A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Amnissos covers 9.6 km (6.0 mi) in about 14 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 Amnissos 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: Amnissos 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 Amnissos: 9.6 km (6.0 mi), about 14 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.
Amnissos is a beach immediately east of Heraklion, next to Karteros and about 5 kilometres from the city. Amnissos was the harbour that served Knossos in the Minoan period, and the remains on the low hill behind the sand include a villa known for its fresco of lilies.
The beach is sand, longer and more open than its neighbour, with tavernas along the road behind it.
Like Karteros, this is a beach Heraklion uses itself rather than a resort, so it fills at weekends and empties mid-week even in high season.
We drop you at the door of your accommodation, on the coast road or in the streets behind it.
Amnissos and Karteros adjoin each other and their addresses are often given loosely. Give the property name at booking so the driver stops at the right one.
The drive runs east for 9.6 kilometres and takes about 14 minutes, to the beach that served as Knossos's harbour three and a half thousand years ago.
The car leaves the centre past the port and joins the coast road, and the city is behind you within a few minutes.
Amnissos is the longer and more open of the two beaches on this stretch, with Karteros beside it at the mouth of a gorge. Both are beaches Heraklion uses itself rather than resorts, which shows in the rhythm: crowded on a Sunday, near empty on a Wednesday in the same week of August.
Amnissos and Karteros are three hundred metres apart and cost the same €36 for a Standard car, at 9.6 and 9.9 kilometres from a city address. So does everything else on this side: Ammoudara at 6.0 kilometres west, Kokkini Hani at 14.0 east, and on as far as Anissaras at 26.4. One fare covers twenty kilometres of coast, which makes the choice between these beaches a question of which one you want rather than what it costs.
There are two properties of any size here, Sentodo Unique Blue and Anemos Suites, which is the other measure of how far this is from being a resort.
The Minoan site on the low hill behind the sand is what distinguishes it. The villa excavated there is known for its fresco of lilies, and the harbour it belonged to handled the sea traffic that Heraklion's modern port handles a few kilometres west.
The coastal bus towards the eastern resorts passes Amnissos and runs frequently.
It leaves from Heraklion's bus station rather than your address and sets down on the road above the beach. Over 9.6 kilometres the fare difference is small and the two walks are the whole of it.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 9.6 km (6.0 mi), about 14 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Amnissos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Amnissos back into Heraklion is the same 9.6 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
Westbound traffic towards the city builds from about seven, though on a run this short the effect is minutes rather than a quarter of an hour.
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.
Fourteen minutes of driving, plus your own deadline, plus a small allowance for the city end.
Tell us the flight, sailing or appointment at booking and the exact time 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 Amnissos 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 Amnissos costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
The harbour that served Knossos stood on the hill behind the beach, and the villa excavated there is known for its fresco of lilies.
They adjoin each other. Amnissos is the longer, more open beach; Karteros sits at the gorge mouth beside it, 9.9 kilometres from the city.
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.
Yes. Amnissos at 9.6 kilometres and Karteros at 9.9 are both €36 for a Standard car, and so is everything from Ammoudara at 6.0 kilometres west to Anissaras at 26.4 east.
There are two properties of any size, Sentodo Unique Blue and Anemos Suites. Amnissos is a beach the city uses rather than a resort, so most visitors come for the day from an address in Heraklion.
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 Amnissos.
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 Amnissos and Amnissos 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 taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.