A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Agia Galini covers 71.5 km (44.4 mi) in about 1 hr 18 min and costs a fixed fare from €90 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Agia Galini 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 | €90 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €100 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €110 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €140 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €230 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €430 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Agia Galini back to Heraklion Port 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 Port to Agia Galini: 71.5 km (44.4 mi), about 1 hr 18 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 in front of the Passenger Terminal at Heraklion Port, holding a banner with your name and the company name on it. Ferry arrivals cluster, so the terminal forecourt fills quickly; the banner is what makes your car findable in it.
Heraklion Port sits inside the city, a few minutes from the centre and about 4 kilometres from the airport. Heraklion Port is the island's main ferry gateway, taking the overnight sailings from Piraeus as well as the routes from Santorini, Mykonos, Paros and Naxos.
Overnight ferries from Piraeus dock early in the morning, which is the port's busiest window and the one where on-demand taxis are hardest to find. A pre-booked car is already waiting when the ramp goes down.
Cruise calls berth at the same port area and follow the same procedure.
In front of the Passenger Terminal, where your driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Stay at the terminal rather than walking out to the road. The port approach is one-way and busy at docking time, and the vehicle cannot stop on it.
Give us your ferry or cruise line and arrival time at booking. We track sailing arrivals as well as flights, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
Tell us as early as you can if your sailing is cancelled or diverted to another port, so the driver can be reassigned.
Agia Galini is a village on the south coast of Crete, built in a steep bowl above a small harbour where the Platys river reaches the sea. Agia Galini keeps the shape of the fishing village it was: the houses climb the slope in tiers, the streets between them are stepped in places, and the harbour is still the centre of everything.
The main beach lies east of the harbour, a strip of sand and shingle reached along the river mouth.
The village sits at the western end of the Messara gulf, which puts the Phaistos and Gortyna sites and the Amari valley within a short drive inland.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa wherever the slope allows a vehicle to reach it.
Agia Galini has streets that end in steps, and several of its accommodations sit above the point a car can go. Your driver stops as close as the road permits and tells you where that is before the day.
The car leaves the port gate and crosses the island south, 71.5 kilometres in about 1 hr 18 min, to the harbour village at the western end of the Messara gulf.
This is one of the two short south-coast runs from the quay, and the choice between them is worth making before you book rather than on the map. Matala is 62.9 kilometres out at about 1 hr 6 min and €80 for a Standard car; Agia Galini is 71.5 at about 1 hr 18 min and €90. Both leave the north coast within twenty minutes of the harbour and both end on the Libyan Sea.
The road climbs out of Heraklion and over the middle of the island rather than following any coast. The Messara opens out on the descent, with the Psiloritis massif behind on the right, and the last stretch runs west along the gulf.
Agia Galini is built in a steep bowl above its harbour, where the Platys river reaches the sea. The houses climb the slope in tiers and the streets between them are stepped in places, which is the detail that decides your drop-off: several of the rooms and apartments here sit above the point a vehicle can reach.
Your driver stops as close as the road permits and tells you where that will be before the day rather than at the end of the drive. On a run this short after a dawn docking, that is the only part of the journey worth planning around.
The harbour is still the centre of the village, with the beach east of it along the river mouth, and boats run along the south coast from the quay in season.
Phaistos and Gortyna are a short drive inland and the Amari valley runs back north, which is why a good share of the guests here are using the village as a base rather than only as a beach.
Palazzo Greco, Hotel Minos, Hotel Sky Beach, Hotel Glaros and Petra are among the properties on the slope and near the harbour.
The KTEL coach to Agia Galini leaves from Heraklion's bus station a few times a day and takes around two hours.
After a night at sea that means reaching the station first, then the coach, then the walk down into the village from where it stops. The service thins outside the summer months.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Agia Galini. 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 Agia Galini 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: 71.5 km (44.4 mi), about 1 hr 18 min, and the same fixed fare from €90 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Agia Galini at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Agia Galini back to Heraklion Port covers the same 71.5 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Getting the vehicle out of the village comes first and is slower than the map suggests, then the climb north over the middle of the island. Piraeus sailings leave Heraklion in the evening, so departures here are usually afternoon pickups.
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.
Allow about 1 hr 18 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry or cruise line requires, and a margin for the village slope and the city approach.
Give us the operator and sailing at booking. The pickup is set against boarding rather than the printed departure and printed 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 Port to Agia Galini 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 Port to Agia Galini costs a fixed €90 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €140.
Matala is 62.9 kilometres from the quay at €80 and Agia Galini 71.5 at €90. Both cross to the south coast; Matala is a beach under the caves and Agia Galini a harbour village with shops and tavernas.
Where the slope allows. Agia Galini has streets that end in steps, and your driver stops as close as the road permits and confirms that point in advance.
Phaistos and Gortyna, a short drive up into the Messara, and the Amari valley running north towards Rethymno.
East of the harbour, along the mouth of the Platys river, a strip of sand and shingle reached from the village side.
Along the south coast in season, and they are the reason the harbour is still the centre of the village rather than a picturesque leftover. The quay is small and everything in Agia Galini faces it.
East of the harbour, along the mouth of the Platys river, reached on foot from the front. It is sand and shingle rather than the long sand of the north coast.
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 €90 for a Standard car to Agia Galini.
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 ferry operator and sailing time when you book. We track arrivals, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
In front of the passenger terminal, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours. Ferry passengers all reach the quay at once, which is what the banner is for.
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 Port to Agia Galini and Agia Galini to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €90, 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 taxi in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.