A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Elounda covers 70.8 km (44.0 mi) in about 1 hr 7 min and costs a fixed fare from €74 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Elounda 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 | €74 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €84 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €90 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €125 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €180 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €430 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Elounda 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 Elounda: 70.8 km (44.0 mi), about 1 hr 7 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.
Elounda is a resort town on Mirabello Bay in the Lassithi region of eastern Crete, 11 kilometres north of Agios Nikolaos. It grew from a fishing village into the island's main luxury resort strip, and most of its large hotels sit along the water on the road between the town and Plaka.
The town itself is compact and walkable. The harbour, the tavernas and the central square sit within a few hundred metres of each other, and Elounda Beach is 450 metres from the centre. Guests staying in the bay-side resorts are usually a short drive from that centre rather than in it.
Elounda is the departure point for Spinalonga, the fortified island 4.8 kilometres away by boat. Elounda also sits beside Olous, a submerged ancient settlement 1.1 kilometres from the town.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, villa or apartment, including the resorts spread along the Plaka road north of town.
Elounda's central streets are narrow and busy in season. Drivers use the hotel entrance rather than the town square where access allows, so you are not walking the last stretch with luggage.
The car leaves the port gate, joins the coast road east of the harbour and is on the national road within a couple of minutes, without crossing the city.
The drive east covers 70.8 kilometres in about 1 hr 7 min, along the resort coast, over the inland climb and then north from Agios Nikolaos on the coast road.
The last 11 kilometres are the slow part in normal conditions, a bending coastal road above Mirabello Bay. After a dawn docking it is empty, and a run that takes over an hour at midday is comfortably inside it early.
Elounda is a resort town, which changes what an early arrival means. The large hotels along the bay have staffed receptions at any hour and will hold luggage, so the gap between docking and check-in is easier here than in a village.
Cruise passengers face the opposite problem: a fixed all-aboard time and about two and a quarter hours of driving out of the window before anything else.
The public route is an intercity coach to Agios Nikolaos then a local bus or taxi for the final 11 kilometres.
Both legs start after you have moved yourself and your luggage from the port into Heraklion's bus station, and the first departure of the day may not be timed for a boat that docks at six.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Elounda. 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 Elounda 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: 70.8 km (44.0 mi), about 1 hr 7 min, and the same fixed fare from €74 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Elounda at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Elounda back to the port is the same 70.8 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
Evening sailings are the common case. The coastal road south to Agios Nikolaos slows when the hotel traffic is moving, so an afternoon pickup allows for it.
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.
We work back from boarding: about 1 hr 7 min of driving, the terminal time your ferry line asks for, and a margin for the Agios Nikolaos coast road and the resort strip.
Give us the operator and sailing at 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 Elounda 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 Elounda costs a fixed €74 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €125.
It is used for it, but check your all-aboard time. Elounda is a little over an hour each way from the port.
Elounda's larger hotels are staffed around the clock and generally will. Tell them the ferry docks at dawn when you book the room.
Yes. We track sailing arrivals the same way we track flights.
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 €74 for a Standard car to Elounda.
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 Elounda and Elounda to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €74, 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.