A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Anissaras covers 26.4 km (16.4 mi) in about 30 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 Anissaras 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 | €42 |
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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 | €95 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €180 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Anissaras 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 Anissaras: 26.4 km (16.4 mi), about 30 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.
Anissaras is a quiet coastal strip immediately east of Hersonissos, made up almost entirely of hotel complexes set along a low rocky shoreline. Anissaras has no resort centre of its own, which is precisely the point: guests get the coast without the strip, with Hersonissos a few minutes away when they want it.
The shoreline alternates between small sandy inlets and flat rock, and most of the larger hotels have built their own beach areas and swimming platforms. Sunbathing here tends to happen inside the property rather than on a public beach.
Because the area is hotel-led, there is little in the way of independent shops or tavernas within walking distance. Most guests either eat in the hotel or take the short trip into Hersonissos.
We drop you at your hotel's reception entrance.
The complexes here sit behind long private drives off the coast road. The driver takes the vehicle right up to reception, which matters in Anissaras more than most places because the walk from the road would be a long one.
The drive runs east for 26.4 kilometres and takes about 30 minutes, to the low-rise stretch immediately before Chersonissos.
The coast road carries the route past the city beaches and the resorts at Kokkini Hani, Gournes, Gouves and Analipsis.
Anissaras is the quieter of the pair at this end. Hotels sit in gardens along the shore rather than along a strip, and the difference between this address and Chersonissos a kilometre or two on is what most people booking here are paying for.
That difference is an evening one rather than a daytime one. Both are the same drive and the same beach coast; it is after about ten at night that they stop resembling each other. Four addresses sit within 4 kilometres of each other at this end of the coast and are priced separately: Analipsis at 23.0 kilometres from the city, Anissaras at 26.4, Chersonissos at 26.7 and Koutouloufari at 30.8 up on the slope. The fare barely moves between them; the character does.
The coastal bus passes on the main road above Anissaras and runs frequently.
For a hotel set back in gardens, being dropped on the national road is the difficulty rather than the fare, and the bus leaves from Heraklion's bus station rather than your address.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Anissaras. 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 Anissaras 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: 26.4 km (16.4 mi), about 30 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Anissaras at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Anissaras back into Heraklion is the same 26.4 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
The Chersonissos section immediately east is the slow part westbound in the morning, so a pickup against a fixed appointment allows for it.
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.
Thirty minutes of driving, plus any check-in or terminal time, plus a margin for the resort road.
Send the flight, sailing or appointment with the booking and the pickup is set against it.
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 Anissaras 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 Anissaras costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
A kilometre or two further east at 26.7 kilometres from the city, and Anissaras is the quieter address of the two.
Most sit in gardens along the shore rather than on a strip, which is why the property name is worth giving at booking.
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.
Analipsis at 23.0 kilometres from Heraklion, Chersonissos at 26.7, and the hill villages of Piskopiano and Koutouloufari above them.
No. Anissaras at 26.4 kilometres is €36 for a Standard car from a city address, the same as Kokkini Hani at 14.0, Gouves at 19.5 and Analipsis at 23.0. Chersonissos, three hundred metres further on, is €38.
The complexes along the shore, among them Serita Beach, Oasis Beach Hotel, Paralos Kosta Mare and Hotel Anissa Beach & Village.
Yes. The complexes here stand behind long private drives off the coast road, and the walk in from the tarmac would be a real one, so the driver takes the vehicle to the reception entrance rather than the gate.
No, and that is the appeal. Anissaras is almost entirely hotel complexes on a low rocky shoreline, with Chersonissos a few minutes west when you want shops and tavernas.
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 Anissaras.
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 Anissaras and Anissaras 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.