A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Sitia covers 130.0 km (80.8 mi) in about 2 hr 12 min and costs a fixed fare from €150 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Sitia 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 | €150 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €170 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €185 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €200 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €350 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €590 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sitia 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 Sitia Town: 130.0 km (80.8 mi), about 2 hr 12 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.
Sitia is the main town of eastern Crete, built up a hillside above a bay at the far end of the north coast. Sitia is far enough from the airports that it stays outside the main tourist circuit, and it functions as a working port and market town with a long palm-lined seafront rather than as a resort.
The Venetian fortress known as the Kazarma stands above the town, and the streets below it climb in terraces from the harbour.
Sitia is the base for the far east: the palm forest at Vai, the Minoan site at Palekastro and the Toplou monastery all lie beyond it, and the ferry to Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes sails from its port.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the streets behind it.
Sitia is built on a slope and the lanes above the harbour are steep and narrow. Where an address sits on one, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and confirms it before the day.
The car leaves the port gate for the national road east and covers 130.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 12 min to the main town of the far east of Crete.
The timing suits a boat better than most routes on this list. The overnight from Piraeus docks early, and a little over two hours of road puts you in Sitia during the morning, with the market, the bakeries and the seafront already open while a room is made up.
The eastern resort coast carries the first half hour, past Gouves and Chersonissos to Malia, then Sissi and Milatos, and the built-up shore gives out.
Agios Nikolaos comes at 63.2 kilometres from the quay, close to half the distance, and Istron at 74.1. The road then climbs away from Mirabello Bay into the eastern hills, past the Mochlos turning at 98.3 kilometres, before descending towards the sea again.
Sitia is a working port and market town rather than a resort, built up a slope above its bay with a palm-lined seafront along the water and the streets rising behind it in terraces.
It is also a ferry town in its own right, which is worth separating out at booking. The boats to Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes leave from Sitia's own quay and the airport sits a short drive north, and each of those is a different drop-off point with its own fare. This page prices the town.
What most guests use Sitia for is the country beyond it: Vai and its palm forest, the Toplou monastery and the Minoan site at Palekastro all lie further east.
El Greco, Sitia Bay, Sitia Beach, Itanos Hotel and Petras Beach stand on or just above the front. The lanes above the harbour are steep and narrow, so where an address sits on one your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait.
The KTEL coach from Heraklion to Sitia runs a few times a day and takes around three and a half hours with its stops.
After an overnight crossing that is the city bus station first, then the coach, then a walk from Sitia's station to your accommodation. An hour and a half longer than the car, plus the two walks.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sitia 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 Sitia 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: 130.0 km (80.8 mi), about 2 hr 12 min, and the same fixed fare from €150 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sitia Town at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Sitia back to Heraklion Port covers the same 130.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The eastern hill road comes first and is slower in the dark, which matters more than the distance for an early sailing. Everything from Agios Nikolaos west is national road until the port approach.
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.
Allow about 2 hr 12 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry or cruise line requires, and a real margin for the eastern hills.
Send the operator and sailing at booking. The pickup is calculated from boarding rather than estimated, and the time appears on your 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 Sitia 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 Sitia costs a fixed €150 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €200.
A little over two hours after the ramp goes down. The Piraeus overnight docks early, so most passengers are in Sitia during the morning.
Three separate points a few kilometres apart, each with its own fare. This page prices the town; say at booking if you need the quay or the terminal.
No. It is a working port and market town with a long palm-lined seafront, and it serves as the base for Vai, Palekastro and Toplou further east.
The seafront and town properties, among them El Greco, Sitia Bay, Sitia Beach, Itanos Hotel and Petras Beach.
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 €150 for a Standard car to Sitia 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 Sitia Town and Sitia Town to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €150, 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.