A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Kavros covers 100.0 km (62.1 mi) in about 1 hr 29 min and costs a fixed fare from €105 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Kavros - Paralia Kourna 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 | €105 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €114 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €126 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €142 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €258 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €588 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kavros - Paralia Kourna 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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna: 100.0 km (62.1 mi), about 1 hr 29 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.
Kavros is a beach settlement on the north coast between Georgioupolis and Rethymno, sharing the same long sand strip as its larger neighbour. Kavros sits at the eastern end of that beach, with the hotels set back behind it and the national road above.
The sand here runs for several kilometres without interruption and shelves gradually, and the water stays shallow a long way out.
Lake Kournas, the only natural freshwater lake on Crete, lies in the hills a few kilometres inland and gives the settlement the second half of its name.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the beach road or on the approach from the national road.
Kavros and Georgioupolis run together along one beach and some addresses use either name. Give the hotel name at booking so the driver goes to the right end of it.
The drive runs west along the north coast for 100.0 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 29 min, ending at the eastern end of the Georgioupolis beach.
Your driver collects you at your Heraklion address and joins the national road within a few minutes. Ammoudara passes first, then the cliffs above Agia Pelagia and Lygaria, then Fodele, Bali and Panormos on the headlands.
Rethymno arrives at 78.4 kilometres, three quarters of the way, and the road continues west through Atsipopoulo and Gerani to the mouth of the Almyros.
Kavros and Georgioupolis are the same journey priced as one. Kavros is 100.0 kilometres from the city and Georgioupolis 101.0, both are quoted at about an hour and a half, and both carry the same fixed €105 for a Standard car. They sit at opposite ends of a single beach, and from this direction Kavros is the end you reach first.
That beach is what the area is for: several kilometres of unbroken sand shelving gradually, with the water shallow a long way out and the larger hotels set back behind rather than on it.
Vantaris Luxury Beach Resort, Orpheas Resort, Delfina Boutique Hotel, Eliros Mare and Cretan Beach Resort stand within a couple of hundred metres of the centre. Addresses along here use either name, so give the hotel name at booking and your driver goes to the right end of the sand.
Lake Kournas supplies the second half of the settlement's name and lies a few kilometres up in the hills behind it, on a road of its own.
The KTEL intercity coach between Heraklion and Chania runs along the national road above the resort and stops at Georgioupolis.
That is the walk to Heraklion's bus station, the coach, and then a walk down from the main road to the beach with luggage. Around two and a half hours in total against an hour and a half from your door.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kavros - Paralia Kourna. 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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna 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: 100.0 km (62.1 mi), about 1 hr 29 min, and the same fixed fare from €105 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kavros - Paralia Kourna at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Kavros back to Heraklion covers the same 100.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The beach road and the climb up to the national road take the first few minutes, then Rethymno and the headlands. The Heraklion approach at the end is the section that thickens through the morning.
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 29 min of driving, whatever check-in or boarding applies at the far end, and margins for the Rethymno bypass and the city approach.
Give us the flight number, sailing or appointment 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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna 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 Kavros costs a fixed €105 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €142.
They are separate settlements at either end of one beach, booked separately but priced the same from Heraklion: €105 for a Standard car, at 100.0 and 101.0 kilometres.
Lake Kournas, the only natural freshwater lake on Crete, in the hills a few kilometres inland. The lake and the village above it are a separate transfer.
The properties behind the sand, among them Vantaris Luxury Beach Resort, Orpheas Resort, Delfina Boutique Hotel, Eliros Mare and Cretan Beach Resort.
The eastern end, nearest Rethymno. Georgioupolis is at the western end of the same sand and the two are commonly used as one name, so the hotel name is what puts the car in the right place.
It shelves gradually and stays shallow a long way out along the whole stretch, which is the reason families book this beach over the coves and rocky shores either side of it.
Lake Kournas is a short drive up into the hills and the Kournas village above it is a working farming village. Georgioupolis has the river mouth, the square and the little church out on the rocks, all within a walk of the western end.
Along the sand, yes, though it is a long walk in August heat. Most guests drive or take the local bus between the two ends.
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 €105 for a Standard car to Kavros - Paralia Kourna.
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 Kavros - Paralia Kourna and Kavros - Paralia Kourna to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €105, 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.