A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Stalos covers 148.0 km (92.0 mi) in about 2 hr 20 min and costs a fixed fare from €165 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Airport, or the departure run back from Stalos 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 | €165 |
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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 | €240 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €300 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €450 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Stalos 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 Stalos: 148.0 km (92.0 mi), about 2 hr 20 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.
Stalos is a resort on the coast immediately west of Chania, the first on the continuous beach strip that runs out towards Platanias. Stalos is split by the coast road into a beach side and an older village that climbs the slope inland, and the two halves are usually described separately when accommodation is booked.
The beach is sand and shingle, sheltered at its eastern end, and it runs without a break into Agia Marina.
Its position, closest of the western resorts to Chania, is what most people choose it for: the city is a short drive rather than an outing, while the strip's bars and crowds are further west.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the beach side or up in the village.
Stalos, Agia Marina and Platanias share one seafront and their addresses look alike. Give the accommodation name at booking so the driver stops at the right one.
The drive crosses the island west, 148.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 20 min, to the first resort on the strip beyond Chania.
The north coast carries most of it: past Heraklion and Rethymno, then Georgioupolis, Apokoronas and the climb over Aptera with Souda Bay below.
Chania is skirted on the bypass and the western suburbs at Daratsos and Galatas follow.
Stalos begins the continuous beach that runs west through Agia Marina to Platanias. The resort is split by the coast road into a beach side and an older village climbing the slope inland, and the two halves are described separately when accommodation is booked.
Of the western resorts Stalos is the closest to Chania, which is what people choose it for. From this airport that advantage costs two hours and twenty minutes; from Chania Airport the same village is 28.9 kilometres. Three resorts share the strip west of Chania and from this airport they are all a similar distance: Stalos at 148.0 kilometres, Agia Marina at 149.0, with Platanias beyond. The differences between them are measured in what sits behind the beach rather than in the drive.
No direct public route exists.
Coach from Heraklion to Chania, close to three hours, then a city bus west along the strip, having first reached Heraklion's bus station from the airport. Four legs in total.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Stalos. 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 Stalos 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: 148.0 km (92.0 mi), about 2 hr 20 min, and the same fixed fare from €165 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Stalos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Stalos back to Heraklion Airport is the same 148.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The strip and the Chania bypass are slower eastbound in the morning, then the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach follow, so an early flight means a pickup well before dawn.
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 hr 20 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and margins for the strip, the Chania bypass, the Rethymno bypass 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 Stalos 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 Stalos costs a fixed €165 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €240.
Far closer. Stalos is 28.9 kilometres from Chania Airport against 148.0 from Heraklion.
The resort is split by the coast road, with the older village on the slope inland. Give the property name at booking.
The same continuous sand. Agia Marina is 149.0 kilometres from this airport and runs into Stalos without a visible break.
Stalos, closest to Chania and furthest from the nightlife concentration at Platanias.
No, and that is worth knowing before booking. Stalos is 148.0 kilometres from this terminal at €165 for a Standard car, and Agia Marina, a kilometre further along the same beach, is €155.
Closest of the western resorts to Chania, with its beach running unbroken into Agia Marina. Upper Stalos is the older village climbing the slope inland, on a different turning from the shore.
Hotel Creta Palm, Cretan Dream Royal, Eliros Studios and Galini Sea View are among the properties along the beach and the slope above it.
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 €165 for a Standard car to Stalos.
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 Stalos and Stalos to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €165, 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 private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.