A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Kolymbari covers 82.0 km (51.0 mi) in about 1 hr 21 min and costs a fixed fare from €115 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Kolymbari 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 | €115 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €160 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €480 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kolymbari 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 Kolymbari: 82.0 km (51.0 mi), about 1 hr 21 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.
Kolymbari is a village at the base of the Rodopos peninsula, on the coast west of Chania where the beach strip ends and the headland begins. Kolymbari is built around a working harbour and a long pebble beach, and it keeps the feel of a village rather than a resort.
Gonia Monastery stands at the northern edge of the village, above the sea, and the Orthodox Academy of Crete sits beside it.
The road north from here runs out along the Rodopos peninsula, an empty limestone headland with no settlements on it, which is why Kolymbari is the last village on this stretch of coast.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the village or along the coast road either side of it.
Kolymbari's lanes towards the harbour are narrow. Where an address sits on one, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and confirms it before the day.
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 82.0 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 21 min, ending where the beach strip stops and the Rodopos peninsula begins. Kolymbari is the last village on this coast before the headland, and nothing passes through it.
The national road covers Georgioupolis, Apokoronas and Aptera in the first hour.
Chania is passed on the bypass, and the coast road runs west through the strip as far as Maleme and the junction at Tavronitis.
Kolymbari follows. Gonia Monastery stands above the sea at the northern edge with the Orthodox Academy of Crete beside it, and the harbour and long pebble beach lie below. The road north out of the village climbs onto the peninsula, which is empty and roadless beyond, so the only traffic here is traffic that came for the village. Kolymbari makes a quieter base than the strip behind it while staying on the same road. Fallasarna and the Gramvousa boats are reached from here going west, and Chania stays under an hour back east. Three pickups reach this village and the spread between them is wide: Chania Town at 26.7 kilometres, Chania Airport at 43.1 and Rethymno at 82.0. A guest moving west along the coast is therefore making a very different journey from one arriving at either Chania point.
The KTEL coach towards Kissamos stops at Kolymbari and runs regularly.
Reaching it means the intercity coach to Chania and a change at the central station, so the public trip is two legs plus a wait after the walk from your Rethymno address.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kolymbari. 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 Kolymbari 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: 82.0 km (51.0 mi), about 1 hr 21 min, and the same fixed fare from €115 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kolymbari at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Kolymbari back to Rethymno is the same 82.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The road at this end is clear at any hour. It is the strip east of the village and the Chania bypass that set the departure time.
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.
Eighty-one minutes of driving plus your deadline, plus a margin for the strip if you are travelling in the morning.
Give us the flight or sailing at booking and the time is worked out for you.
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 Kolymbari 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 Kolymbari costs a fixed €115 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €160.
A working harbour, a long pebble beach and Gonia Monastery above the sea at the northern edge of the village.
The Rodopos peninsula, which is empty and has no settlements, so no through traffic passes the village.
Kissamos is 95.0 kilometres from Rethymno against 82.0 to Kolymbari.
It sits on the road to Kissamos and Fallasarna with Chania under an hour east, which is why it is chosen over the busier strip.
Kolymbari is 26.7 kilometres from Chania Town and 43.1 from Chania Airport, against 82.0 from Rethymno, so this is the long approach to the same 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 €115 for a Standard car to Kolymbari.
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 Kolymbari and Kolymbari to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €115, 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 taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.