A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Analipsis covers 99.0 km (61.5 mi) in about 1 hr 30 min and costs a fixed fare from €125 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Analipsis 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 | €125 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €135 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €185 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €195 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €350 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Analipsis 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 Analipsis: 99.0 km (61.5 mi), about 1 hr 30 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.
Analipsis is a small resort on the north coast between Gouves and Anissaras, on the stretch of shore east of Heraklion. Analipsis is quieter than the resorts either side of it, with development set along the coast road rather than concentrated around a centre.
The beaches are small sand and shingle bays rather than one long strip, and several of them sit below the road behind low rock.
Its position between Gouves and the Chersonissos hill villages puts most of the eastern coast's facilities within a few minutes without placing them on the doorstep.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the coast road or on the approaches down to the bays.
Analipsis runs along one road with unnumbered turnings down to the shore. Give the accommodation name at booking so the driver takes the right one.
The drive covers 99.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 30 min and ends on the quiet stretch of coast between Gouves and Anissaras.
Your driver joins the national road above Rethymno and holds the coast east through Platanias, Adelianos Kampos, Sfakaki and Skaleta, then Panormos and Bali.
Fodele, Agia Pelagia and Lygaria bring the car to Ammoudara, and Heraklion goes by on the bypass with the port, the city and the airport passing below in that order.
Karteros, Amnissos, Kokkini Hani, Gournes and Gouves follow along the eastern coast. Analipsis is the next place after Gouves, and the hill villages above Chersonissos are already visible inland by the time the car reaches it.
Analipsis is small, and the hotels standing on it are not. The Stella properties sit here within about a kilometre of each other, Stella Island Luxury Resort and Spa and Hotel Stella Palace among them, with Lyttos Beach and the TUI Sensatori resort on the same short stretch of shore.
That combination is what shapes the arrival. A place with no centre and several thousand beds is reached by unnumbered turnings dropping from the coast road to a series of small bays, so the last two minutes of a 99-kilometre drive depend entirely on which property is on the booking.
The engine's timing for this run is 1 hr 30 min, seven minutes under the Gouves figure even though Analipsis lies 2.0 kilometres further east. Both times come from the booking engine and both go on the voucher as quoted.
The KTEL intercity coach from Rethymno runs to Heraklion's central bus station, and the eastern coastal service passes Analipsis on the main road above the resort.
Reaching the shore from that stop means a walk down one of the unlit turnings, after two coaches and a change. The saving is real and it costs the afternoon.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Analipsis. 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 Analipsis 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: 99.0 km (61.5 mi), about 1 hr 30 min, and the same fixed fare from €125 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Analipsis at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Analipsis back to Rethymno covers the same 99.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Westbound the coast road between Anissaras and Gouves builds through the morning, so a pickup for an early flight is set before that traffic starts rather than driven through it.
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 30 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time your airline or ferry line requires, and a few minutes for the turning up to the national road.
Give us the flight number or sailing at booking and the pickup time is worked back from it, then printed on your voucher.
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 Analipsis 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 Analipsis costs a fixed €125 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €195.
The resorts along the coast road, among them Stella Island Luxury Resort and Spa, Hotel Stella Palace, Lyttos Beach and TUI Sensatori Resort Crete by Atlantica, all within about a kilometre of the centre.
Yes, by 5.0 kilometres. Analipsis is 99.0 kilometres from Rethymno and Chersonissos 104.0, and the two carry different fixed fares as a result.
Koutouloufari and Piskopiano sit in the hills a short drive inland, both of them 103.0 kilometres from Rethymno by road. Each is booked as its own transfer.
Yes, with the property name and the owner's directions given at booking. The turnings down to the bays here carry no numbering of their own.
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 €125 for a Standard car to Analipsis.
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 Analipsis and Analipsis to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €125, 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 private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.