A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Chora Sfakion covers 143.0 km (88.9 mi) in about 2 hr 24 min and costs a fixed fare from €170 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Chora Sfakion 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 | €170 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €179 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €186 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €195 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €400 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €795 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chora Sfakion 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 Chora Sfakion: 143.0 km (88.9 mi), about 2 hr 24 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.
Chora Sfakion is a small port on the south coast of Crete, at the foot of the mountains in the Sfakia region. Chora Sfakion is the road head for a stretch of coast that has no roads at all: the villages west of it, Loutro and Agia Roumeli among them, are reached only by boat or on foot.
The village itself is a single curve of harbour with tavernas and rooms above it, and a pebble beach on either side.
Its ferry is what most visitors come for. Walkers finishing the Samaria gorge at Agia Roumeli take the boat east to Chora Sfakion and continue by road from there.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, or at the quay if you are connecting to a boat.
Chora Sfakion is small and the harbour front is the centre of it. Tell us at booking if you are meeting a sailing, so the pickup time is set against the boat rather than the day.
The car leaves the port gate for the national road and covers 143.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 24 min to the harbour at the foot of the Sfakia mountains.
From this side of the island the village is reached along the coast rather than over the top. The road turns south above Rethymno, climbs through Armeni across the spine of Crete and comes down to the Libyan Sea near Plakias, then runs west above the water through Rodakino and past the castle at Fragkokastello. Chora Sfakion is at the end of that road.
The north coast fills the first seventy-five minutes, past Ammoudara, Agia Pelagia, Fodele, Bali and Panormos, with Rethymno at 77.8 kilometres from the quay.
Chora Sfakion is the road head, and that is the whole point of it. West of the village the coast has no road at all: Loutro and Agia Roumeli are reached only by boat or on foot, and the ferry from this harbour is the connection. Walkers finishing the Samaria gorge come out at Agia Roumeli and take that boat east to here.
The village is one curve of harbour with tavernas and rooms above it and a pebble beach on either side. Samaria Hotel, Hotel Xenia, Panorama Hotel and Stavris all stand on or just above the front, and Ilingas is about a kilometre out.
If you are meeting a sailing rather than a bed, say so at booking, because arrivals here answer to the sea rather than to a timetable.
Anyone still choosing a ferry is worth telling that Chora Sfakion is 62.5 kilometres from Souda Port against 143.0 from Heraklion. A Chania docking removes more than an hour and a half in each direction.
The KTEL coach serves Chora Sfakion from Chania a couple of times a day, timed around the ferries.
Reaching it from Heraklion Port means the city bus station, the coach west to Chania and then the southbound service: three legs and two waits, on a schedule where a missed connection can mean the following day.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Chora Sfakion. 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 Chora Sfakion 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: 143.0 km (88.9 mi), about 2 hr 24 min, and the same fixed fare from €170 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chora Sfakion at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Chora Sfakion back to Heraklion Port covers the same 143.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The coast road east and the climb over to Rethymno take the first hour and are slower in the dark. Evening sailings to Piraeus put most departure pickups here around the middle of the day.
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 2 hr 24 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry or cruise line requires, and a real margin for the south coast road and the mountain crossing.
If you are arriving on the boat from Agia Roumeli or Loutro, give us that sailing and the pickup is set against it rather than a clock time.
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 Chora Sfakion 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 Chora Sfakion costs a fixed €170 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €195.
No. That is the approach from Chania. From Heraklion the road crosses to the south coast near Plakias and runs west through Rodakino and Fragkokastello.
Usually. The walk ends at Agia Roumeli, which has no road, and the boat runs east to this harbour.
Considerably. Chora Sfakion is 62.5 kilometres from Souda against 143.0 from Heraklion, so a Chania docking saves more than an hour and a half each way.
Yes. Give us the sailing at booking and the pickup is set against the ferry rather than a fixed hour.
The coastal service west to Loutro and Agia Roumeli, and on to Sougia and Paleochora in season. None of those villages has a road, so the boat is not an excursion from Chora Sfakion; it is the only way in and out of them.
Gavdos sailings run from Chora Sfakion and Paleochora in summer, and they are weather-dependent in a way the coastal boats are not. If Gavdos is the plan, build a spare day into it and tell us the sailing you are aiming at.
Small and largely shut. It exists to serve the boats and the walkers, so in spring and autumn a handful of tavernas stay open on the front and the rest of it waits. That is worth knowing if you are booking a long transfer to arrive in October.
On the harbour front, which is the whole of the centre. Nothing here is more than a couple of minutes from where the driver can wait.
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 €170 for a Standard car to Chora Sfakion.
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 Chora Sfakion and Chora Sfakion to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €170, 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 taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.