A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Ammoudara beside Agios Nikolaos covers 68.1 km (42.3 mi) in about 1 hr 2 min and costs a fixed fare from €72 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Ammoudara - 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 | €72 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €84 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €90 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €110 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €200 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €415 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Ammoudara - 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.
The line is the road a driver actually takes from Heraklion Town to Ammoudara - Agios Nikolaos: 68.1 km (42.3 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 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.
Ammoudara is the beach suburb on the northern edge of Agios Nikolaos, along the coast road that continues towards Elounda. Ammoudara here is a different place from the Ammoudara west of Heraklion, and the two are regularly confused when accommodation is booked.
The beach is a long stretch of sand and shingle, and it is the largest of the beaches within reach of Agios Nikolaos on foot or by a short drive.
Most of the area's larger hotels stand along this shore rather than in the town itself, which is why many visitors booking Agios Nikolaos actually stay here.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa along the coast road.
Crete has two places called Ammoudara, this one beside Agios Nikolaos and another west of Heraklion. Give the hotel name and the region at booking so the right one goes on the voucher.
The drive runs east for 68.1 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 2 min, ending on the beach at the northern edge of Agios Nikolaos.
Your driver leaves the centre past the port and joins the national road, and the resort coast follows as far as Malia.
Past Malia the road climbs inland across open country, and Mirabello Bay opens on the descent.
Ammoudara is reached just before the town centre, on the coast road that carries on north towards Elounda. Most of the area's larger hotels stand along this shore rather than in the town, which is why a booking that says Agios Nikolaos often means here.
Crete has a second Ammoudara 6.0 kilometres west of Heraklion. Giving the region at booking is what keeps the two apart, and on this route it matters more than most, because both are sold from this hub. The Lassithi coast north of the town is priced point by point from the city: Agios Nikolaos at 64.3 kilometres, Ammoudara at 68.1, Elounda at 71.4 and Plaka beyond. The steps are small and the character changes more than the fare does.
The KTEL intercity coach reaches Agios Nikolaos in about 90 minutes from Heraklion's bus station.
It stops at the town's bus station rather than on this beach, which leaves a further stretch by local taxi, and the walk to the station comes before any of it.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Ammoudara - 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 Ammoudara - 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: 68.1 km (42.3 mi), about 1 hr 2 min, and the same fixed fare from €72 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Ammoudara - Agios Nikolaos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Ammoudara back into Heraklion is the same 68.1 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
Westbound the resort coast is at its slowest through the middle of the morning, which is when most journeys back to the city are made.
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.
About 1 hr 2 min of driving, plus any check-in or terminal time, plus a margin for the Malia to Gouves stretch.
Tell us what you are catching at booking and the exact pickup 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 Ammoudara - 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 costs a fixed €72 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €110.
Effectively, at a different door. The town centre is 64.3 kilometres from the city; this shore has the beach and the larger hotels.
Elounda is 71.4 kilometres from Heraklion Town, further north along the same coast road.
Elounda at 71.4 kilometres from the city, and Plaka beyond it at the end of the road.
The one beside Agios Nikolaos, 68.1 kilometres east of a city address. The other Ammoudara is the beach suburb 6.0 kilometres west of the same address, so the two are sixty-two kilometres and about fifty minutes apart.
Agios Nikolaos itself is 64.3 kilometres from the city at €70 for a Standard car, Ammoudara 68.1 at €72 and Elounda 71.4 at €74. Two euros a step, across seven kilometres of the same bay.
On the coast at the northern edge of the town, a short drive from the centre and on the road that continues towards Elounda. Most of the area's larger hotels stand on this shore rather than in the town itself.
The properties along the coast road, among them Blue Marine Resort and Spa, Panorama Villas, Ostria Apartments and Vistamare Lodge.
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 €72 for a Standard car to Ammoudara - 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 Ammoudara - Agios Nikolaos and Ammoudara - Agios Nikolaos to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €72, 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.