A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Kavros covers 104.0 km (64.6 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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna 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 | €105 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €114 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €126 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €142 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €258 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €588 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kavros - Paralia Kourna 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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna: 104.0 km (64.6 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.
Kavros is a beach settlement on the north coast between Georgioupolis and Rethymno, sharing the same long sand strip as its larger neighbour. Kavros sits at the eastern end of that beach, with the hotels set back behind it and the national road above.
The sand here runs for several kilometres without interruption and shelves gradually, and the water stays shallow a long way out.
Lake Kournas, the only natural freshwater lake on Crete, lies in the hills a few kilometres inland and gives the settlement the second half of its name.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the beach road or on the approach from the national road.
Kavros and Georgioupolis run together along one beach and some addresses use either name. Give the hotel name at booking so the driver goes to the right end of it.
The car leaves the port gate, joins the national road west of the harbour and covers 104.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 30 min to the eastern end of the Georgioupolis beach.
The whole route is north coast. Ammoudara passes first, then the cliffs above Agia Pelagia and Lygaria, then Fodele, Bali and Panormos on the Milopotamos headlands.
Rethymno arrives at 77.8 kilometres from the quay, roughly three quarters of the way, and the road runs west from there past Atsipopoulo and Gerani to the mouth of the Almyros.
Kavros and Georgioupolis are quoted identically from this port, which is the useful thing to know before booking either. Georgioupolis is 101.0 kilometres out and Kavros 104.0, both are timed at about 1 hr 30 min, and both carry the same fixed €105 for a Standard car. The two sit at opposite ends of one beach.
That beach is what the area sells: several kilometres of unbroken sand, shelving gradually, with the water shallow a long way out and the larger hotels set back behind rather than on it.
Vantaris Luxury Beach Resort, Orpheas Resort, Delfina Boutique Hotel, Eliros Mare and Cretan Beach Resort all stand within a couple of hundred metres of the centre. Since addresses here use either name, give the hotel name at booking and your driver goes to the correct end of the sand.
Lake Kournas supplies the second half of the settlement's name and lies a few kilometres up in the hills behind it, on its own road.
The KTEL intercity coach between Heraklion and Chania runs along the national road above the resort and stops at Georgioupolis.
After a night at sea that means reaching the city bus station first, then the coach, then a walk down from the main road to the beach with luggage. The saving is real and it costs the morning.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kavros - Paralia Kourna. 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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna 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: 104.0 km (64.6 mi), about 1 hr 30 min, and the same fixed fare from €105 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kavros - Paralia Kourna at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Kavros back to Heraklion Port covers the same 104.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Eastbound the beach road and the climb to the national road take the first few minutes, then Rethymno and the headlands. Piraeus sailings leave Heraklion in the evening, so departures here are usually afternoon pickups.
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 30 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry or cruise line requires, and a margin for the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach.
Give us the operator and sailing at booking, and the pickup is set against boarding rather than the printed departure time.
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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna 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 Kavros costs a fixed €105 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €142.
They are separate settlements at either end of one beach, booked separately but priced the same from this port: €105 for a Standard car, at 104.0 and 101.0 kilometres respectively.
The properties behind the sand, among them Vantaris Luxury Beach Resort, Orpheas Resort, Delfina Boutique Hotel, Eliros Mare and Cretan Beach Resort.
Lake Kournas, the only natural freshwater lake on Crete, in the hills a few kilometres inland. The lake and the village above it are a separate transfer.
It shelves gradually and stays shallow well out, which is the reason families book this stretch rather than the coves further east.
Several kilometres without a break, shared with Georgioupolis at the western end. It is one of the longest continuous stretches of sand on the north coast, which is why the hotels here are set back behind it rather than crowded onto it.
The Almyros, which reaches the sea at the western end of the same beach. Its mouth is fed by springs and stays cold even in August, and it is a short walk from the Kavros end.
Lake Kournas in the hills a few kilometres inland, and the Apokoronas villages behind that. Kavros itself is flat, low-rise and given over to the beach.
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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna.
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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna and Kavros - Paralia Kourna 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 Crete taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.