A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Agios Nikolaos covers 64.3 km (40.0 mi) in about 57 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €70 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Agios Nikolaos 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 | €70 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €79 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €82 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €115 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €170 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €370 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Agios Nikolaos back to Heraklion Town costs the same as the arrival leg. Child and booster seats are added at booking, at no extra charge.
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.
Agios Nikolaos is the capital of the Lassithi region and the main town on Mirabello Bay in eastern Crete. Agios Nikolaos is built around Lake Voulismeni, a small deep pool joined to the harbour by a short channel, with the town's tavernas and bars ringing the water above it.
The town works as a base rather than a beach resort. The beaches inside the town are small and municipal; the larger ones, Almyros and Ammoudara, sit just outside it, and Elounda and Plaka lie north along the coast road.
Its position makes it the natural stop for eastern Crete. Boats to Spinalonga leave from the harbour, the Archaeological Museum is in the town, and the roads south to Ierapetra and east to Sitia both start here.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the town or out along the Elounda road.
The streets around the lake are steep, narrow and partly one-way. Where a hotel sits inside that area the driver uses the nearest point a car can stop and confirms it before the day.
The drive runs east from your Heraklion address to the capital of Lassithi, 64.3 kilometres away, in about 57 minutes. Moving base from one regional capital to the other is the common reason for this route, and it is short enough to do with luggage in the middle of a holiday rather than only on arrival day.
Your driver leaves the city past the port and joins the national road above Karteros. The developed coast follows, from Kokkini Hani through Gouves, Chersonissos and Stalida to Malia, and it is the only part of the run where traffic is a real factor.
East of Malia the island empties out. The turnings for Sissi and Milatos, two fishing villages down on the shore, come first, and after them the road leaves the coast entirely and climbs inland across open country. Nothing on that section is built up, which is why the second half of this drive is consistently faster than the first.
The road returns to the sea above Mirabello Bay and comes into Agios Nikolaos past Ammoudara, the beach suburb on its northern edge, with the turning to Vathi and Daios Cove signposted before the town. About 57 minutes is the normal door-to-door figure.
The two fishing villages on the quiet half of this drive are bookable in their own right. Sissi is 44.7 kilometres from Heraklion and Milatos 48.6, both down on the shore below the road, and each takes roughly three quarters of the time of the full run to Agios Nikolaos.
Ammoudara is the name to watch on this route. Heraklion has its own Ammoudara 6.0 kilometres west of the city, and Agios Nikolaos has a second one on its northern edge, so the beach suburb reached at the end of this drive is not the one people mean when they book a transfer of 6 kilometres.
The KTEL intercity coach runs from Heraklion to Agios Nikolaos several times a day and takes around 90 minutes.
It leaves from Heraklion's bus station and arrives at the one on the edge of Agios Nikolaos, which sits above the town centre. The streets down to the lake are steep, so the coach fare is usually followed by a local taxi for anyone carrying luggage.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Agios Nikolaos. 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 Agios Nikolaos 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: 64.3 km (40.0 mi), about 57 min, and the same fixed fare from €70 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Agios Nikolaos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Agios Nikolaos back to Heraklion is the same 64.3 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Traffic westbound through the resort coast builds from mid-morning, so a pickup timed against something fixed in Heraklion allows for that rather than for the driving time alone.
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.
For a departure from Agios Nikolaos we work back from what you need to reach: about 57 minutes of driving, plus any check-in or terminal time, plus a buffer for the Malia to Gouves stretch.
Tell us the flight, the sailing or the appointment at booking, and the exact pickup time is confirmed 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 Agios Nikolaos 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 Agios Nikolaos costs a fixed €70 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €115, and the fare covers the vehicle rather than each seat in it.
About 57 min for the 64.3 km (40.0 mi) route. The resort coast as far as Malia is the section that slows in season; the inland stretch beyond it runs clear.
Yes. The KTEL intercity coach takes around 90 minutes and runs several times a day, arriving at the bus station above the town rather than at your accommodation.
Yes. Where a street takes no vehicle, your driver arranges the closest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day. Give the hotel name as well as the address when you book.
Agios Nikolaos has a beach suburb called Ammoudara on its northern edge, and Heraklion has an unrelated Ammoudara 6.0 kilometres west of the city centre. Give the region or the hotel name when you book, so the right one is on the voucher.
Both are sold as separate transfers, 44.7 and 48.6 kilometres from Heraklion. Ask at booking rather than on the day if you want the car to call at one, because the schedule is built around the pickup time on your voucher.
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 €70 for a Standard car to Agios Nikolaos.
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 Agios Nikolaos and Agios Nikolaos to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €70, 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 transfers we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.