A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Georgioupolis covers 33.1 km (20.6 mi) in about 34 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €50 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Georgioupolis 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 | €50 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €65 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €115 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Georgioupolis 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 Georgioupolis: 33.1 km (20.6 mi), about 34 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.
Georgioupolis is a resort village on the north coast between Rethymno and Chania, built where the Almiros river meets the sea. Georgioupolis is known for the small chapel of Agios Nikolaos, which stands on a rock offshore and is reached by a narrow stone causeway running out from the beach.
The beach runs for several kilometres east of the village and is one of the longest on the island. The sea shelves gently near the river mouth and can be lively further out, which is worth knowing if you are travelling with small children.
The village itself is built around a square shaded by eucalyptus trees, with tavernas around it. Lake Kournas, the only freshwater lake in Crete, lies a few kilometres inland.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the village or along the beach road east of it.
Some of the accommodation sits on unpaved lanes behind the dunes. The driver takes the vehicle as close as the surface allows and confirms the arrangement in advance.
The drive runs west along the coast for 33.1 kilometres and takes about 34 minutes, to the village at the mouth of the Almyros.
Georgioupolis sits almost exactly midway between Rethymno and Chania on the national road, which is the fact that shapes who books it. From a Rethymno address it is half an hour; from the Souda quay it is 32.9 kilometres and the same 34 minutes. The village is equidistant from both, and priced within three euros either way.
Your driver comes to the door of your Rethymno address. The old town is a grid of narrow one-way lanes and parts of it take no vehicle, so where that applies the car waits at the nearest legal point and you are told which one in advance.
The route joins the national road above the town and runs west past Atsipopoulo and Gerani, with the sea on the right for most of it, before dropping to the Almyros at Kavros.
Kavros is the eastern end of the same beach and Georgioupolis the western, and the sand between them runs several kilometres without a break.
What people picture when they picture Georgioupolis is the chapel of Agios Nikolaos, which stands offshore on a rock and is reached by a narrow stone causeway from the beach. The village centre is a square shaded by eucalyptus a short walk behind it.
Lake Kournas lies a few kilometres inland, the only natural freshwater lake on Crete, and it is the usual half-day trip from here.
Hotel Zorbas, Georgioupolis Beach Hotel, Mare Boutique Hotel, Epos Luxury Hotel and Corissia Princess are among the properties around the village and along the sand.
The KTEL intercity coach between Rethymno and Chania stops at Georgioupolis on the national road above the village.
That is a walk or a taxi to Rethymno's bus station first, then the coach, then a walk down from the main road into the village with luggage. Over half an hour of driving, the fare saving is real and the two walks are what people weigh against it.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Georgioupolis. 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 Georgioupolis 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: 33.1 km (20.6 mi), about 34 min, and the same fixed fare from €50 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Georgioupolis at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Georgioupolis back to Rethymno covers the same 33.1 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Getting out of the village to the national road takes the first few minutes, and the run east is quick. The Rethymno end is where the traffic is, particularly through the morning.
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 34 minutes of driving, whatever check-in or boarding time applies at the far end, and a margin for the village road and the Rethymno approach.
Give us the flight number, sailing or appointment at booking and the pickup time is 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 Georgioupolis 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 Georgioupolis costs a fixed €50 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €65.
Almost exactly midway. It is 33.1 kilometres from a Rethymno address and 32.9 from the Souda quay, and both are quoted at about 34 minutes.
The chapel of Agios Nikolaos, standing offshore and reached by a narrow stone causeway from the beach. It is the image most people have of the village.
Kavros is the eastern end of the same beach and is booked separately. The sand runs between the two without a break.
Lake Kournas, a few kilometres up in the hills and the only natural freshwater lake on Crete, which is the standard half-day trip from the village.
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 €50 for a Standard car to Georgioupolis.
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 Georgioupolis and Georgioupolis to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €50, 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.