A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Piskopiano covers 103.0 km (64.0 mi) in about 1 hr 31 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 Piskopiano 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: Piskopiano 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 Piskopiano: 103.0 km (64.0 mi), about 1 hr 31 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.
Piskopiano is a hill village above Chersonissos, on the slope behind the coast rather than on it. Piskopiano sits alongside Koutouloufari at the same height, and the two share a character the resort below does not: old stone houses, narrow lanes and tavernas built into the hillside.
The village looks down over the whole coastal strip, and the sea is a few minutes away by road rather than at the door.
Its appeal is the combination: the quiet of a village at night, with Chersonissos and its beaches close enough to reach in minutes.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa in the village.
Piskopiano's lanes are narrow, steep and partly one-way, and some take no car at all. Your driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day.
The drive covers 103.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 31 min and ends in the hill village on the slope behind Chersonissos.
Your driver picks you up at your Rethymno address and is on the national road within a few minutes. The coast east is one continuous carriageway: Platanias and Adelianos Kampos first, then Sfakaki and Skaleta, then the bays at Panormos and Bali below the road.
Fodele, Agia Pelagia and Lygaria mark the approach to the capital, Ammoudara opens the built-up coast, and Heraklion is taken on the bypass above the port and the airport.
Gournes, Gouves, Analipsis and Anissaras pass in quick succession, and the turning inland comes before the Chersonissos seafront exit.
Piskopiano is the quickest of the four destinations that share the €130 fare from Rethymno. Anissaras and Chersonissos are quoted at about 1 hr 34 min and Koutouloufari at 1 hr 33 min, against 1 hr 31 min here, so the hill village that looks like the awkward one to reach is the shortest run of the group.
The village itself is small in a way the fare band does not show. Piskopiano holds a handful of village-scale properties rather than complexes, among them Amazones Village Suites, Kalimera Village, Asterias Village Resort and Korifi Suites Collection, most of them within a few hundred metres of the centre.
That scale is what shapes the last minute of the journey. The lanes are narrow, steep and partly one-way, so the property name on the booking is what tells your driver which approach to take.
Public transport does not come up to Piskopiano. The KTEL intercity coach from Rethymno runs to Heraklion, and the eastern coastal service goes on to the main road at Chersonissos, below the village.
From that stop the village is a climb on foot or a second taxi. Two coaches and a change get you to the coast; nothing gets you up the hill.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Piskopiano. 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 Piskopiano 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 31 min, and the same fixed fare from €130 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Piskopiano at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Piskopiano back to Rethymno covers the same 103.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The first minutes are spent getting the vehicle out of the lanes and down to the coast road, and a pickup from high in the village is set a little earlier than one at the edge of it.
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 31 min of driving, whatever check-in or boarding time applies at the far end, and a margin for the lanes and the descent.
Send the flight number or sailing when you book, and your pickup is worked back from it rather than estimated on the morning.
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 Piskopiano 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 Piskopiano costs a fixed €130 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €200.
No. They are two villages side by side at the same height on one slope, each booked separately, and both 103.0 kilometres from Rethymno at the same €130 fare.
The village properties, among them Amazones Village Suites, Kalimera Village, Asterias Village Resort, Driades Piskopiano and Korifi Suites Collection.
Where the lane allows it. Some are too narrow or run one way, and your driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day.
A few minutes downhill by road. The village sits above the coast rather than on it, which is what keeps it quiet at night.
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 Piskopiano.
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 Piskopiano and Piskopiano 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 private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.