A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Koutouloufari covers 103.0 km (64.0 mi) in about 1 hr 33 min and costs a fixed fare from €130 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Koutouloufari 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 | €130 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €140 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €190 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €200 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €360 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Koutouloufari 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 Koutouloufari: 103.0 km (64.0 mi), about 1 hr 33 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.
Koutouloufari is a hillside village above Hersonissos, one of three old settlements sitting on the slope behind the resort. Koutouloufari kept its stone houses and narrow lanes when the coast below was developed, and it now holds a concentration of small hotels and tavernas in restored buildings.
The village looks down over the coastal plain and the sea beyond it. The view is the main reason people choose it, along with the quiet: the nightlife of the strip is a few minutes downhill but out of earshot.
Piskopiano and Old Hersonissos sit alongside it on the same slope, and the three run together as a single hillside area.
We drop you at the door of your hotel or apartment in the village.
Koutouloufari's lanes are narrow, steep and in places too tight for a vehicle. Where that applies the driver stops at the nearest point a car can reach and helps with the luggage from there, and the arrangement is confirmed before the day rather than discovered on arrival.
The drive covers 103.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 33 min and finishes with a climb off the coast into the hills behind Chersonissos.
Almost all of it is national road. Your driver leaves Rethymno eastward past Platanias and Adelianos Kampos, runs the shore at Sfakaki and Skaleta, and takes the headland bays at Panormos and Bali.
Fodele, Agia Pelagia and Lygaria follow, then Ammoudara, then Heraklion on the bypass with the port and the airport passing on the seaward side. Kokkini Hani, Gournes, Gouves, Analipsis and Anissaras go by in the last quarter of an hour of flat coast.
The last two minutes are the ones that make this route its own. Where the coastal traffic carries on towards the Chersonissos seafront, your car turns inland and climbs the slope in a series of tight bends, and the resort drops away below into a strip of rooftops.
Koutouloufari is 103.0 kilometres from Rethymno; Chersonissos, on the shore underneath it, is 104.0. The village on the hill is the nearer of the two by road, and quicker by a minute, since the inland turning comes before the seafront exit rather than after it.
Both carry the same fixed €130 from Rethymno, so choosing the quiet side of the hill costs nothing extra.
The village lanes are the part your driver needs to know about in advance. Koutouloufari, Piskopiano and Old Hersonissos interlock along one slope, several of the lanes are too narrow for a car and others run one way, so the property name given at booking decides which entrance the vehicle can actually reach.
No bus climbs the hill. The KTEL intercity coach from Rethymno reaches Heraklion, the eastern coastal service continues to the main road at Chersonissos, and the ascent from that stop is left to you.
Two coaches, a change, and then a steep walk up with luggage is the realistic shape of the public route. The hillside villages are pre-booked more consistently than the seafront for exactly that reason.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Koutouloufari. 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 Koutouloufari 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: 103.0 km (64.0 mi), about 1 hr 33 min, and the same fixed fare from €130 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Koutouloufari at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Koutouloufari back to Rethymno covers the same 103.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The descent takes less time than the climb, though the lanes at the top still set the pace for the first few minutes. Once the car is on the national road west of Heraklion the run is steady the rest of the way.
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 33 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time your airline or ferry line asks for, and a few extra minutes for the village lanes at the start.
Give us the flight number or sailing at booking. Your pickup time is then calculated from it and printed 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 Koutouloufari 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 Koutouloufari costs a fixed €130 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €200.
No. Koutouloufari is 103.0 kilometres from Rethymno and Chersonissos 104.0, because the turning inland comes first. The fare is the same €130 either way.
Sometimes. Where a lane is too narrow or runs the wrong way, your driver stops at the nearest point a vehicle can reach and helps with the luggage from there, and that point is agreed before the day.
The small hotels and restored houses in the old lanes, among them Casa Bianca Boutique Hotel, Galaxy Villas, Marni Village and The Village Holiday Club.
A few minutes by road. Koutouloufari looks over the coastal plain, and the Chersonissos beaches and strip sit directly below it.
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 €130 for a Standard car to Koutouloufari.
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 Koutouloufari and Koutouloufari to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €130, 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.