A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Milatos covers 48.0 km (29.8 mi) in about 48 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €60 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Milatos 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 | €60 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €67 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €72 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €85 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €130 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €280 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Milatos 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 Milatos: 48.0 km (29.8 mi), about 48 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.
Milatos is a coastal village in the Lassithi region, east of Sissi on the stretch of north coast between Malia and Agios Nikolaos. Milatos is small and low-key, with a shingle beach, a line of tavernas along the water and an older village on the hill above it.
The cave at Milatos, a large cave in the cliffs a few kilometres from the village, is the site of a well-known episode from the 1823 rising and is reached by a track and a short walk.
Development here is thin compared with the resorts west of it, which is what people choose it for.
We drop you at the door of your rooms, apartment or house, in the coastal village or up in the old one.
Milatos has two parts a short distance apart on the hill. Say which you need at booking and give the property name.
The car leaves the port gate, joins the coast road east of the harbour and is on the national road within a couple of minutes, without crossing the city.
The drive east covers 48.0 kilometres in about 48 minutes and ends at the last village before the road turns inland towards Neapoli.
The resort coast fills the first half and is the only part that traffic touches. After an early ferry it is empty, which is why a port pickup often reaches Milatos faster than an afternoon airport transfer covering less distance.
Milatos is in two parts, the coastal settlement behind a shingle beach and the older village on the hill above it, and the turning differs between them.
Arriving at dawn suits this village better than most. There is very little here, which is the point of it, and the hours before the tavernas open are the quietest you will see the place all week. The eastern villages are priced close together and are easy to confuse when booking. Sissi is 44.0 kilometres from this port and Milatos 48.0, and both have a coastal part and an older village above, so four different addresses sit within a few kilometres of each other.
The coastal bus passes the Milatos turning on the main road, but it starts from Heraklion's bus station rather than the port.
That means the city first with luggage after a night on the boat, then a wait, then a walk of more than a kilometre downhill from where the bus sets you down.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 48.0 km (29.8 mi), about 48 min, and the same fixed fare from €60 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Milatos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Milatos back to the port is the same 48.0 kilometres at the same fare.
The climb from the village up to the main road comes first, and the resort strip follows, so a departure timed against an evening sailing allows for both.
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.
The calculation starts from your boarding time: 48 minutes of driving, the terminal time the ferry line requires, and a margin for the strip through Malia and Chersonissos.
Send the operator and sailing with your booking and we set the pickup against it.
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 Milatos 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 Milatos costs a fixed €60 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €85.
Sissi is 44.0 kilometres from Heraklion Port against 48.0 to Milatos, so about 4 kilometres separates them.
They are separate parts a short distance apart on the hill. Say which you need at booking.
A large cave in the cliffs a few kilometres from the village, the site of a well-known episode from the 1823 rising, reached by a track and a short walk.
They are 4 kilometres apart and each has a coastal settlement and an older village above it. Give the property name so the right one goes on the voucher.
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 €60 for a Standard car to Milatos.
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 Milatos and Milatos to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €60, 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.