a separate place from the shore settlement, so say which you need at booking.
Santa Marina, Oasis, Saint George and Korakas Beach are among the places above the two beaches.
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 €155 for a Standard car to Rodakino.
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 Rodakino and Rodakino to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €155, 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.