A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Platanias covers 80.4 km (50.0 mi) in about 1 hr 17 min and costs a fixed fare from €109 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Platanias - Chania 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 | €109 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €143 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €206 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Platanias - Chania 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 Platanias - Chania: 80.4 km (50.0 mi), about 1 hr 17 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.
Platanias is the largest resort on the coast west of Chania, at the far end of the continuous beach that runs out from the city through Stalos and Agia Marina. Platanias in Chania should not be confused with the smaller Platanias east of Rethymno: the two share a name and sit on opposite sides of the island.
The resort has two parts. The old village sits on a bluff above the coast road, with a church and tavernas at the top and a view along the whole strip, and the modern resort runs along the shore below it.
Platanias carries most of the nightlife on this coast, and the beach in front of it is wide sand facing the islet of Agioi Theodoroi offshore.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the shore road or up in the old village.
The lanes up to the old village are steep and narrow. Where your address sits among them, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and tells you which one before the day.
The drive runs west for 80.4 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 17 min, to the largest resort on the coast beyond Chania.
Check the name before you book this one, because Rethymno is the worst place on the island to get it wrong. There is a Platanias on Rethymno's own doorstep, the first settlement on the beach strip east of the town, a few minutes from most city addresses. The Platanias this page prices is 80.4 kilometres away on the far side of Chania. Same name, opposite ends of the north coast, and an hour and a quarter between them.
Your driver comes to the door of your Rethymno address, and where the old town lanes take no vehicle the car stops at the nearest legal point, agreed in advance.
The national road carries the journey. Atsipopoulo and Gerani come first, then Georgioupolis and Kavros at about the halfway mark, then the Apokoronas slope and the climb over Aptera with Souda Bay below.
Chania is skirted on the bypass and the western strip begins after it: Stalos first, then Agia Marina, then Platanias at the far end of one continuous beach.
The resort has two halves. The shore road carries the wide sand and most of the nightlife on this coast; the old village sits on a bluff directly above it, with a church, tavernas and a view down the whole strip. The lanes up to the village are steep and narrow, so an address among them is reached at the nearest point a car can wait.
Agioi Theodoroi lies about a kilometre offshore along this stretch, a low island kept as a reserve for the Cretan wild goat.
Caldera Bay, Porto Platanias Village Resort, Porto Platanias Beach Resort and Spa, Esthisis Suites and Summertime Boutique Hotel stand along the shore road.
The intercity coach from Rethymno reaches Chania in about an hour, and the western city service continues along the strip.
Two vehicles, a change in Chania and a set-down on the main road rather than at a hotel entrance, plus getting to the bus station at the start. Over two hours against an hour and a quarter door to door.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Platanias - Chania. 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 Platanias - Chania 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: 80.4 km (50.0 mi), about 1 hr 17 min, and the same fixed fare from €109 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Platanias - Chania at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Platanias back to Rethymno covers the same 80.4 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The strip eastbound is slow in the morning and the Chania bypass follows it. The run from Aptera east is quick until the Rethymno approach at the end.
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 17 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time you have been given, and margins for the strip, the Chania bypass and the Rethymno approach.
Give us the flight number or sailing 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 Platanias - Chania 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 Platanias costs a fixed €109 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €143.
The one west of Chania, 80.4 kilometres from a Rethymno address. The other Platanias is on the beach strip immediately east of Rethymno itself, a few minutes away, which is why the name has to be checked here more carefully than anywhere else.
They are the two halves of the resort, one on the beach and one on the bluff above it. Say which you need at booking, since the village lanes take a different approach.
Agioi Theodoroi, about a kilometre out and visible along the whole strip. It is a reserve for the Cretan wild goat and cannot be landed on.
The seafront properties, among them Caldera Bay, Porto Platanias Village Resort, Porto Platanias Beach Resort & Spa, Esthisis Suites and Summertime Boutique Hotel & Spa.
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 €109 for a Standard car to Platanias - Chania.
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 Platanias - Chania and Platanias - Chania to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €109, 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 taxi in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.