A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Mochlos covers 98.3 km (61.1 mi) in about 1 hr 34 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 Mochlos 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 | €121 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €125 |
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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 | €500 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Mochlos 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 Mochlos: 98.3 km (61.1 mi), about 1 hr 34 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.
Mochlos is a fishing village on the north coast of eastern Crete, between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia. Mochlos faces a small island of the same name a few hundred metres offshore, which holds a Minoan settlement and can be reached by a short boat crossing from the harbour.
The village is a single line of tavernas along the water with rooms and apartments behind, and the beach beside it is shingle.
The setting is what people come for. The coast here is steep and largely empty, and Mochlos sits on one of the few flat pieces of ground on it.
We drop you at the door of your rooms, apartment or house in the village.
Mochlos is reached by a descent from the main road and its lanes end at the water. Your driver uses the nearest point a car can turn and confirms it before the day.
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 98.3 kilometres in about 1 hr 34 min, ending at a fishing village on the steep coast between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia.
The first hour is the national road through the resort coast and past Agios Nikolaos, then the run along Mirabello Bay through Istron.
Past Pachia Ammos the road climbs and runs high above the sea, with very little built on the coast below.
The Mochlos turning drops several kilometres to the water at the end. The village is a single line of tavernas along the harbour, and the island a few hundred metres offshore, which holds a Minoan settlement, is in view the moment you arrive.
At this distance the dawn docking is a genuine advantage: the whole run happens before the resort coast fills, and a village this small is more welcoming early than a town would be. Distances open out east of Agios Nikolaos in a way they do not on the resort coast. Istron is 74.1 kilometres from this port, Mochlos 98.3, and the villages between them are small and far apart, which is why this drive feels longer than the clock says.
The coach towards Sitia passes on the main road above Mochlos, starting from Heraklion's bus station.
Being set down there leaves a descent of several kilometres with no pavement, which nobody does with luggage. The first leg from the quay into the city comes before it.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Mochlos. 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 Mochlos 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: 98.3 km (61.1 mi), about 1 hr 34 min, and the same fixed fare from €105 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Mochlos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Mochlos back to the port is the same 98.3 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb out of the village takes several minutes before the main road is reached, and the resort coast follows, so both are in the pickup time.
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.
Ninety-four minutes of driving, plus the terminal time your ferry line asks for, plus a margin for the climb and the strip nearer Heraklion.
Send the sailing with your booking and the pickup is set against boarding.
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 Mochlos 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 Mochlos costs a fixed €105 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €145.
A small island a few hundred metres out holding a Minoan settlement, reached by a short boat crossing from the harbour.
Sitia is 126.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 98.3 from this port to Mochlos, so roughly 30 kilometres of coast road lies beyond the village.
A shingle beach sits beside the village, with steep and largely empty coast either side.
Very little. The coast is steep and thinly settled, which is what separates this stretch from the resort coast nearer Heraklion.
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 Mochlos.
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 Mochlos and Mochlos 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 taxi in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.