A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Skaleta covers 66.7 km (41.4 mi) in about 1 hr 2 min and costs a fixed fare from €80 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Skaleta 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 | €80 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €90 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €95 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €120 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €165 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €390 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Skaleta 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 Skaleta: 66.7 km (41.4 mi), about 1 hr 2 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.
Skaleta is a coastal village on the north shore east of Rethymno, at the point where the national road returns to the sea after the inland stretch behind Panormos. Skaleta marks the start of the long beach that runs west through Sfakaki and Adelianos Kampos into Rethymno itself.
The village is small, with a handful of tavernas and a mix of apartments and family-run hotels along the shore.
Development here is lower and thinner than on the strip closer to Rethymno, which is the reason people pick it over the larger beach resorts a few kilometres west.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the shore road or between it and the national road.
Skaleta's addresses are usually given by property name rather than street number. Give both the name and the area when you book.
The car leaves the port gate and runs west for 66.7 kilometres, about 1 hr 2 min, to the point where the road comes back to the sea after the inland section.
The coast road covers the first half: the cliffs above Agia Pelagia, then the stretch behind the headlands where Bali and Panormos sit below their own turnings, out of sight from the car.
Skaleta returns the road to the shoreline, and the beach that runs west from here is continuous: Sfakaki, then Adelianos Kampos and Platanias, and finally Rethymno at 77.8 kilometres from the quay.
Skaleta is the eastern end of that run and the thinnest part of it. Development here is lower and sparser than on the strip nearer the city, which is why people choose it, and it is also why a dawn arrival finds very little open. Rethymno is a short drive west if the wait for check-in needs filling. The stretch behind the headlands is the quietest part of this drive and the least visible. Bali at 50.2 kilometres from the quay and Panormos at 58.0 both sit below the road on their own descents, so a passenger watching for them sees neither. Two ferry ports serve this beach and the difference is substantial. Skaleta is 66.7 kilometres from Heraklion Port and Rethymno's own quay sits a few kilometres west of the strip, so a passenger with a choice of sailings should weigh which harbour the boat actually calls at.
The Rethymno coach passes Skaleta on the national road, from Heraklion's bus station rather than the port.
That is the city first with luggage, then the coach, then a walk down from the main road. For an hour's drive it turns into most of a morning.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Skaleta. 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 Skaleta 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: 66.7 km (41.4 mi), about 1 hr 2 min, and the same fixed fare from €80 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Skaleta at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Skaleta back to the port is the same 66.7 kilometres at the same fare.
Eastbound the Heraklion approach thickens through the morning, and afternoon sailings mean crossing it, so the margin is at the city end rather than out here.
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.
Sixty-two minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line asks for, and an allowance for the Heraklion approach.
Give us the sailing at booking and the pickup is calculated 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 Skaleta 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 Skaleta costs a fixed €80 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €120.
Sfakaki, Adelianos Kampos and Platanias, all on the same continuous beach.
Yes. Skaleta sits at the eastern end of the run where development is thinnest.
Very little in the village itself. Rethymno is a short drive west and wakes earlier.
The road runs above both. Bali is 50.2 kilometres from the port and Panormos 58.0, each below the road on its own turning.
Rethymno Port sits just west of this strip. From Heraklion Port the same beach is 66.7 kilometres away.
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 €80 for a Standard car to Skaleta.
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 Skaleta and Skaleta to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €80, 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.