A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Kissamos covers 95.0 km (59.0 mi) in about 1 hr 34 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 Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou 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 | €125 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €175 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €480 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou 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 Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou: 95.0 km (59.0 mi), about 1 hr 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.
Kissamos, also written Kastelli Kissamou, is the main town of the far west of Crete, set at the head of the Gulf of Kissamos between the Rodopos and Gramvousa peninsulas. Kissamos is a working town rather than a resort, with a long seafront, a working port and an archaeological museum holding the Roman mosaics found in the area.
The town has two beaches of its own, Mavros Molos to the west and Telonio to the east, and a centre that runs a few streets back from the water.
Its port is the reason many visitors come. Boats to Balos lagoon and Gramvousa island leave from Kissamos, and the ferry along the west coast to Kythira and the Peloponnese sails from the same quay.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the town or along the coast either side of it.
Kissamos spreads over several kilometres of seafront and many properties sit on unnamed lanes above the road. Give the accommodation name at booking as well as the address.
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 crosses to the far west, 95.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 34 min. Kissamos is the town that serves that corner of the island and the port for the Balos and Gramvousa boats, so this route is often booked against a sailing rather than a hotel.
The national road covers the first hour to Chania through Apokoronas.
The city is passed on the bypass and the coast road runs west through the strip, Maleme and Tavronitis.
Kolymbari comes at 82.0 kilometres, and the road then turns inland to cross the neck of the Rodopos peninsula. The Gulf of Kissamos opens on the far side with Drapanias on the way in. The port sits a short distance from the town centre and is a separate drop-off, which matters when a boat leaves at a fixed hour. Kissamos has two beaches of its own, Mavros Molos to the west and Telonio to the east, and an archaeological museum holding Roman mosaics found in the area. Visitors who treat it only as a jetty for the Balos boat tend to miss both. This is the longest approach to Kissamos that anyone books. Chania Town is 40.0 kilometres away and Chania Airport 56.3, against 95.0 from Rethymno, so a guest staying mid-island is committing to an hour and a half each way for the Balos boat.
The intercity coach to Chania and then the Kissamos service covers this route.
That is two legs and a change, roughly two and a half hours in total, and it starts with the walk from your Rethymno address to the station. Against a Balos sailing the fixed departures are the risk rather than the cost.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou. 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 Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou 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: 95.0 km (59.0 mi), about 1 hr 34 min, and the same fixed fare from €125 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Kissamos back to Rethymno is the same 95.0 kilometres at the same fare.
Eastbound the Chania bypass in the morning is the constraint, and it comes roughly halfway, so a departure allows for it rather than for the quiet western 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.
Ninety-four minutes of driving, plus the boarding or check-in time you have been given, plus a margin for the bypass.
Tell us the sailing at booking and the pickup is set against boarding rather than the printed departure.
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 Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou 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 Kissamos costs a fixed €125 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €175.
Yes. Give the port rather than the town as the drop-off, and the sailing time so the pickup is timed against it.
The Balos and Gramvousa boats, and the ferry to Kythira and the Peloponnese.
It lies north of the town over a low ridge, reached by its own road.
Two town beaches, Mavros Molos and Telonio, and an archaeological museum of Roman mosaics found locally.
It is 95.0 kilometres to the Kissamos quay against 40.0 from Chania Town, so it means an hour and a half each way before the boat.
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 Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou.
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 Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou and Kissamos - Kastelli Kissamou 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.