A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Sitia Port covers 129.0 km (80.2 mi) in about 1 hr 58 min and costs a fixed fare from €150 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Sitia 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 | €150 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €170 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €185 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €200 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €350 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €590 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sitia 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 Sitia Port: 129.0 km (80.2 mi), about 1 hr 58 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.
Sitia Port is the harbour of Sitia, at the eastern end of Crete's north coast. Sitia Port is the island's link to the Dodecanese: ferries from here call at Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes, and the Piraeus service uses the same quay.
The harbour sits at the end of the town's palm-lined seafront, a few hundred metres from the centre and below the Kazarma fortress.
Traffic here is thinner than at the western ports, and sailings are less frequent, which makes meeting a specific boat more important than at Heraklion or Souda.
We meet you at the passenger quay, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Sailings here are infrequent and a missed connection can mean a long wait. Give the operator and sailing time at booking so the pickup is set against boarding rather than the printed departure.
The drive runs the length of eastern Crete to the quay at Sitia, 129.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 58 min. Sitia Port is the island's link to the Dodecanese, so this route is usually booked against a sailing rather than an address.
The first hour covers the resort coast and the inland climb, then Agios Nikolaos at 59.8 kilometres.
Beyond it the road follows Mirabello Bay through Istron, climbs above Pachia Ammos and runs high across the eastern hills, with Mochlos signposted down to the left at 94.9 kilometres.
The descent into Sitia comes at the end, and the port sits at the far side of the town's palm-lined seafront below the Kazarma fortress. Sailings from here are infrequent, which matters more than the distance: missing the Kasos or Karpathos boat can mean waiting days rather than hours. Sitia's three arrival points are close together but serve different journeys, and the port is the one with the least flexibility. Ferries to the Dodecanese run on their own schedule rather than a daily one, so a transfer here is booked against a specific boat far more often than against a time of day.
The KTEL coach from Heraklion to Sitia takes around three and a half hours with stops.
It leaves from Heraklion's bus station rather than the airport and arrives at the town's bus station rather than the quay. Against an infrequent sailing, three and a half hours of coach plus two transfers at either end is a lot of exposure to a missed connection.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sitia 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 Sitia 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: 129.0 km (80.2 mi), about 1 hr 58 min, and the same fixed fare from €150 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sitia Port at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Sitia Port back to Heraklion Airport is the same 129.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Ferries arriving here dock at hours that suit the Dodecanese route rather than the island, so pickups are set against the actual arrival we track rather than the timetable.
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 the port we work back from your flight: about 1 hr 58 min of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the eastern hill road.
Give us the flight number, or the operator and sailing time, and the exact pickup 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 Sitia 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 from Heraklion Airport to Sitia Port costs a fixed €150 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €200.
A few hundred metres. The town is 126.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport and the port 129.0, with the quay at the end of the seafront below the fortress.
Services to Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes, and on to Piraeus. Sailings are less frequent than from the western ports, so the timing matters more.
At the passenger quay, with a banner showing your name and ours. Give the operator and sailing time at booking so the pickup is set against boarding.
Less often than from the western ports. Sailings to Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes run to their own schedule, which is why the pickup is set against the 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 €150 for a Standard car to Sitia 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 Sitia Port and Sitia Port to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €150, 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.