A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Ammoudara covers 6.0 km (3.7 mi) in about 10 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €36 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Ammoudara - Heraklion 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 | €36 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €40 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €45 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €55 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €80 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €150 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Ammoudara - Heraklion 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 - Heraklion: 6.0 km (3.7 mi), about 10 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 immediately west of Heraklion, 6.0 kilometres from the city centre along one continuous sand beach. Ammoudara is where most of Heraklion's own beach hotels stand, close enough to the capital for the city to be a short drive rather than an outing.
The area runs along a single coast road with the sand on one side and hotels, apartments and tavernas on the other.
Its position suits people who want a beach base but expect to spend time in Heraklion itself, at Knossos, or at the museum in the city centre.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa along the coast road or in the streets behind it.
Crete has two places called Ammoudara, this one west of Heraklion and another on the edge of Agios Nikolaos. Give the hotel name at booking so the right one goes on the voucher.
Your driver comes to the door of your hotel, apartment or address in Heraklion at the time on the voucher. The centre is a dense grid of one-way and pedestrianised streets inside the Venetian walls, and the older lanes take no vehicle at all, so where that applies the car waits at the nearest legal stopping point and you are told which one before the day rather than on the morning.
The drive runs west for 6.0 kilometres and takes about 10 minutes, which makes it the shortest transfer we sell from a Heraklion address. Ammoudara is the city's own beach suburb rather than a resort, and the road to it never leaves the built-up area.
The car leaves the centre, picks up the coastal road past the walls and follows the shore west until the hotels along the sand begin.
Where you are staying on that strip changes almost nothing. Ammoudara runs a couple of kilometres along one road, and the difference between the first hotel and the last is a minute of driving.
What the location decides is how you use the city. Heraklion's centre is 6.0 kilometres east, close enough that the Archaeological Museum and the Venetian harbour are an evening rather than an excursion, which is the usual reason people pick this beach over one further out.
A city bus runs between the centre and the western beach for a couple of euros.
It stops at the main stops rather than at hotel entrances, so a room at the far end of the strip still leaves a walk. For one or two people travelling light that is a reasonable trade.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Ammoudara - Heraklion. 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 - Heraklion 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: 6.0 km (3.7 mi), about 10 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Ammoudara - Heraklion at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Ammoudara back into Heraklion covers the same 6.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Traffic on the city's seaward road builds eastbound through the morning, so an early appointment is worth a few extra minutes despite the short distance.
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.
Ten minutes of driving, plus whatever check-in or terminal time applies, plus a little for the city road at the hour you travel.
Send the flight, sailing or appointment with the booking and the pickup time is calculated for you.
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 - Heraklion 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 Ammoudara costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
The argument is certainty rather than distance: a fixed fare, and a car at the door at an agreed time rather than found on the street.
As close as the street allows. Where the address sits behind a pedestrianised section, your driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it in advance.
About ten minutes over six kilometres, which makes it the shortest transfer sold from a city address. Most of that time is spent getting out of the centre rather than covering the distance.
The beach hotels along the coast road, among them Agapi Beach Resort, Club Magic Life Candia Maris, Sun Hotel and Villa Marina.
The beach suburb immediately west of Heraklion. The other is beside Agios Nikolaos, 68.1 kilometres east of the same address.
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 €36 for a Standard car to Ammoudara - Heraklion.
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 - Heraklion and Ammoudara - Heraklion to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €36, 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.