A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Makrigialos covers 122.0 km (75.8 mi) in about 1 hr 56 min and costs a fixed fare from €120 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Makrigialos 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 | €120 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €145 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €150 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €160 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €315 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €620 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Makrigialos 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 Makrigialos: 122.0 km (75.8 mi), about 1 hr 56 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.
Makrigialos is a resort on the south-east coast of Crete, strung along one of the longest sandy beaches on this side of the island. Makrigialos shelves gently and stays shallow well out from the shore, which is the reason it is chosen by families over the pebble coves further west.
The resort runs along the coast road rather than around a centre, with apartments and small hotels set between the road and the sand.
Koutsounari, Ferma and Analipsi continue the same coast towards Ierapetra, and the Pefki gorge climbs inland from the village behind the beach.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the beach side of the road or on the slopes above it.
Makrigialos spreads over several kilometres and many properties sit on unnamed lanes off the coast road. Give the accommodation name at booking as well as the area.
The drive crosses to the south-east coast, 122.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 56 min. Makrigialos lies beyond Ierapetra, so this route runs the eastern coast, crosses the isthmus and then turns east again along the Libyan Sea.
Your driver leaves your Heraklion address and joins the national road above the port.
The opening hour is the north coast: the resort strip, the climb past Malia, Agios Nikolaos at 64.3 kilometres from the city, and the run along Mirabello Bay.
The isthmus crossing follows, a few minutes of road between the two seas, and Ierapetra arrives at 97.3 kilometres.
The last 25 kilometres are the distinctive part. The road turns east and follows the south coast through Koutsounari and Ferma, running just above the water with the Libyan Sea open to the right and almost nothing on the inland side. Makrigialos begins where the sand does, and the resort runs along the road for several kilometres, which is why the property name matters more here than the street. Makrigialos is the furthest of the south-east settlements we serve from the capital, and the ladder behind it is worth knowing: Ierapetra 97.3 kilometres from the city, then Koutsounari, Ferma, Agia Fotia and Koutsouras before the sand begins.
The public route needs three legs and most of a day.
A coach from Heraklion to Agios Nikolaos, a second to Ierapetra, then a third east along the coast, on timetables that were not designed to connect. The first leg also starts from Heraklion's bus station rather than your address.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Makrigialos. 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 Makrigialos 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: 122.0 km (75.8 mi), about 1 hr 56 min, and the same fixed fare from €120 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Makrigialos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
The journey back covers the same 122.0 kilometres at the same fare.
Three separate sections have to be crossed before Heraklion: the south coast road, the isthmus and the resort strip. An early flight therefore means leaving in the dark, and the voucher time reflects all three rather than the distance.
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.
Nearly two hours of driving is the starting point, and your carrier's check-in requirement sits on top of it, with a further margin for the north coast.
Tell us the flight or sailing at 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 Makrigialos 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 Makrigialos costs a fixed €120 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €160.
Ierapetra is 97.3 kilometres from Heraklion Town and Makrigialos 122.0, so about 25 kilometres of south coast road separates them.
Yes, by about 4 kilometres. Makrigialos is 118.0 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 122.0 from the city.
Long, sandy and shallow, shelving gently a long way out, which is why it is chosen by families over the pebble coves further west.
Yes. The resort spreads over several kilometres along the coast road and many apartments sit on unnamed lanes off it.
Koutsounari, Ferma, Agia Fotia and Koutsouras, in that order along the coast road. Each is a separate transfer with its own fixed fare.
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 €120 for a Standard car to Makrigialos.
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 Makrigialos and Makrigialos to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €120, 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.