A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Rethymno Town covers 77.8 km (48.3 mi) in about 1 hr 13 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 Rethymno Town 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 | €110 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €130 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €195 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €430 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Rethymno Town 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 Rethymno Town: 77.8 km (48.3 mi), about 1 hr 13 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.
Rethymno Town is the third largest city in Crete and the capital of the Rethymno region, set midway along the north coast between Heraklion and Chania. Rethymno's old town is the most complete Renaissance quarter on the island, built under Venetian rule below the Fortezza and left largely intact since.
The layout is unusually easy to picture. The Fortezza occupies the headland, the old town fills the ground behind the Venetian harbour, and one long sand beach runs east from the centre with the hotel strip behind it.
Rethymno lies 78.4 kilometres from Heraklion and 64.9 kilometres from Chania, which puts it roughly an hour from each and makes it the usual choice for a stay meant to cover the whole north coast rather than one end of it.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the old town or along the beach road east of it.
The old town is a grid of narrow one-way lanes and parts of it take no vehicle. Where your address sits inside that grid, the driver uses the nearest point a car can legally wait and tells you which one before the day.
The car leaves the port gate and runs west for 77.8 kilometres, about 1 hr 13 min, between two of Crete's three port cities.
The coast road covers the whole route: past Heraklion, the cliffs above Agia Pelagia, the inland section behind Bali and Panormos, then the beach strip from Skaleta into the city.
Rethymno is entered from the east, so the beach road and the hotel strip come before the old town and the Fortezza.
A dawn docking suits this destination better than most. Rethymno's old town is one of the few places on the island genuinely worth seeing empty, and a six o'clock arrival puts you in it before the first coach party, with the harbour tavernas opening as you get there.
Where your accommodation sits inside those lanes, the same access constraint applies as at any old town address: the car reaches the nearest legal point and the last stretch is on foot. A traveller with a choice of sailings should note which harbour the boat calls at. Rethymno is 53.0 kilometres from Souda and 77.8 from this quay, so a Chania sailing lands closer to the city than a Heraklion one does.
The intercity coach covers Heraklion to Rethymno in about 90 minutes and runs regularly.
It leaves from the city's bus station rather than the quay and arrives at Rethymno's, which sits away from the old town. After an overnight crossing that is a walk at both ends with luggage.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Rethymno Town. 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 Rethymno Town 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: 77.8 km (48.3 mi), about 1 hr 13 min, and the same fixed fare from €85 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Rethymno Town at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Rethymno back to the port is the same 77.8 kilometres at the same fare.
Eastbound the Heraklion approach is slowest through the morning and the port is on the far side of it, so afternoon sailings carry a margin for the city rather than the coast.
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.
Seventy-three minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line requires, a margin for the Heraklion approach, and a few minutes at the Rethymno end if the pickup is inside the old town.
Give us the operator and sailing at 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 Rethymno Town 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 Rethymno costs a fixed €85 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €130.
As close as the lanes allow. Parts of the old town take no vehicle, and you are told the stopping point before the day.
Rethymno Port sits on the city's northern edge, a few hundred metres from the old town, and is booked separately.
The harbour tavernas start early. The old town at that hour is the quietest you will see it.
Souda at 53.0 kilometres, against 77.8 from Heraklion Port.
The Venetian fortress on the headland above the old town. Most of the old quarter fills the ground between it and the harbour, which is the part of the city guests here are usually staying in.
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 Rethymno Town.
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 Rethymno Town and Rethymno Town 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 taxi in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.