A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Kokkini Hani covers 90.0 km (55.9 mi) in about 1 hr 20 min and costs a fixed fare from €120 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Kokkini Hani 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 | €120 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €130 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €180 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €190 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €345 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kokkini Hani 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 Kokkini Hani: 90.0 km (55.9 mi), about 1 hr 20 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.
Kokkini Hani is a resort on the coast immediately east of Heraklion, the first along the north coast road after the city and its airport. Kokkini Hani is close enough to Heraklion to work as a base for the capital, and far enough out to have its own beaches and seafront.
The settlement runs along the old coast road, with sand and shingle beaches below it and the national road behind.
The Minoan villa at Nirou Chani stands beside the village, one of the better preserved country houses of the period and open to visitors.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the coast road or in the streets between it and the national road.
Kokkini Hani runs along a single road for most of its length. Give the accommodation name when you book, since numbering along that road is not continuous.
The drive covers 90.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 20 min and ends at the first resort along the coast east of Heraklion Airport.
Your driver joins the national road above Rethymno and runs the coast east through Platanias, Adelianos Kampos, Sfakaki and Skaleta, then Panormos and Bali in their bays below the road.
Fodele, Agia Pelagia and Lygaria follow, and Ammoudara marks the start of the built-up coast on the western side of the capital.
Heraklion is taken on the bypass above the city, the port below on the seaward side, and the airport runway lies a few hundred metres off the road as the carriageway clears the eastern suburbs. Karteros and Amnissos, the city's own beaches, come next, and Kokkini Hani begins immediately after them.
Nineteen kilometres separate Kokkini Hani from Ammoudara and the drive is only nine minutes longer. Nearly all of that extra distance is national road taken at speed, which is the quickest part of the corridor; the minutes that go missing on this coast are spent on resort turnings at either end rather than in the middle.
The Minoan villa at Nirou Chani stands at the western end of the village, on the old coast road the transfer finishes along.
The KTEL coach from Rethymno reaches Heraklion's central bus station, and the eastern coastal service calling at Kokkini Hani leaves from that same station.
Two coaches with a change between them, then a walk from the main road down to the accommodation, replace a single car. The connection exists and it costs most of a morning.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kokkini Hani. 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 Kokkini Hani 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: 90.0 km (55.9 mi), about 1 hr 20 min, and the same fixed fare from €120 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kokkini Hani at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Kokkini Hani back to Rethymno is the same 90.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Westbound the airport approach arrives within minutes of setting off, and it is the section that most often holds a car up, since the airport, the port and the city all feed one stretch of road.
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 20 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time your airline or ferry line asks for, and a margin for the Heraklion bypass.
Send the flight number or sailing with the booking. Your pickup is then set against boarding rather than against the printed departure time.
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 Kokkini Hani 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 Kokkini Hani costs a fixed €120 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €190.
Yes, on the national road within a kilometre of the runway. Kokkini Hani is 9.9 kilometres from the airport, which is why guests arriving by air book the airport transfer rather than this one.
A country house of the Minoan period, excavated beside the village and among the better preserved examples on the island. Nirou Chani sits at the western end of Kokkini Hani on the old coast road.
The extra 19.0 kilometres are motorway-standard national road rather than town road. Ammoudara is reached before Heraklion and Kokkini Hani after it, and the stretch between the two is the fastest part of the whole journey.
The seafront properties along the old coast road, among them Knossos Beach Bungalows Suites Resort & Spa, Dimitra Hotel & Apartments and Arina Sand, all within half a kilometre of the centre.
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 €120 for a Standard car to Kokkini Hani.
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 Kokkini Hani and Kokkini Hani to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €120, 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.