A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Souda Port covers 135.0 km (83.9 mi) in about 1 hr 56 min and costs a fixed fare from €175 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Souda 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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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €175 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €210 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €303 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €825 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Souda 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 Souda Port: 135.0 km (83.9 mi), about 1 hr 56 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.
Souda Port is the ferry harbour for Chania, at the head of Souda Bay 6.5 kilometres east of the city. Souda Port handles the overnight sailings to and from Piraeus, which is the main sea link for western Crete, and the bay it sits in is one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean.
The passenger terminal is separate from the naval base that occupies the rest of the inlet, and taxis and buses wait directly outside it.
Arrivals here happen at one hour rather than through the day. The Piraeus boat docks early in the morning and empties in a few minutes, which is what shapes every transfer from this quay.
We meet you in front of the passenger terminal, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Everyone leaves the boat at once, which is what the banner is for. For a departure, give the operator and sailing time so the pickup is set against boarding rather than the time printed on the ticket.
The drive crosses the island west, 135.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 56 min, from Crete's main airport to Chania's ferry harbour.
The north coast covers the route: past Heraklion, the cliffs above Agia Pelagia, the inland stretch behind Bali and Panormos, then Rethymno at 80.5 kilometres.
West of the city the road runs through Georgioupolis and along the edge of Apokoronas, then climbs over Aptera with Souda Bay opening below on the right.
The passenger terminal sits at the head of the bay, separate from the naval base that occupies the rest of it.
This is a flight-to-ferry connection, which is the only reason to book it: two fixed times at either end and two hours of island in between. Boarding for the Piraeus sailing closes well before the departure printed on the ticket, so the pickup is calculated against boarding rather than the sailing.
The KTEL intercity coach from Heraklion to Chania takes close to three hours, and Souda is a further bus or taxi beyond the city.
Reaching the coach means getting from the airport into Heraklion's bus station first. Against a boat that will not wait, three legs and a change is exposure rather than economy.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 135.0 km (83.9 mi), about 1 hr 56 min, and the same fixed fare from €175 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Souda Port at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Souda Port back to Heraklion Airport is the same 135.0 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
Ferry arrivals cluster at dawn and the run east crosses the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach, so a car booked for a morning flight from a six o'clock docking is a tight but workable connection.
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 56 min of driving, plus the boarding time your ferry line requires or the check-in your airline asks for, plus margins for the Rethymno bypass and the two city approaches.
Give us both the flight number and the sailing at booking, and the pickup is set against the one you have to make.
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 Souda 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 €175 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €210.
If the ferry is the point, yes. Souda is 15.2 kilometres from Chania Airport against 135.0 from Heraklion.
Work back from boarding rather than the sailing time on the ticket. Give us the operator and time and we set the pickup against it.
At the passenger terminal, which sits separately from the naval base at the head of the bay.
Because the overnight to Piraeus sails from here and there is no flight that replaces it. Souda is the main sea link for western Crete, in one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean.
6.5 kilometres west along the bay, so a hotel night in the city before an evening sailing is a short hop rather than a second transfer of any length.
Aptera, the archaeological site on the plateau, which the road passes on the way down to the terminal.
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 €175 for a Standard car to Souda 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 Souda Port and Souda Port to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €175, 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.