A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Chrissi Akti covers 68.0 km (42.3 mi) in about 1 hr 16 min and costs a fixed fare from €80 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Chrissi Akti 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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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €80 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €100 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €235 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chrissi Akti 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 Chrissi Akti: 68.0 km (42.3 mi), about 1 hr 16 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.
Chrissi Akti is a beach on the western edge of Chania, between the city and Agioi Apostoloi. Chrissi Akti means golden coast, and the name describes the strip of sand that runs below the coast road here, one of the closest to the centre that is genuinely sandy rather than shingle.
The beach is organised, with sunbeds and tavernas along it, and a promenade runs behind.
The district around it is residential Chania rather than a resort, so the accommodation is apartments and small hotels used as much by visitors to the city as by people on a beach holiday.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the coast road or in the streets behind it.
The western districts of Chania run together without obvious boundaries. Give the accommodation name at booking rather than only the area, so the driver goes to the right door.
Your driver comes to the door of your Rethymno address at the time on the voucher. The old town is a grid of narrow one-way lanes and parts of it take no vehicle at all, so where that applies the car waits at the nearest legal point and you are told which one in advance.
The drive runs west for 68.0 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 16 min, ending on the beach at the western edge of Chania. Chrissi Akti is inside that city rather than beyond it, so the last part of this route is town driving.
The national road covers the first hour: Georgioupolis and Kavros, then the Apokoronas turnings, then the climb over Aptera with Souda Bay below on the left.
Chania is reached at about 64.9 kilometres and skirted rather than crossed.
The western shore follows immediately. Chrissi Akti means golden coast and describes the sand below the road here, one of the closest genuinely sandy beaches to the Venetian harbour. Agioi Apostoloi and its sheltered coves adjoin it, and the districts run together without a boundary, which is why the property name matters more than the area. Chania's western beaches are close enough together that the choice between them is about shelter rather than distance. Agioi Apostoloi has coves behind a headland, Chrissi Akti has the open sand, and Kalamaki and Stalos continue west from both.
The intercity coach between Rethymno and Chania is frequent and cheap.
It runs station to station, and Chania's station sits away from the western beaches, so a city bus or a taxi follows at the far end. From a Rethymno old town address the walk to the station comes first as well.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Chrissi Akti. 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 Chrissi Akti 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: 68.0 km (42.3 mi), about 1 hr 16 min, and the same fixed fare from €80 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chrissi Akti at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Chrissi Akti back to Rethymno is the same 68.0 kilometres at the same fare.
Eastbound the slow part is leaving Chania in the morning rather than anything on the open road, so a departure timed against something fixed in Rethymno allows for the city end.
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.
An hour and sixteen minutes of driving, plus your own deadline, plus a few minutes at the Rethymno end if the pickup is inside the old town.
Give us the detail at booking and the confirmed time goes on the 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 Chrissi Akti 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 Chrissi Akti costs a fixed €80 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €100.
On the western edge of Chania, between the harbour district and Agioi Apostoloi. The name means golden coast.
No, it is a residential part of Chania with a beach, used by the city as much as by visitors.
A short drive east along the shore. Chania Town is 64.9 kilometres from Rethymno by this road.
Agioi Apostoloi, where a headland breaks the swell. Chrissi Akti alongside it is more open and sandier.
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 €80 for a Standard car to Chrissi Akti.
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 Chrissi Akti and Chrissi Akti to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €80, 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.