A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Almyrida covers 125.0 km (77.7 mi) in about 1 hr 54 min and costs a fixed fare from €125 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Almyrida 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 | €125 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €156 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €160 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €160 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €320 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €765 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Almyrida 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 Almyrida: 125.0 km (77.7 mi), about 1 hr 54 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.
Almyrida is a small resort on the Apokoronas coast east of Chania, set on a shallow sandy bay at the foot of the Drapanos peninsula. Almyrida sits 2.4 kilometres from its larger neighbour Kalyves and shares the same stretch of protected water, which stays calm and shallow a long way out.
The resort is compact. Tavernas and shops line the seafront, the beach runs directly in front of them, and the accommodation is mostly apartments and villas rather than large hotels.
The shallow bay and the afternoon breeze make Almyrida one of the places on this coast used for windsurfing, and the hill villages of Plaka, Kokkino Chorio and Gavalochori sit immediately above it.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the lanes behind it.
Many Almyrida addresses are villas on the hillside rather than numbered streets. Give the property name and the owner's directions when you book, so the driver has more than a street to work from.
The drive runs west for 125.0 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 54 min, ending on a shallow bay at the foot of the Drapanos peninsula.
Your driver collects you at your Heraklion address and joins the national road within minutes. Ammoudara and the cliffs above Agia Pelagia come first, then Fodele, Bali and Panormos on the headlands, and Rethymno at 78.4 kilometres.
The road continues west through Atsipopoulo and Gerani to Georgioupolis and the Almyros, and Kavros marks the end of the long beach at 100.0 kilometres.
The turn inland comes at Vamos, and the last twenty minutes cross the Apokoronas hills through Gavalochori, Kokkino Chorio and Plaka. The bay appears below on the descent rather than opening ahead along the shore, which is the difference between arriving here from the east and arriving from Chania.
Almyrida is small when you reach it. Tavernas and shops line one seafront, the beach runs directly in front of them, and the water stays calm and shallow a long way out because the bay is protected on both sides.
That shelter, plus a reliable afternoon breeze, is why this is one of the places on the north coast used for windsurfing. It is also why the bay suits families who want water that does not drop away.
Almyrida Resort, Almyrida Beach, Aloe Boutique and Suites and Nirides stand within a few hundred metres of the centre. A good share of the rest of the accommodation is villas on the hillside above, on lanes that carry no numbers, so the property name and the owner's directions belong on the booking.
Kalyves, the larger resort, sits 2.4 kilometres along the same water and is sold as its own transfer.
The Apokoronas bus network runs from Chania rather than from anywhere along this route.
Reaching Almyrida by public transport means Heraklion's bus station, the intercity coach west past the turning, then a local service back down to the coast from Vrisses or Chania. Three legs and two waits, and the last connection of the day goes early in the evening.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Almyrida. 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 Almyrida 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: 125.0 km (77.7 mi), about 1 hr 54 min, and the same fixed fare from €125 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Almyrida at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Almyrida back to Heraklion covers the same 125.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb out of the village comes first and takes several minutes on its own, and a pickup from a hillside villa is set earlier again than one on the seafront. The national road carries everything after Georgioupolis.
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 54 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time your airline or ferry line requires, and margins for the hill lanes, the Rethymno bypass and the city approach.
Give us 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 Almyrida 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 Almyrida costs a fixed €125 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €160.
Over the Apokoronas hills through Vamos, Gavalochori and Kokkino Chorio, dropping to the bay at the end. From this direction the road does not run along the shore.
No. Kalyves is 2.4 kilometres along the same bay and is booked and priced separately.
The bay is shallow and protected, and the afternoon breeze is regular. The same shelter is what keeps the water calm for swimmers earlier in the day.
Yes, with the property name and the owner's directions given at booking. Many Almyrida villas sit on unnamed lanes above the bay.
A line of tavernas and shops with the beach directly in front of them, compact enough to walk end to end in a few minutes. Almyrida is small by the standards of the north coast resorts.
On the slopes of the Drapanos peninsula above the bay, on lanes that carry no numbers, which is why the property name and the owner's directions go on the booking.
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 €125 for a Standard car to Almyrida.
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 Almyrida and Almyrida to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €125, 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.