A private transfer from Heraklion Town to Platanias covers 151.0 km (93.8 mi) in about 2 hr 12 min and costs a fixed fare from €165 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Town, or the departure run back from Platanias - Chania 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 | €165 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €184 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €192 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €210 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €390 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €870 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Platanias - Chania 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 Platanias - Chania: 151.0 km (93.8 mi), about 2 hr 12 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.
Platanias is the largest resort on the coast west of Chania, at the far end of the continuous beach that runs out from the city through Stalos and Agia Marina. Platanias in Chania should not be confused with the smaller Platanias east of Rethymno: the two share a name and sit on opposite sides of the island.
The resort has two parts. The old village sits on a bluff above the coast road, with a church and tavernas at the top and a view along the whole strip, and the modern resort runs along the shore below it.
Platanias carries most of the nightlife on this coast, and the beach in front of it is wide sand facing the islet of Agioi Theodoroi offshore.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the shore road or up in the old village.
The lanes up to the old village are steep and narrow. Where your address sits among them, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and tells you which one before the day.
The drive runs west across the island, 151.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 12 min, to the largest resort on the coast beyond Chania.
One thing is worth settling before anything else on this route, because Crete has two Platanias and this car passes both. The Platanias east of Rethymno is 81.4 kilometres from your Heraklion address and the car goes by it at roughly the halfway point; the Platanias in Chania is 151.0 kilometres out and is the one this page prices. Booking the wrong one puts you 70 kilometres from your bed.
Your driver joins the national road a few minutes from the pickup. Ammoudara, Agia Pelagia and Fodele come first, then Bali and Panormos on the headlands, then Rethymno at 78.4 kilometres with the other Platanias just beyond it.
Georgioupolis and Apokoronas follow, the road climbs over Aptera above Souda Bay, and Chania passes on the bypass. Stalos and Agia Marina run along the beach after it, and Platanias is at the far end of the same sand.
The resort splits in two and the drop-off depends on which half. The modern resort lies along the shore road with the wide beach in front of it, and the old village sits on a bluff directly above, reached by lanes that are steep and narrow enough that your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait.
Caldera Bay, Porto Platanias Village Resort, Porto Platanias Beach Resort and Spa, Esthisis Suites and Summertime Boutique Hotel stand along the shore road within about a kilometre of the centre.
The KTEL coach from Heraklion to Chania runs close to three hours, and the western city service continues along the strip to Platanias.
Two vehicles, a change in Chania and a set-down on the main road come to something over four hours from the bus station, before you count getting to it. The car is a little over two hours from your door.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Platanias - Chania. 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 Platanias - Chania 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: 151.0 km (93.8 mi), about 2 hr 12 min, and the same fixed fare from €165 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Platanias - Chania at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Town.
Platanias back to Heraklion covers the same 151.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The strip eastbound is the slow part in the morning, then the Chania bypass, then the Rethymno bypass and the Heraklion approach at the end. A pickup from the old village is set a few minutes earlier than one on the shore road.
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 2 hr 12 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time your airline or ferry line requires, and margins for the strip and the three city approaches.
Send the flight number or sailing at booking, and the pickup is worked back from it rather than estimated 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 Platanias - Chania 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 Platanias costs a fixed €165 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €210.
The Platanias west of Chania, 151.0 kilometres from Heraklion. The other Platanias sits east of Rethymno at 81.4 kilometres and is a separate transfer at a much lower fare.
They are the two halves of the resort, one on the beach and one on the bluff above it. Say which you need at booking, since the village lanes take a different approach.
Considerably. Platanias is 151.0 kilometres from Heraklion Town, and an arrival at Chania puts you on the same strip within half an hour.
The seafront properties, among them Caldera Bay, Porto Platanias Village Resort, Porto Platanias Beach Resort & Spa, Esthisis Suites and Summertime Boutique Hotel & Spa.
Wide sand, the broadest on the western strip, with the Agioi Theodoroi islet a kilometre offshore. It is the reason the resort grew into the largest on this coast.
No, both halves are this transfer. The bluff and the shore road are the same resort, and the driver takes whichever the accommodation name points to.
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 €165 for a Standard car to Platanias - Chania.
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 Platanias - Chania and Platanias - Chania to Heraklion Town are the same journey at the same fixed €165, 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.