A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Agia Marina covers 146.0 km (90.7 mi) in about 2 hr 9 min and costs a fixed fare from €155 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Agia Marina - Chania 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 | €155 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €184 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €192 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €215 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €360 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €885 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Agia Marina - Chania 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 Marina - Chania: 146.0 km (90.7 mi), about 2 hr 9 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 Marina is a beach resort on the coast west of Chania, running along one continuous sand strip that also carries Stalos to its east and Platanias to its west. Agia Marina faces the islet of Agioi Theodoroi, a protected reserve for the Cretan wild goat that sits about a kilometre offshore and is visible from most of the beach.
The resort is built along the old coast road rather than around a village centre, so hotels, apartments and tavernas run in a line rather than a cluster. Almost everything is within walking distance of the sand.
Agia Marina is 29.7 kilometres from Chania Airport and close enough to Chania itself for the city to be an evening out rather than an excursion, which is the main reason people choose this strip over the resorts further west.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa anywhere along the strip, including addresses on the old coast road and those set back from it.
Agia Marina, Stalos and Platanias share the same seafront and their addresses can look alike. Give the accommodation name at booking so the driver stops at the right one.
The drive crosses most of the island west, 146.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 9 min, and ends on the beach strip beyond Chania.
Your driver collects you at your Heraklion address and is on the national road within a few minutes. Ammoudara passes first, then the cliffs above Agia Pelagia, then Fodele, Bali and Panormos on the headlands.
Rethymno comes at 78.4 kilometres, close to the halfway mark, and the road runs on through Georgioupolis and Apokoronas before climbing over Aptera with Souda Bay below.
Chania is taken on the bypass and the western suburbs follow. Stalos, Agia Marina and Platanias then run together along one continuous beach, and the car turns off for the middle of the three.
The fare is the part worth checking against the map before you book. Agia Marina is 146.0 kilometres from Heraklion and costs €155 for a Standard car, while Chania Town, 7 kilometres nearer at 139.0, costs €165. The strip beyond the city is priced below the city itself.
Agioi Theodoroi lies about a kilometre offshore for the whole length of the beach, a low island kept as a reserve for the Cretan wild goat, and it is the landmark that tells you which stretch of coast you are on.
The resort runs in a line rather than a cluster. Atrion Resort Hotel, Caldera Village, Oscar Suites and Village, Amalthia and Sofia Studios and Apartments are spread along the old coast road, and the three resorts share addresses that look alike, so the accommodation name is what fixes the stop.
The KTEL coach from Heraklion to Chania takes close to three hours, and a city bus covers the western strip from there.
That is a walk to Heraklion's bus station, the intercity coach, a change in Chania and a local service, against a car that leaves your door. Around four hours in total against a little over two.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Agia Marina - Chania. 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 Marina - Chania 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: 146.0 km (90.7 mi), about 2 hr 9 min, and the same fixed fare from €155 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Agia Marina - Chania at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Agia Marina back to Heraklion covers the same 146.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Eastbound the strip and the Chania bypass are slowest in the morning, and the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach follow later in the run. An early flight or sailing from the Heraklion end means leaving before dawn.
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 9 min of driving, whatever check-in or boarding time applies at the far end, and margins for the strip, the Chania bypass, the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach.
Give us the flight number, sailing or appointment at booking. On a cross-island run the pickup time is calculated rather than estimated, and it goes 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 Marina - Chania 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 Marina costs a fixed €155 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €215.
Agia Marina is 146.0 kilometres from Heraklion at €155 and Chania Town is 139.0 at €165. The fare bands on the western strip sit below the city band.
Far closer. Agia Marina is 29.7 kilometres from Chania Airport against 146.0 from Heraklion Town, so an arrival in the west removes about two hours each way.
Agioi Theodoroi, about a kilometre offshore and visible along the whole strip. It is a protected reserve for the Cretan wild goat and cannot be landed on.
The properties along the old coast road, among them Atrion Resort Hotel, Caldera Village, Oscar Suites & Village, Amalthia and Sofia Studios & Apartments.
Along the sand, yes. Stalos, Agia Marina and Platanias run together with no break, so an evening in one of the others is a walk rather than a taxi.
A small park set back from the coast road in Agia Marina, within walking distance of most of the strip's hotels and the main reason families pick this end over Stalos.
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 €155 for a Standard car to Agia Marina - Chania.
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 Marina - Chania and Agia Marina - Chania to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €155, 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 private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.