A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Ammoudara covers 71.0 km (44.1 mi) in about 1 hr 11 min and costs a fixed fare from €115 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Ammoudara - Heraklion 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 | €115 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €125 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €160 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €170 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €330 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Ammoudara - Heraklion back to Rethymno 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 Rethymno Town to Ammoudara - Heraklion: 71.0 km (44.1 mi), about 1 hr 11 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 Rethymno at the time on your voucher. City pickups are door-to-door, so there is no meeting point to find.
Rethymno sits midway along the north coast, roughly an hour from each of Crete's two airports, and that position is why it is a pickup point at all. Rethymno gives guests staying in the middle of the island a start point that does not require driving to Heraklion or Chania first.
The old town, between the Fortezza and the harbour, is largely pedestrianised. Where a hotel sits inside it the driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day, so nobody is left waiting on a street a car cannot enter.
Journeys in both directions use the national road along the coast, which keeps timings predictable even in August.
At your accommodation's entrance, or the closest legal stopping point when the address sits inside the old town.
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 reachable.
Tell us as early as you can if your plans change, so the driver can be rescheduled.
Ammoudara is the beach suburb immediately west of Heraklion, 6.0 kilometres from the city centre along one continuous sand beach. Ammoudara is where most of Heraklion's own beach hotels stand, close enough to the capital for the city to be a short drive rather than an outing.
The area runs along a single coast road with the sand on one side and hotels, apartments and tavernas on the other.
Its position suits people who want a beach base but expect to spend time in Heraklion itself, at Knossos, or at the museum in the city centre.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa along the coast road or in the streets behind it.
Crete has two places called Ammoudara, this one west of Heraklion and another on the edge of Agios Nikolaos. Give the hotel name at booking so the right one goes on the voucher.
The drive runs east along the north coast for 71.0 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 11 min, ending at the beach suburb on the western edge of Heraklion.
Your driver joins the national road above Rethymno and stays on it for almost the whole journey. Platanias, Adelianos Kampos, Sfakaki and Skaleta pass inside the first quarter of an hour, each of them a kilometre or two off the line.
Panormos and Bali follow in their bays below the road, then the carriageway swings inland behind the headlands and returns to the sea at Fodele.
Agia Pelagia and Lygaria are the last two resorts before the capital, and Ammoudara starts where the cliffs give out.
Ammoudara is the only one of Rethymno's eastern destinations that sits west of Heraklion, and that decides the shape of the drive. The car turns off at the western junction and stops without entering the city at all, while every other resort on this coast is reached by going past Heraklion, its port and its airport, and by taking on the traffic that belongs to all three.
At 71.0 kilometres this is also the shortest of the eastern runs from Rethymno. Kokkini Hani, the next destination east, is 90.0 kilometres by the same road.
The last few minutes are the coast road itself, sand on the seaward side and hotel entrances on the other.
The KTEL intercity coach between Rethymno and Heraklion follows the same national road and sets down at the city's central bus station.
Ammoudara then needs a second leg west, since the intercity service does not enter the suburb. Two vehicles, a change and a wait replace one car that stops at the door.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Ammoudara - Heraklion. 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 Ammoudara - Heraklion 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: 71.0 km (44.1 mi), about 1 hr 11 min, and the same fixed fare from €115 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Ammoudara - Heraklion at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Ammoudara back to Rethymno covers the same 71.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Westbound the car picks up the national road at the junction it came off, so Heraklion plays no part in the return either. The slow section is the Rethymno end, where the town's own approach carries the most traffic.
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 11 min of driving, whatever check-in, boarding or appointment time your onward plan requires, and a margin for the coast road at each end.
Give us the flight number, sailing or address at booking. Your pickup time is then printed on the 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 Rethymno Town to Ammoudara - Heraklion 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 Rethymno Town to Ammoudara costs a fixed €115 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €160.
The Ammoudara west of Heraklion, 6.0 kilometres from the city centre. Crete has a second Ammoudara beside Agios Nikolaos, much further east, so the hotel name on the booking is what fixes the right coast on your voucher.
No. Ammoudara lies west of the city, so the driver leaves the national road at the western junction and reaches the coast road without crossing Heraklion or its bypass.
10.4 kilometres. Guests flying in book the airport transfer instead; this route is for people already staying in Rethymno and moving east.
The beach hotels along the coast road, among them Agapi Beach Resort, Club Magic Life Candia Maris and Paralos Lifestyle Beach, all within a kilometre of the centre. Your driver stops at the property entrance rather than on the main road.
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 €115 for a Standard car to Ammoudara - Heraklion.
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. Rethymno Town to Ammoudara - Heraklion and Ammoudara - Heraklion to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €115, 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.