A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Maleme covers 76.0 km (47.2 mi) in about 1 hr 22 min and costs a fixed fare from €100 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Maleme 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 | €100 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €210 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €320 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Maleme 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 Maleme: 76.0 km (47.2 mi), about 1 hr 22 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.
Maleme is a village on the coast west of Chania, at the western end of the beach strip that begins at Agia Marina. Maleme is known outside Crete for the airfield beside it, which was the main objective of the German airborne landings in May 1941 and the place where the Battle of Crete was decided.
The German War Cemetery stands on Hill 107 above the village, holding the graves of more than 4,000 soldiers, and is open to visitors.
The village itself is quiet, with a long beach of sand and shingle, a scatter of hotels and apartments, and the Rodopos peninsula rising to the west.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the beach side of the road or in the village behind it.
The old road through Maleme carries most of the village's addresses. Give the accommodation name when you book, because the numbering along it is not continuous.
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 76.0 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 22 min, ending at the far end of the Chania beach strip. Maleme is past Platanias, so this route crosses the city and then the whole strip beyond it.
The national road covers the first hour through Apokoronas and over Aptera.
Chania is skirted on the bypass and the coast road picks up beyond it, through Stalos, Agia Marina, Platanias and Gerani.
Maleme is quieter than any of them. Hill 107 rises directly above the village and holds the German War Cemetery, and the airfield beside it was the objective of the airborne landings in May 1941 and the ground on which the Battle of Crete was decided. That is what brings most visitors here who are not on the beach. The airfield beside Maleme was the objective the German airborne divisions were sent to take in May 1941, and Hill 107 above it changed hands over the first two days of the battle. The cemetery on that hill holds the graves of more than 4,000 soldiers and is open to visitors.
The intercity coach to Chania followed by the city bus west reaches Maleme.
It is inexpensive and reasonably frequent in season. It is also two legs with a change, and the bus uses the old road rather than the hotel entrances, which on this stretch are sometimes set back from it.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Maleme. 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 Maleme 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: 76.0 km (47.2 mi), about 1 hr 22 min, and the same fixed fare from €100 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Maleme at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Maleme back to Rethymno is the same 76.0 kilometres at the same fare.
Eastbound mornings are slow through the strip and again on the Chania bypass, so both are in the departure time we quote from here.
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-two minutes of driving, your own deadline on top, and a margin for the strip and the bypass.
Send the details at booking and the pickup appears 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 Maleme 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 Maleme costs a fixed €100 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €210.
The German War Cemetery is on Hill 107 above the village, reached by a short climb from the main road. Give it as the drop-off if that is where you want to be left.
Considerably. It sits past the end of the busy strip, with far less development behind the beach.
Tavronitis, then Kolymbari at 82.0 kilometres from Rethymno. Both are booked separately.
The airfield here was the main objective of the German airborne landings, and control of Hill 107 above it decided the Battle of Crete. The war cemetery stands on that hill.
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 €100 for a Standard car to Maleme.
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 Maleme and Maleme to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €100, 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.