A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Sitia covers 126.0 km (78.3 mi) in about 2 hours 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 Town 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 Town 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 Town: 126.0 km (78.3 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.
The 126.0 km drive east from Heraklion Airport to Sitia takes two hours, the longest eastbound transfer the engine sells. Filmed along the route a private transfer follows.
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 is the main town of eastern Crete, built up a hillside above a bay at the far end of the north coast. Sitia is far enough from the airports that it stays outside the main tourist circuit, and it functions as a working port and market town with a long palm-lined seafront rather than as a resort.
The Venetian fortress known as the Kazarma stands above the town, and the streets below it climb in terraces from the harbour.
Sitia is the base for the far east: the palm forest at Vai, the Minoan site at Palekastro and the Toplou monastery all lie beyond it, and the ferry to Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes sails from its port.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the streets behind it.
Sitia is built on a slope and the lanes above the harbour are steep and narrow. Where an address sits on one, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and confirms it before the day.
The drive runs the length of eastern Crete, 126.0 kilometres in about 2 hours, and is the longest route we sell from this airport to a town on the north coast. Sitia sits at the far end of the island, past the point where the main tourist coast stops.
The first hour is the familiar eastern run: the resort strip to Malia, then the inland climb, then Agios Nikolaos at 59.8 kilometres. Most transfers from this airport end somewhere in that stretch.
Past Agios Nikolaos the road becomes something else. It follows the shore of Mirabello Bay through Istron and then climbs into the hills above Pachia Ammos, running high with the sea below and Mochlos signposted down to the left. Villages are small and far apart from here on.
The final descent brings you into Sitia along its seafront, with the Kazarma fortress on the hill above the town. Sitia Airport and Sitia Port both sit within a couple of kilometres of the centre, and either can be given as the drop-off instead.
The KTEL coach from Heraklion to Sitia takes around three and a half hours and runs a few times a day.
It leaves from Heraklion's bus station rather than the airport, so the trip starts with getting into the city, and the journey follows the same road with every village stop along it. The last departure goes in the late afternoon, which rules the coach out entirely for evening arrivals.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sitia Town. 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 Town 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: 126.0 km (78.3 mi), about 2 hr, and the same fixed fare from €150 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sitia Town at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Sitia back to Heraklion Airport is the same 126.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Two hours is a long enough run that early flights mean a pickup well before dawn, and the mountain section east of Agios Nikolaos is slower in the dark, so the timing on the voucher allows for both.
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 Sitia we work back from your flight: about 2 hours of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the hill road and the resort coast nearer Heraklion.
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 Sitia Town 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 costs a fixed €150 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €200.
About 2 hr for the 126.0 km (78.3 mi) route. The half beyond Agios Nikolaos is hill road rather than national road, which is what makes this a two hour journey rather than a ninety minute one.
Yes, both are separate drop-off points within a couple of kilometres of the town. Give the port and your sailing, or the airport and your flight, when you book.
Not a direct one. The KTEL coach runs from Heraklion's bus station, takes around three and a half hours with stops, and the last departure leaves in the late afternoon.
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 Town.
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 Town and Sitia Town 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.