A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Fallasarna covers 187.0 km (116.2 mi) in about 2 hr 50 min and costs a fixed fare from €250 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Fallasarna 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 | €250 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €290 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €300 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €350 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €662 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Fallasarna 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 Fallasarna: 187.0 km (116.2 mi), about 2 hr 50 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.
Fallasarna is a wide west-facing beach on the far west coast of Crete, north of Kissamos at the base of the Gramvousa peninsula. Fallasarna is known for its scale and its aspect: several hundred metres of pale sand facing directly west, which is why it fills with people watching the sunset rather than emptying at the end of the day.
The name is also written Falassarna and Falasarna, and all three refer to the same beach.
The ruins of the ancient harbour town of Phalasarna lie at the northern end, raised well above the present sea level by the earthquake that lifted this corner of the island.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, at the beach or up among the greenhouses and olive terraces behind it.
Accommodation at Fallasarna is scattered rather than clustered and many properties have no street address. Give the property name and the owner's directions when you book.
The car leaves the port gate for the national road west and covers 187.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 50 min to the wide beach at the far western corner of Crete.
The fare is the thing to check before you book, because it does not follow the map. Fallasarna is €250 for a Standard car at 187.0 kilometres. Paleochora, 19 kilometres further at 206.0, is €215. The nearer beach is the dearer transfer by €35, and both are sold from this quay.
The drive west is the north coast in one run. Ammoudara, Agia Pelagia and Lygaria pass in the first half hour, then Fodele, Bali and Panormos on the headlands, and Rethymno at 77.8 kilometres.
Georgioupolis and Apokoronas follow, the road climbs over Aptera above Souda Bay, and Chania passes on the bypass at 139.0 kilometres. The beach strip runs out through Platanias and Maleme, Kolymbari comes at 159.0, and Kissamos at 173.0 is the last town.
The final 14 kilometres turn north from Kissamos and climb over the shoulder of the Gramvousa peninsula before dropping to the coast on its western side.
What waits there is several hundred metres of pale sand facing directly west, which is the whole character of the place. Fallasarna does not empty at the end of the day the way an east-facing beach does; it fills, because the sunset is what people come for.
At the northern end are the ruins of the ancient harbour town of Phalasarna, left well above the present sea by the earthquake that lifted this corner of the island, so a harbour now sits inland.
Kalami Rooms and Apartments, Hotel Plakures, Falasarna Bay, Kavousi Resort and Hotel Petritos are scattered among the greenhouses and olive terraces behind the beach rather than gathered in a village, and many have no street address at all.
The KTEL coach reaches Kissamos from Chania, and a local service runs out to Fallasarna a few times a day in season.
From the quay that is Heraklion's bus station, close to three hours to Chania, the western coach, and then the local. Four legs, three waits, and the last service back goes early.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Fallasarna. 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 Fallasarna 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: 187.0 km (116.2 mi), about 2 hr 50 min, and the same fixed fare from €250 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Fallasarna at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Fallasarna back to Heraklion Port covers the same 187.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb back over to Kissamos opens the return and the national road carries everything from Chania east. Evening sailings from Heraklion mean a departure here is usually a late-morning pickup.
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 50 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry or cruise line asks for, and margins for the Gramvousa road and the two bypasses.
Send the operator and sailing at booking. On a route this long the pickup is calculated rather than estimated, and the time goes 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 Fallasarna 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 Fallasarna costs a fixed €250 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €350.
Paleochora is 206.0 kilometres from the quay at €215 for a Standard car and Fallasarna 187.0 at €250. The two sit in different bands and the distance does not explain the gap.
Fallasarna, Falassarna and Falasarna all refer to the same beach. The ancient town at its northern end is written Phalasarna.
It faces due west, so the sunset is the draw. Beaches on the other coasts thin out at that hour and this one does the opposite.
The scattered rooms and apartments behind the beach, among them Kalami Rooms & Apartments, Hotel Plakures, Falasarna bay, Kavousi Resort and Hotel Petritos. Give the property name and the owner's directions, since many have no street address.
By name and by the owner's directions. The rooms and apartments here are scattered among greenhouses and olive terraces behind the beach rather than gathered in a village, and many have no street address at all, so an address alone is not enough.
Not really. There is the beach, the farming land behind it and a handful of places to stay among that. The nearest town is Kissamos, inland to the south-east.
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 €250 for a Standard car to Fallasarna.
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 Fallasarna and Fallasarna to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €250, 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.