A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Karteros covers 9.9 km (6.2 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 Karteros 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: Karteros 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 Karteros: 9.9 km (6.2 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.
Karteros is a beach immediately east of Heraklion, at the mouth of a gorge that runs down to the sea. Karteros is one of the two beaches the city uses itself, alongside Amnissos next door, which gives it a different character from the resorts further east: busiest at weekends, quieter mid-week in high season.
The beach is sand and shingle, backed by tavernas along the coast road rather than by hotels.
Its position is the practical point. Heraklion Airport is 5.8 kilometres away, closer than any resort, and the city centre is a short drive west.
We drop you at the door of your accommodation, on the coast road or in the streets behind it.
Karteros is small and its addresses are usually given by property name rather than number. Give that name at booking as well as the area.
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 east for 9.9 kilometres and takes about 14 minutes, to the beach at the mouth of the gorge immediately past the city.
Your driver leaves the centre past the port and picks up the coast road, and the built-up area ends within a few minutes.
Karteros sits where the gorge reaches the sea, and the road up that gorge leads to the villages on the slopes behind Heraklion. The walk in from the coast is short, which is unusual for a beach this close to a capital city.
Like Amnissos beside it, this is a city beach rather than a resort. Tavernas sit along the coast road rather than behind a strip, and the crowd is local at weekends and thin mid-week even in August. Three beaches sit within 10 kilometres of the city centre and are priced identically: Ammoudara at 6.0 kilometres to the west, Amnissos at 9.6 and Karteros at 9.9 to the east. The choice is which side of Heraklion you want to be on.
The coastal bus stops near Karteros and runs frequently from Heraklion's bus station.
That station is the problem rather than the fare: reaching it from a city hotel with luggage, then riding out along the same road the car would take directly.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Karteros. 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 Karteros 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: 9.9 km (6.2 mi), about 14 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Karteros at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Karteros back into Heraklion is the same 9.9 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The run is short enough that traffic rarely changes it, so departures from here need very little buffer.
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 whatever you are trying to reach, and a few minutes for the city end if the pickup is inside the walls.
Give us the detail at booking and the confirmed time is printed on the 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 Karteros 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 Karteros costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
A gorge running inland, with a road following it up towards the villages on the slopes behind the city and a short walk in from the coast.
They adjoin each other on the same shore. Amnissos is 9.6 kilometres from the city and Karteros 9.9.
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.
Ammoudara at 6.0 kilometres, west of the centre. Amnissos and Karteros to the east are 9.6 and 9.9.
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 Karteros.
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 Karteros and Karteros 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 taxi in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.