A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Koutouloufari covers 30.1 km (18.7 mi) in about 31 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €38 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Koutouloufari 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 | €38 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €45 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €48 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €60 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €95 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €200 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Koutouloufari 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 Koutouloufari: 30.1 km (18.7 mi), about 31 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.
Koutouloufari is a hillside village above Hersonissos, one of three old settlements sitting on the slope behind the resort. Koutouloufari kept its stone houses and narrow lanes when the coast below was developed, and it now holds a concentration of small hotels and tavernas in restored buildings.
The village looks down over the coastal plain and the sea beyond it. The view is the main reason people choose it, along with the quiet: the nightlife of the strip is a few minutes downhill but out of earshot.
Piskopiano and Old Hersonissos sit alongside it on the same slope, and the three run together as a single hillside area.
We drop you at the door of your hotel or apartment in the village.
Koutouloufari's lanes are narrow, steep and in places too tight for a vehicle. Where that applies the driver stops at the nearest point a car can reach and helps with the luggage from there, and the arrangement is confirmed before the day rather than discovered on arrival.
The run east covers 30.1 kilometres in about 31 minutes and climbs away from the coast at the end.
The national road carries the first 20 kilometres past the city beaches and the resorts as far as Analipsis.
The turning comes before Chersonissos, and the road climbs the slope behind it through olive terraces with the strip laid out below.
Koutouloufari sits at the top alongside Piskopiano. Its lanes are old and narrow and some take no vehicle, which after a six o'clock docking is easier than it sounds: the village is at its emptiest then, and a delivery van at nine is a longer delay than anything on the national road. The hill villages were farming settlements long before the coast below them was built on, which is why the stone houses and the lane widths were never sized for coaches. Chersonissos at 26.1 kilometres from the quay is the beach they overlook.
No bus climbs to the hill villages.
The coastal service reaches Chersonissos on the main road below, leaving a steep walk or a local taxi, and it starts from Heraklion's bus station rather than the quay.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Koutouloufari. 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 Koutouloufari 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: 30.1 km (18.7 mi), about 31 min, and the same fixed fare from €38 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Koutouloufari at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Koutouloufari back to the port is the same 30.1 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
The descent to the coast road takes a few minutes on its own, so departures from the hill villages are set earlier than from Chersonissos below them.
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.
About 31 minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line asks for, plus the descent and an allowance for the coast road.
Give us the sailing at booking and the pickup 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 Koutouloufari 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 Koutouloufari costs a fixed €38 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €60.
They are neighbours on the same slope at the same height, about ten minutes apart on foot. Piskopiano is 26.7 kilometres from this port and Koutouloufari 30.1.
As far as the lane allows. Some streets take no vehicle, and you are told the stopping point before the day.
In front of the passenger terminal with a banner showing your name and ours. We track sailing arrivals, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
The villages predate the resort below them by a long way and were never widened for it.
No. Chersonissos at 26.1 kilometres from the quay, Piskopiano at 26.7 and Koutouloufari at 30.1 are all €38 for a Standard car. Stalida, three kilometres past Chersonissos, is the first change at €42.
The small hotels and restored houses in the old lanes, among them The Village Holiday Club, Casa Bianca Boutique Hotel, Galaxy Villas and Villa Elite.
Steep enough to be the slowest part of a thirty kilometre drive. The road up from the coast rises in tight bends and the resort below shrinks to a strip of rooftops within a couple of minutes, which is what separates this arrival from one on the seafront.
Piskopiano and Old Hersonissos adjoin the village along the same slope, and Star Beach Village and Water Park sits about a kilometre away down towards the shore.
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 €38 for a Standard car to Koutouloufari.
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 Koutouloufari and Koutouloufari to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €38, 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.