A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Koutsounari covers 105.0 km (65.2 mi) in about 1 hr 38 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 Koutsounari 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 | €260 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €560 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Koutsounari 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 Koutsounari: 105.0 km (65.2 mi), about 1 hr 38 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.
Koutsounari is a settlement on the south-east coast of Crete, a few kilometres east of Ierapetra. Koutsounari has a hill village inland and a run of beaches below it, and most of the accommodation on this stretch is in low-rise complexes and apartments along the coast road rather than in the village itself.
The beaches are long and mostly shingle, with the Libyan Sea open in front and the mountains rising behind.
Ierapetra provides the shops, the market and the harbour, and Makrigialos continues the same coast further east.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the coast road or up in the village.
Koutsounari spreads over several kilometres and its two parts are distinct. Say whether you need the village or the coast when you book, and give the property name.
The car leaves the port gate, picks up the national road east of the harbour within a couple of minutes and covers 105.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 38 min to the beaches east of Ierapetra.
The route crosses the island. The first hour is the north coast: the resort strip to Malia, then Sissi and Milatos, then Agios Nikolaos at 63.2 kilometres from the quay and Istron at 74.1 as the road runs along Mirabello Bay.
The turn south comes at Pachia Ammos, and Ierapetra is reached at 96.7 kilometres. Koutsounari is the coast road east of it, a few kilometres on.
Koutsounari is two places under one name, and the difference decides where the car stops. The hill village sits inland on its own road; the accommodation most guests book is the run of low-rise complexes and apartments strung along the coast road below, above long shingle beaches with the Libyan Sea open in front of them.
Tell us which of the two you need as well as the property name. On a strip that spreads over several kilometres, the difference between the village and the shore is a real drive rather than a walk.
Koutsounari and Ferma share the same fixed €115 from the port, the lowest fare on this south-eastern coast, and Coriva Beach Hotel, Almyra Hotel and Village, Mare Village and Kakkos Bay all stand within about a kilometre of the centre.
A dawn docking works in your favour here. Ierapetra is a working town with its market and bakeries open early, so the last stop before the coast has somewhere to be while a room is made up.
The KTEL coach reaches Ierapetra from Heraklion in about two and a half hours with a change at Agios Nikolaos, and the local service east covers the coast road from there.
That means the city bus station first after a night at sea, then two coaches, then a third, then a set-down on the main road. The service thins considerably outside the summer months.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Koutsounari. 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 Koutsounari 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: 105.0 km (65.2 mi), about 1 hr 38 min, and the same fixed fare from €115 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Koutsounari at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Koutsounari back to Heraklion Port covers the same 105.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Northbound the coast road and the climb to the isthmus fill the first half hour, and the national road carries the rest. Sailings to Piraeus leave Heraklion in the evening, so most departures here are 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 38 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry or cruise line requires, and a margin for the coast road and the isthmus crossing.
Give us the operator and sailing at booking. Your pickup is then 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 Koutsounari 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 Koutsounari costs a fixed €115 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €145.
They are separate parts of Koutsounari, the village inland and the complexes along the shore. Say which you need at booking and give the property name, since the two are several minutes apart by road.
Shingle, and long. The sand on this coast starts at Makrigialos, 16 kilometres further east.
The complexes along the coast road, among them Coriva Beach Hotel, Almyra Hotel & Village, Mare Village Crete, Kakkos Bay and Mare blue Crete.
A few kilometres west. Ierapetra is 96.7 kilometres from the port against 105.0 for Koutsounari, and it is where the shops, the market and the harbour are.
The hill settlement of Koutsounari itself, on its own road above the coast, and behind that the mountains that keep this shore narrow.
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 Koutsounari.
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 Koutsounari and Koutsounari 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 private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.