A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Agia Pelagia covers 22.6 km (14.0 mi) in about 29 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €38 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Agia Pelagia 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 | €38 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €45 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €48 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €60 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €100 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €185 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Agia Pelagia 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 Pelagia: 22.6 km (14.0 mi), about 29 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 Pelagia is a resort built around a sheltered horseshoe cove on the coast west of Heraklion. Agia Pelagia sits below the main road on a steep hillside, so the resort drops in terraces towards the water and most hotels look down over the bay rather than sitting on it.
The main beach is a sandy strip at the head of the cove, protected by headlands on both sides. That shelter is the reason the water here stays calm when the open north coast is choppy, and it is why the resort suits families and swimmers.
Several smaller coves sit either side of the main bay, reached on foot or by a short drive. The resort is compact enough to walk, though the gradients are steep in places.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, including the properties high on the hillside above the bay.
The access roads down into the cove are narrow and steeply switchbacked. Drivers take them at the pace the surface allows rather than dropping you at the top to walk down.
The car leaves the port gate and runs west, 22.6 kilometres in about 29 minutes, dropping into a sheltered bay beyond the headlands.
The road passes the city on its seaward side and leaves the built-up area at Ammoudara, then climbs onto the cliffs where the coast becomes a series of hidden bays.
Agia Pelagia is the larger of the two on this stretch. The beach sits at the head of a sheltered inlet with the village climbing the slopes either side, and hotels are spread up those slopes rather than along a front.
That spread is what decides the last minutes of the drive. An address high on the northern side is several minutes further than one at the water, and after a dawn docking the driver will take it slowly on lanes that are narrow and unlit.
The compensation is the hour. The bay faces north-east, and a six o'clock arrival puts you there while the water is still flat. Two bays sit on this piece of coast and they are priced separately from the quay: Lygaria at 20.2 kilometres and Agia Pelagia at 22.6. Both are reached by their own descent from the national road, and neither can be seen from it.
The Rethymno coach passes on the national road above the bay, from Heraklion's bus station rather than the port.
Being set down there leaves a steep descent of well over a kilometre. After an overnight crossing with luggage, that is not a walk most people attempt.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Agia Pelagia. 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 Pelagia 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: 22.6 km (14.0 mi), about 29 min, and the same fixed fare from €38 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Agia Pelagia at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Agia Pelagia back to the port is the same 22.6 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb out of the bay comes first and takes several minutes, so departures here are set earlier than the distance implies.
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.
Twenty-nine minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line requires, and an allowance for the climb.
Send the operator and sailing with your booking and the 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 Port to Agia Pelagia 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 Pelagia costs a fixed €38 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €60.
Some are; many are spread up the slopes either side of the bay, which decides the last few minutes of the drive.
Lygaria is the next bay west at 20.2 kilometres from this port, smaller and quieter.
It faces into a narrow inlet between headlands, which keeps the water calm.
Agia Pelagia, which is the larger. Lygaria, 20.2 kilometres from the port, is smaller and quieter.
Headlands close it on both sides, so the swell that runs along the open north coast does not get in. That shelter is why the resort is where it is.
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 €38 for a Standard car to Agia Pelagia.
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 Pelagia and Agia Pelagia to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €38, 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.