A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Georgioupolis covers 101.0 km (62.8 mi) in about 1 hr 30 min and costs a fixed fare from €105 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Georgioupolis 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Standard | Skoda Octavia, VW ID.3 | up to 3 | 3 | €105 |
|
SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €114 |
|
Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €126 |
|
Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €142 |
|
Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €258 |
|
Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €588 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Georgioupolis 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 Georgioupolis: 101.0 km (62.8 mi), about 1 hr 30 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.
Georgioupolis is a resort village on the north coast between Rethymno and Chania, built where the Almiros river meets the sea. Georgioupolis is known for the small chapel of Agios Nikolaos, which stands on a rock offshore and is reached by a narrow stone causeway running out from the beach.
The beach runs for several kilometres east of the village and is one of the longest on the island. The sea shelves gently near the river mouth and can be lively further out, which is worth knowing if you are travelling with small children.
The village itself is built around a square shaded by eucalyptus trees, with tavernas around it. Lake Kournas, the only freshwater lake in Crete, lies a few kilometres inland.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the village or along the beach road east of it.
Some of the accommodation sits on unpaved lanes behind the dunes. The driver takes the vehicle as close as the surface allows and confirms the arrangement in advance.
The car leaves the port gate and runs west for 101.0 kilometres, about 1 hr 30 min, past Rethymno and on towards Chania.
The first hour covers the familiar coast: the cliffs, the inland stretch behind Bali and Panormos, then the beach strip into Rethymno at 77.8 kilometres from the quay.
West of the city the country opens out, past Atsipopoulo and Gerani.
Georgioupolis arrives at the mouth of the Almyros, where the river reaches the sea beside a long sand beach. The centre is a square shaded by eucalyptus with the river running through it, and the chapel of Agios Nikolaos stands at the end of a stone causeway out into the water.
At an hour and a half this is one of the longer westbound runs from the quay, and after a dawn docking it lands you at a village that is properly awake by the time you arrive. Kavros continues the same beach eastward and is booked separately at 104.0 kilometres from this quay. The two share one long stretch of sand, and hotels at the Kavros end sit further from the square and the river mouth that give Georgioupolis its centre. Of the three ferry harbours on Crete, this is the one furthest from Georgioupolis. Souda is 32.9 kilometres away and Rethymno Port closer still, so a passenger with a choice of sailings gains an hour and a half by landing in the west rather than the centre.
The intercity coach between Heraklion and Chania passes Georgioupolis and stops at the junction above it.
It runs from Heraklion's bus station, which after an overnight crossing means the city first. Close to three hours station to station, then a walk down into the village.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Georgioupolis. 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 Georgioupolis 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: 101.0 km (62.8 mi), about 1 hr 30 min, and the same fixed fare from €105 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Georgioupolis at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Georgioupolis back to the port is the same 101.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Two slow points sit on the return: the Rethymno bypass in the late afternoon and the Heraklion approach at the end. Afternoon sailings cross both.
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.
Ninety minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line asks for, and margins for the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach.
Send the sailing with your booking and the pickup is calculated against boarding.
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 Georgioupolis 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 Georgioupolis costs a fixed €105 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €142.
For a flight, yes: Georgioupolis is 48.4 kilometres from Chania Airport. From this quay it is 101.0.
A stone walkway out to the small chapel of Agios Nikolaos, standing in the sea at the end of it.
A few kilometres inland and uphill, reached by its own road. It is 105.0 kilometres from this port.
The same sand, booked separately. Kavros is 104.0 kilometres from this port against 101.0 to Georgioupolis.
Souda at 32.9 kilometres. From Heraklion Port it is 101.0, roughly an hour and a half further.
It is one continuous stretch of sand, with Georgioupolis at the western end and Kavros at the eastern. The two are booked separately and priced the same from this quay.
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 €105 for a Standard car to Georgioupolis.
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 Georgioupolis and Georgioupolis to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €105, 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.