A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Gouves covers 18.9 km (11.7 mi) in about 21 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €36 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Gouves 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 | €36 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €40 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €45 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €55 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €80 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €165 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Gouves 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 Gouves: 18.9 km (11.7 mi), about 21 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.
Gouves is a coastal resort area east of Heraklion, made up of two parts: the seafront strip at Kato Gouves, and the older village of Pano Gouves inland and uphill. Gouves is quieter than the resorts further east and is largely given over to hotel complexes rather than a nightlife strip.
The beaches are a mix of sand and shingle, with the larger hotels holding their own stretches. The coast here is straighter than at Hersonissos or Agia Pelagia, so the sea is more open.
The CretAquarium at Gournes is the nearest major attraction, built on the site of a former United States air base a couple of minutes along the coast. It is the largest aquarium in Greece.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the old village.
Several of the larger complexes sit behind long private approaches. The driver takes the vehicle to the reception entrance rather than leaving you at the gate.
The car leaves the port gate, joins the national road east of the harbour and covers 18.9 kilometres in about 21 minutes.
The city beaches pass first, then Kokkini Hani and Gournes with the aquarium on the shore.
Gouves follows, and it is two places rather than one. The coastal resort sits below the national road with the beaches and hotels; the old village of Ano Gouves is uphill and inland, a working village with a square. The turning differs, so the accommodation name matters at booking.
A dawn arrival covers this stretch before any of the resort traffic starts. The same 21 minutes becomes half an hour or more on an August afternoon, when the road between Gournes and Chersonissos carries the heaviest holiday load on the island. Gournes sits between Kokkini Hani and Gouves and holds CretAquarium on the shore at the former air base. It is worth knowing on arrival day: the aquarium's access road serves much of that settlement and makes a useful landmark for a driver.
The KTEL coastal bus is frequent along this road and cheap, but it leaves from Heraklion's bus station.
After an overnight crossing that means the city first, then the coach, then a walk down from the main road to the resort or up to the village. Three stages before breakfast for a 21 minute drive.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Gouves. 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 Gouves 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: 18.9 km (11.7 mi), about 21 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Gouves at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Gouves back to the port is the same 18.9 kilometres at the same fare.
Westbound the resort road slows from about seven in the morning, and afternoon sailings mean crossing the busiest part of it, so the margin here is larger than the distance suggests.
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.
Twenty-one minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line asks for, and an allowance for the resort road at the hour you travel.
Give us the operator and sailing time 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 Gouves 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 Gouves costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
Separate places, one on the shore and one uphill inland. Give the accommodation name at booking.
Noticeably. This stretch carries the heaviest holiday traffic on the island in the afternoon and is empty at six in the morning.
CretAquarium, on the shore at the former air base site, 13.4 kilometres from the port to Kokkini Hani and a little beyond.
It is at Gournes, the settlement immediately west, on the shore at the former air base site.
CretAquarium at Gournes, the largest in Greece, built on the site of a former United States air base a couple of minutes west of the resort.
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 €36 for a Standard car to Gouves.
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 Gouves and Gouves to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €36, 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.