A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Sfakaki covers 72.7 km (45.2 mi) in about 1 hr 1 min and costs a fixed fare from €82 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Sfakaki 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 | €82 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €92 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €100 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €125 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €170 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €400 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sfakaki 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 Sfakaki: 72.7 km (45.2 mi), about 1 hr 1 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.
Sfakaki is a small coastal settlement on the beach strip east of Rethymno, between Skaleta and Adelianos Kampos. Sfakaki is one of the quieter stretches of that shore, with low-rise apartments and small hotels rather than the larger complexes closer to the city.
The beach is sand and shingle and continuous with its neighbours, running west without a break towards Rethymno.
Its appeal is being on the strip without being in the busiest part of it, while Rethymno stays close enough for an evening out.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa on the beach road or behind it.
Sfakaki, Skaleta and Adelianos Kampos share the same shore and their addresses look alike. Give the accommodation name at booking so the driver stops at the right one.
The drive runs west along the north coast for 72.7 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 1 min. Sfakaki sits in the middle of the beach strip east of Rethymno, between Skaleta and Adelianos Kampos, so this route stops short of the city itself.
Heraklion is passed on its seaward side and the built-up area ends at Ammoudara. The cliffs above Agia Pelagia follow, then the inland stretch behind the headlands at Fodele.
Bali and Panormos sit below their own turnings on that section, out of sight from the road, and Skaleta at 69.4 kilometres returns the drive to the shoreline.
Sfakaki is 3 kilometres further on, on the same continuous sand. Four settlements share that beach in a row, Skaleta, Sfakaki, Adelianos Kampos and Platanias, and their addresses look alike, so the hotel name is what tells the driver where to turn off.
Sfakaki also sits at a useful distance from the two towns either side of it. Rethymno is 80.5 kilometres from this airport and Panormos 60.7, so the village is roughly midway between the city and the last of the coves on the Milopotamos coast, with both reachable in well under half an hour by road.
The KTEL coach between Heraklion and Rethymno passes on the national road above the strip.
It stops on the main road rather than at hotels, and it starts from Heraklion's bus station rather than the airport. Reaching a beach address that way means a leg into the city, the coach, and a walk down at the far end.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sfakaki. 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 Sfakaki 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: 72.7 km (45.2 mi), about 1 hr 1 min, and the same fixed fare from €82 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sfakaki at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Sfakaki back to Heraklion Airport is the same 72.7 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Eastbound traffic builds on the Heraklion approach through the morning, so pickups for early flights allow for the city end rather than for the coast road.
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 Sfakaki we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 1 min of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for 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 Sfakaki 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 Sfakaki costs a fixed €82 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €125.
Between Skaleta at 69.4 kilometres from the airport and Adelianos Kampos at 75.0, with Sfakaki at 72.7. All three sit on the same continuous beach.
Rethymno is 80.5 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 72.7 to Sfakaki, so the city is a short drive west along the strip.
Four settlements share this beach in a row and their addresses are similar. The hotel name is what identifies which turning off the coast road the driver should take.
Rethymno is 80.5 kilometres from Heraklion Airport and Panormos 60.7, against 72.7 to Sfakaki, so the village sits between them and rather nearer the city.
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 €82 for a Standard car to Sfakaki.
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 Sfakaki and Sfakaki to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €82, 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.