A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Ferma covers 107.0 km (66.5 mi) in about 1 hr 40 min and costs a fixed fare from €115 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Ferma 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 | €115 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €138 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €140 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €145 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €230 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €570 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Ferma 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 Ferma: 107.0 km (66.5 mi), about 1 hr 40 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.
Ferma is a coastal settlement on the south-east of Crete, between Ierapetra and Koutsounari. Ferma is built along a series of small rocky coves rather than one beach, which is the main difference between it and the long shingle shores either side.
Accommodation is mostly hotels and apartment complexes set above the coves, with steps or short paths down to the water.
The coast road runs behind, and Ierapetra, the nearest town of any size, is a few kilometres west.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa above the coves.
Ferma's properties sit on short access roads off the coast road, several of them unnamed. Give the property name at booking so the driver takes the right turning.
The car leaves the port gate, joins the national road east of the harbour and covers 107.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 40 min to the coves on the south-east coast.
The drive crosses Crete from one sea to the other. The eastern resort coast comes first, Malia and then Sissi and Milatos, and Agios Nikolaos follows at 63.2 kilometres from the quay.
Mirabello Bay carries the road to Istron at 74.1 kilometres, and the turn south at Pachia Ammos brings the Libyan Sea into view within a few minutes. Ierapetra is reached at 96.7 kilometres, and Ferma is the coast road east of the town.
Ferma has no beach in the way its neighbours do, and that is the reason to book it deliberately rather than by accident. The shore here breaks into a series of small rocky coves, each one below the property that faces it, reached by steps or a short path rather than along a promenade.
Hotel Porto Belissario, Oleander Garden and Aaron Apartments sit above those coves within a kilometre of the centre, on short access roads off the coast road that mostly carry no name.
That layout is why the property name matters more than the address at this drop-off. Your driver takes the correct turning off the coast road on the strength of the name, and a wrong one on this shore means reversing back up a narrow lane.
Ferma and Koutsounari carry the same fixed €115 from the port. Koutsounari is quoted at 105.0 kilometres and Ferma at 107.0, so the two villages sit in one fare band despite the difference in the road.
The KTEL coach from Heraklion reaches Ierapetra in about two and a half hours with a change at Agios Nikolaos, and the eastern coast service passes Ferma on the main road.
Getting to the bus station from the quay comes first, then two coaches, then the walk down from the road to whichever cove your hotel stands above. That last part is the one people underestimate.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Ferma. 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 Ferma 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: 107.0 km (66.5 mi), about 1 hr 40 min, and the same fixed fare from €115 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Ferma at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Ferma back to Heraklion Port covers the same 107.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb up from the coves and the run west to Ierapetra open the return, then the isthmus and the national road north. Evening sailings to Piraeus mean most departures here are booked for the early afternoon.
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 40 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry or cruise line asks for, and a margin for the access road and the isthmus.
Send the operator and sailing when you book, and the pickup time is calculated from boarding rather than estimated on the day.
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 Ferma 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 Ferma costs a fixed €115 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €145.
Not a single continuous one. The shore is a series of small rocky coves, with hotels set above them and steps or short paths down to the water.
The properties above the coves, among them Hotel Porto Belissario, Oleander Garden and Aaron Apartments.
The access roads off the coast road are short and largely unnamed. The name identifies the turning, which an address on this stretch often does not.
Koutsounari, a few kilometres east, has long shingle beaches, and Makrigialos further on has sand. Ierapetra to the west is 96.7 kilometres from the port and has the shops and the harbour.
Deep quickly, and clear, because the shore is rock rather than sand. Each cove belongs to the property above it in practice, so how good yours is depends on which one you have booked.
Not along the shore. The coves are separated by rock and the coast road above them carries the traffic, so most guests here drive to Ierapetra or Makrigialos for an evening out.
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 €115 for a Standard car to Ferma.
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 Ferma and Ferma to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €115, 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.