A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Plakias covers 112.0 km (69.6 mi) in about 1 hr 55 min and costs a fixed fare from €110 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Plakias 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 | €110 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €133 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €140 |
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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 | €300 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €665 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Plakias 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 Plakias: 112.0 km (69.6 mi), about 1 hr 55 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.
Plakias is a resort on the south coast of the Rethymno region, set on a wide bay backed by mountains, with one long sand beach running the width of it. Plakias is reached from the north coast through the Kourtaliotiko gorge, a steep-sided ravine that the road descends for several kilometres before the sea appears.
The resort is low-rise and strung along the bay, with the tavernas and shops on the front and the accommodation behind and above them.
Several smaller beaches sit within a few kilometres, and the palm-lined river valley at Preveli, with its monastery above, lies to the east.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the front or on the slopes behind it.
Plakias spreads further back from the beach than it looks from the bay. Give the property name at booking, since many of the roads inland from the front are unnamed.
The drive runs west along the coast, then turns south through the mountains to the Libyan Sea, 112.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 55 min. Plakias is one of the westbound routes where a city pickup is shorter than an airport one, at 112.0 kilometres against 114.0.
Your driver leaves your Heraklion address and joins the national road above the port.
The coastal hour follows: Agia Pelagia, the inland stretch behind Bali and Panormos, then Rethymno at 78.4 kilometres from the city.
South of Rethymno the road climbs past Armeni and crosses into the hills. The descent to the south coast runs through the Kourtaliotiko gorge, a narrow ravine the road follows for several kilometres before the valley opens towards the sea.
Plakias appears at the end of that descent, on a wide bay with mountains directly behind it and one long sand beach filling the width. The gorge section is scenic rather than difficult, but it is slower than the national road and it accounts for the last part of the timing. Southern Rethymno is reached by separate descents rather than one coast road. Plakias at 112.0 kilometres from the city, Triopetra at 102.0 from the airport and Agios Pavlos at 95.5 each have their own way down from the hills, and there is no quick road between them.
The public route needs two buses and good timing.
The intercity coach runs Heraklion to Rethymno in about 90 minutes from the city's bus station, and a second service covers Rethymno to Plakias with only a few departures a day. Miss the connection and the wait is long.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Plakias. 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 Plakias 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: 112.0 km (69.6 mi), about 1 hr 55 min, and the same fixed fare from €110 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Plakias at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Plakias back to Heraklion is the same 112.0 kilometres for the same fixed price.
Northbound the gorge is a climb rather than a descent, and for much of the year an early flight means driving it in the dark. Both facts are in the departure time we quote.
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.
Reckon on 115 minutes of driving, plus your airline's or operator's requirement, plus a genuine allowance for the Kourtaliotiko and for the Heraklion approach.
Booking with the flight attached means we work the pickup back for you and print 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 Plakias 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 Plakias costs a fixed €110 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €160.
Yes, slightly. Plakias is 112.0 kilometres from Heraklion Town against 114.0 from the airport.
A normal surfaced road with a steady descent and bends, driven daily by local traffic. It is slower than the national road, which the timing on this page allows for.
Preveli with its palm-lined river valley lies east, and smaller coves including Damnoni and Souda are within a few kilometres.
Only with a change at Rethymno, and the southbound service runs a few times a day.
Not quickly. Triopetra and Agios Pavlos are reached by their own descents from the plateau rather than along the shore, so each is booked separately.
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 €110 for a Standard car to Plakias.
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 Plakias and Plakias to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €110, 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 transfers we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.