A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Agia Galini covers 71.3 km (44.3 mi) in about 1 hr 19 min and costs a fixed fare from €90 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Agia Galini 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 | €90 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €100 |
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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 | €140 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €230 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €430 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Agia Galini back to Heraklion Town 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 Town to Agia Galini: 71.3 km (44.3 mi), about 1 hr 19 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 comes to the door of your hotel, apartment or address in Heraklion at the time on your voucher. City pickups are door-to-door, so there is no meeting point to find and no walk with luggage.
Heraklion is Crete's capital and largest city, and its centre is a dense grid of one-way and pedestrianised streets inside the Venetian walls. Heraklion's older streets will not take a vehicle at all, so where an address sits behind a pedestrian zone the driver arranges the nearest point a car can legally stop and tells you where that is before the day.
Give the exact address and the hotel name when you book. A street name alone is not always enough in the centre, where numbering restarts across districts.
Journeys east towards Hersonissos, Malia and Agios Nikolaos leave on the national road without crossing the centre. Journeys south to Matala and the Messara plain climb out through the Venetian gate and over the hills.
At your accommodation's entrance, or the closest legal stopping point when the address sits inside a pedestrian zone.
Your driver calls ahead if there is any doubt about where the vehicle can wait.
Give us the pickup address and a contact number at booking. Your driver waits at the agreed time and calls if the entrance is not accessible.
Tell us as early as you can if your plans change, so the driver can be rescheduled.
Agia Galini is a village on the south coast of Crete, built in a steep bowl above a small harbour where the Platys river reaches the sea. Agia Galini keeps the shape of the fishing village it was: the houses climb the slope in tiers, the streets between them are stepped in places, and the harbour is still the centre of everything.
The main beach lies east of the harbour, a strip of sand and shingle reached along the river mouth.
The village sits at the western end of the Messara gulf, which puts the Phaistos and Gortyna sites and the Amari valley within a short drive inland.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa wherever the slope allows a vehicle to reach it.
Agia Galini has streets that end in steps, and several of its accommodations sit above the point a car can go. Your driver stops as close as the road permits and tells you where that is before the day.
The drive crosses the island south for 71.3 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 19 min, ending at the harbour village at the western end of the Messara gulf.
Agia Galini is the furthest of the four south-coast destinations the city sells on this side, and the dearest, and it is the only one of them built around a working harbour. Matala is 62.8 kilometres out at €80, Kalamaki 65.0 at €88, Lentas 67.6 at €85, and Agia Galini 71.3 at €90.
That harbour is the difference in practice as well as on the map. The others are beaches with rooms behind them; this is a village with shops, tavernas and boats that keeps functioning outside the season.
Your driver collects you at your Heraklion address and takes the road south out of the city. The route climbs over the middle of the island and the Messara opens out on the descent, with the Psiloritis massif behind on the right, and the last stretch runs west along the gulf.
Agia Galini is built in a steep bowl above the harbour where the Platys river reaches the sea. The houses climb the slope in tiers and the streets between them are stepped in places, which is what decides the drop-off: several of the rooms and apartments here sit above the point a vehicle can reach.
Your driver stops as close as the road permits and tells you where that will be before the day.
Inland is the other half of the reason people base themselves here. Phaistos and Gortyna are a short drive up into the Messara, and the Amari valley runs north from the village back towards Rethymno.
Palazzo Greco, Hotel Minos, Hotel Sky Beach, Hotel Glaros and Petra are among the properties on the slope and near the harbour.
The KTEL coach to Agia Galini leaves from Heraklion's bus station a few times a day and takes around two hours.
Reaching the station comes first, then the coach, then the walk down into the village from where it stops. The service thins outside the summer months, and the walk is downhill on the way in and uphill on the way out.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Agia Galini. 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 Agia Galini 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: 71.3 km (44.3 mi), about 1 hr 19 min, and the same fixed fare from €90 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Agia Galini at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Agia Galini back to Heraklion covers the same 71.3 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Getting the vehicle out of the village is slower than the map suggests, then the climb north over the middle of the island. The city approach at the end is where the margin is needed.
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 1 hr 19 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time you have been given, and a margin for the village slope and the city approach.
Send the flight number or sailing at booking. The pickup is worked back from it and printed 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 Town to Agia Galini 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 Town to Agia Galini costs a fixed €90 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €140.
It is the furthest and the dearest of the four from Heraklion: Matala 62.8 kilometres at €80, Kalamaki 65.0 at €88, Lentas 67.6 at €85 and Agia Galini 71.3 at €90. It is also the only one with a harbour and year-round shops.
Where the slope allows. Agia Galini has streets that end in steps, and your driver stops as close as the road permits and confirms that point in advance.
East of the harbour, along the mouth of the Platys river, a strip of sand and shingle reached from the village side.
The Messara opens out behind it, with Phaistos and Gortyna a short drive up onto the plain, and the Amari valley running north towards Rethymno through some of the emptiest country on the island.
For the village and the beach, yes. For Phaistos and the Amari, less so: the bus network here is built around the market towns rather than the sites, so most guests hire a car for a day or two.
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 €90 for a Standard car to Agia Galini.
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.
The driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day, so nobody is left waiting on a pedestrianised lane. Give the accommodation name as well as the street when you book.
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 Town to Agia Galini and Agia Galini to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €90, 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.