A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Piskopiano covers 26.7 km (16.6 mi) in about 27 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 Piskopiano 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: Piskopiano 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 Piskopiano: 26.7 km (16.6 mi), about 27 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.
Piskopiano is a hill village above Chersonissos, on the slope behind the coast rather than on it. Piskopiano sits alongside Koutouloufari at the same height, and the two share a character the resort below does not: old stone houses, narrow lanes and tavernas built into the hillside.
The village looks down over the whole coastal strip, and the sea is a few minutes away by road rather than at the door.
Its appeal is the combination: the quiet of a village at night, with Chersonissos and its beaches close enough to reach in minutes.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa in the village.
Piskopiano's lanes are narrow, steep and partly one-way, and some take no car at all. Your driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day.
The car leaves the port gate and runs east for 26.7 kilometres, about 27 minutes, then climbs away from the coast at the end.
The national road covers the first 20 kilometres past the city beaches and the resorts as far as Analipsis.
The turning comes before Chersonissos itself. The road leaves the coast and climbs the slope behind it, and the change is immediate: olive terraces instead of hotels, and the whole strip laid out below as height is gained.
Piskopiano sits at the top alongside Koutouloufari, and its lanes are narrow, steep and partly one-way. Some addresses are not reachable by car at all, which the driver will tell you before the day rather than on arrival.
Arriving at dawn is the easiest time to attempt those lanes. They are effectively single track and a delivery van at nine o'clock is a longer delay than anything on the national road. The two hill villages above Chersonissos are close together and easy to confuse. Piskopiano is 26.7 kilometres from this quay and Koutouloufari 30.1, on the same slope at the same height, and both have lanes a car cannot always enter. The two hill villages sit above Chersonissos rather than in it, which is the whole reason people book them. The strip is a few minutes downhill and the noise does not climb, so a night here is quiet in a way an address on the seafront is not.
No bus climbs to the hill villages.
The coastal service reaches Chersonissos on the main road below, and the last part is a steep walk or a local taxi. After an overnight crossing that is the quay, the city, the coach and then the hill.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Piskopiano. 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 Piskopiano 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: 26.7 km (16.6 mi), about 27 min, and the same fixed fare from €38 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Piskopiano at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Piskopiano back to the port is the same 26.7 kilometres at the same fixed price.
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.
Twenty-seven minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line requires, plus the descent and an allowance for the coast road.
Send the operator and sailing with your booking and the pickup goes on the 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 Piskopiano 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 Piskopiano costs a fixed €38 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €60.
As far as the lane allows. Some Piskopiano streets take no vehicle, and you are told the stopping point in advance.
They are neighbouring villages on the same slope, booked separately. Koutouloufari is 30.1 kilometres from this port and Piskopiano 26.7.
Chersonissos and its beaches are a few minutes downhill by road.
They sit on the same slope at the same height and are neighbours. Piskopiano is 26.7 kilometres from the port and Koutouloufari 30.1.
Considerably. The village sits on the slope above the resort, and the noise from the strip does not carry up.
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 Piskopiano.
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 Piskopiano and Piskopiano 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.