A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Kokkini Hani covers 14.0 km (8.7 mi) in about 18 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 Kokkini Hani 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: Kokkini Hani 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 Kokkini Hani: 14.0 km (8.7 mi), about 18 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.
Kokkini Hani is a resort on the coast immediately east of Heraklion, the first along the north coast road after the city and its airport. Kokkini Hani is close enough to Heraklion to work as a base for the capital, and far enough out to have its own beaches and seafront.
The settlement runs along the old coast road, with sand and shingle beaches below it and the national road behind.
The Minoan villa at Nirou Chani stands beside the village, one of the better preserved country houses of the period and open to visitors.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the coast road or in the streets between it and the national road.
Kokkini Hani runs along a single road for most of its length. Give the accommodation name when you book, since numbering along that road is not continuous.
The drive runs east for 14.0 kilometres and takes about 18 minutes, to the first resort past the city and its airport.
The coast road carries the route, past Karteros and Amnissos, the two beaches Heraklion uses itself, before any resort development starts.
Kokkini Hani runs along the old coast road below the national road, with its beaches on the seaward side and most accommodation between the two.
The Minoan villa at Nirou Chani stands beside the village, one of the better preserved country houses of the period, close enough to the road to reach on foot from most addresses here. It is the second Minoan site within 15 kilometres of the city on this coast, after Amnissos. Gournes sits immediately east and holds CretAquarium on the shore at the former air base. It makes a useful landmark for a driver, since its access road serves much of that settlement and the coast road here has few other reference points.
The KTEL coastal bus stops here frequently and is the cheapest way to cover the route.
It leaves from Heraklion's bus station rather than your accommodation and sets you on the main road rather than at a hotel entrance, which on this stretch can leave a few hundred metres.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kokkini Hani. 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 Kokkini Hani 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: 14.0 km (8.7 mi), about 18 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kokkini Hani at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Kokkini Hani back into Heraklion is the same 14.0 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
Westbound traffic towards the city builds from about seven, so a morning pickup allows a little more than the drive time alone.
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.
Eighteen minutes of driving, plus any check-in or terminal time, plus a margin for the city approach in the morning.
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 Kokkini Hani 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 Kokkini Hani costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
A well preserved Minoan villa beside the village, within walking distance of most Kokkini Hani addresses.
Effectively. Karteros and Amnissos before it belong to Heraklion; Kokkini Hani at 14.0 kilometres is where the holiday coast begins.
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.
CretAquarium is at Gournes, the next settlement east of Kokkini Hani on the same coast road.
Yes, as far as Anissaras. Kokkini Hani at 14.0 kilometres, Gouves at 19.5, Analipsis at 23.0 and Anissaras at 26.4 are all €36 for a Standard car from a city address; Chersonissos at 26.7 is the first step up, at €38.
The seafront properties on the old coast road, among them Knossos Beach Bungalows Suites Resort, Knossos Boutique, Knossos Beach and Dimitra Hotel & Apartments.
Karteros and Amnissos, the two beaches Heraklion uses itself, both within ten minutes of the centre. Kokkini Hani is the first place east of them that works as a resort rather than as a city beach, which is the practical reason the drive feels longer than fourteen kilometres.
The Minoan villa at Nirou Chani, excavated at the western end beside the old coast road. It is one of the better preserved country houses of the period and open to visitors, a few minutes from most of the seafront.
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 Kokkini Hani.
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 Kokkini Hani and Kokkini Hani 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.