A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Kalamaki covers 65.0 km (40.4 mi) in about 1 hr 13 min and costs a fixed fare from €88 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Kalamaki - South Crete 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 | €88 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €92 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €98 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €130 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €215 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €415 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kalamaki - South Crete 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 Kalamaki - South Crete: 65.0 km (40.4 mi), about 1 hr 13 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.
Kalamaki is a village on the south coast of the Heraklion region, at the northern end of the long beach that runs down towards Matala. Kalamaki in the south should not be confused with the Kalamaki west of Chania: the two share a name and sit on opposite coasts.
The beach here is sand and open to the Libyan Sea, wide and exposed, with the village set immediately behind it.
Development is low-rise and the settlement is small, with Pitsidia inland and Komos beach running south along the same shore.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa in the village or along the beach road.
Crete has two places called Kalamaki, this one on the south coast and another west of Chania. Give the region or the property name at booking so the right one goes on the voucher.
The drive crosses the island south for 65.0 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 13 min, ending on the Messara coast facing the Libyan Sea.
Check the name before anything else. Crete has a second Kalamaki on the coast west of Chania, on the other side of the island, and this page prices the southern one. Give the region as well as the property name at booking and the confusion never arises.
Your driver collects you at your Heraklion address and takes the road south out of the city rather than either coast road. The route climbs over the middle of the island, and the Messara plain opens out on the descent with the Psiloritis massif standing behind on the right.
Pitsidia, the inland village, is the last settlement before the shore, and Kalamaki sits directly behind its own beach a few kilometres beyond it.
The beach is wide sand open to the Libyan Sea, with Komos continuing south along the same stretch of coast and Matala and its caves a few kilometres further on. Development here is low-rise and the village stands directly behind the sand rather than above it.
The fares on this coast are worth a glance side by side, because they do not line up with the map. From the city, Matala is 62.8 kilometres at €80, Kalamaki 65.0 at €88, Lentas 67.6 at €85 and Agia Galini 71.3 at €90. Kalamaki costs more than Lentas while sitting 2.6 kilometres nearer, so the cheapest of the four is not the closest and the dearest is not the furthest.
Knossos, Alonia, Studios Castello, Arsinoi Apartments and Bella Mare are among the properties in the village and along the shore.
The KTEL service to the Messara runs from Heraklion's bus station to Mires and Timbaki, and a local bus covers the last few kilometres to the coast in season.
Two vehicles and a change, on a timetable built around the market towns rather than the beaches, against 1 hr 13 min from your door.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kalamaki - South Crete. 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 Kalamaki - South Crete 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: 65.0 km (40.4 mi), about 1 hr 13 min, and the same fixed fare from €88 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kalamaki - South Crete at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Kalamaki back to Heraklion covers the same 65.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb off the plain comes first and the road over the middle of the island carries most of the return. The Heraklion approach at the end is the only part that traffic touches.
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 13 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time your airline or ferry line asks for, and a margin for the city approach.
Give us the flight number or sailing at booking and the pickup time is printed on your voucher rather than agreed on the day.
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 Kalamaki - South Crete 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 Kalamaki costs a fixed €88 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €130.
The one on the south coast, on the Messara gulf. The other sits west of Chania on the north coast, so give the region at booking as well as the property name.
No. Matala is 62.8 kilometres from Heraklion at €80 and Kalamaki 65.0 at €88, and Lentas at 67.6 is €85. The fares on this coast do not follow the distance.
The beach continuing south along the same shore from Kalamaki, within walking distance along the sand.
The rooms and apartments in the village and along the shore, among them Knossos, Alonia, Studios castello, Arsinoi Apartments and Bella Mare.
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 €88 for a Standard car to Kalamaki - South Crete.
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 Kalamaki - South Crete and Kalamaki - South Crete to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €88, 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 private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.