A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Lentas covers 67.8 km (42.1 mi) in about 1 hr 21 min and costs a fixed fare from €85 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Lentas 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 | €85 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €95 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €105 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €170 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €204 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €430 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Lentas 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 Lentas: 67.8 km (42.1 mi), about 1 hr 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.
Lentas is a small village on the south coast of the Heraklion region, at the foot of the Asterousia mountains. Lentas is reached by a long descent from the inland plateau, and the road to it is the reason the village stayed small: it is slow, and there is nothing beyond it.
The settlement is a scatter of rooms and tavernas behind a shingle beach, with the remains of an Asklepieion, an ancient healing sanctuary, on the slope above.
The coast either side is largely undeveloped, and several of the beaches near the village are reached on foot or by boat rather than by road.
We drop you at the door of your rooms, house or hotel in the village.
Lentas is small and its lanes are unpaved in places. Your driver stops at the nearest point a car can reach and confirms it before the day. Give the property name at booking, since street names are of little use here.
The car leaves the port gate and crosses to the south coast, 67.8 kilometres in about 1 hr 21 min, ending below the Asterousia mountains.
The quay is closer to Lentas than the airport is and takes longer to get there. This transfer covers 67.8 kilometres in about 1 hr 21 min; the same village from Heraklion Airport is 70.8 kilometres and about 1 hr 17. Three kilometres nearer and four minutes slower is the engine's own arithmetic, and both figures go on the voucher as quoted.
That matters less than usual at the hour this booking runs. The Piraeus overnight ties up around six, and the climb out of Heraklion at that time is empty in a way it never is later.
The route rises out of the city, crosses the Messara, and turns towards the mountains instead of west towards Matala. Matala from this quay is 62.9 kilometres against 67.8 here, and it is the busier place by a wide margin.
The last stage is the descent, a long chain of bends through the Asterousia foothills down to the shore, with the village at the bottom of it.
A dawn arrival here needs one arrangement made in advance, and it is not the car. Lentas has five properties in total and none of them keeps a desk staffed overnight, so tell the owner that the boat docks at six. The transfer will have you there by half past seven whether or not anybody is expecting you.
Nothing continues past the village. There is no rank, no through traffic and nobody to flag down, which is the practical reason a car here is arranged rather than assumed.
There is no practical public route to Lentas.
Buses reach the Messara market towns on a rural timetable and the mountain stretch beyond has very little scheduled service. After a night at sea the first leg is the walk to Heraklion's bus station, before any of the waiting starts.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Lentas. 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 Lentas 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: 67.8 km (42.1 mi), about 1 hr 21 min, and the same fixed fare from €85 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Lentas at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Lentas back to Heraklion Port is the same 67.8 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb out of the village opens the return and it is slower than the way down. Sailings to Piraeus leave in the evening, so a departure here is usually an afternoon pickup rather than the dawn one that brought you.
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 1 hr 21 min of driving, the terminal time your ferry line requires, and a real allowance for the mountain road and the Messara.
Send the operator and sailing with your booking. The pickup is calculated against boarding rather than the printed departure.
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 Lentas 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 Lentas costs a fixed €85 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €170.
By three kilometres, and four minutes slower. Lentas is 67.8 kilometres from the quay at about 1 hr 21 min and 70.8 from the airport at about 1 hr 17.
Around half past seven, on a six o'clock docking. Tell the property that in advance, because nothing in Lentas is staffed through the night.
Matala is 62.9 kilometres from this port and far busier. Lentas is further round the coast, much smaller, and reached by a slower road.
In front of the passenger terminal, with a banner showing your name and ours.
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 €85 for a Standard car to Lentas.
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 Lentas and Lentas to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €85, 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 transfers we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.