A private transfer from Rethymno Town to Stalida covers 109.0 km (67.7 mi) in about 1 hr 37 min and costs a fixed fare from €145 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Rethymno Town, or the departure run back from Stalida 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 | €145 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €155 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €200 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €215 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €380 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Stalida 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 Stalida: 109.0 km (67.7 mi), about 1 hr 37 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.
Stalida, often written Stalis, is a beach resort sitting in the gap between Chersonissos and Malia on the north coast. Stalida is quieter than either neighbour, which is largely why people choose it: the same long sandy beach, without the strip.
The resort is essentially one road running parallel to the sea, with hotels and apartments on both sides and the beach along its whole length. Nothing is far from anything else, and most guests walk everywhere once they arrive.
Because it sits between the two larger resorts, Stalida works as a base for people who want the nightlife within reach but not underneath their balcony. Chersonissos is a few minutes west, Malia a few minutes east.
We drop you at the door of your hotel or apartment along the beach road.
Stalida's main road is narrow and slows considerably in high season. The driver allows for that rather than dropping you short of the entrance.
The drive covers 109.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 37 min and ends on the beach road in the gap between Chersonissos and Malia.
The national road does the work. Your driver runs east out of Rethymno past Platanias and Adelianos Kampos, along the shore at Sfakaki and Skaleta, and takes the headlands above Panormos and Bali.
Fodele, Agia Pelagia and Lygaria bring the car to Ammoudara and the western edge of Heraklion, and the bypass carries it over the city, the port and the airport.
The eastern resorts then arrive in sequence: Kokkini Hani, Gournes, Gouves, Analipsis, Anissaras and Chersonissos. Stalida is the next exit after Chersonissos.
That exit is where the fare changes. Everything from Anissaras to Chersonissos costs a fixed €130 from Rethymno; Stalida, five kilometres further on, costs €145. The earlier bands along this coast step up in fives, so the €15 between Chersonissos and Stalida is the largest single jump on Rethymno's eastern list.
Stalida is one road running parallel to the sea, with hotels and apartments along both sides of it and the beach the whole length. The layout makes the resort easy to walk and slow to drive: in high season the beach road moves at the pace of the pedestrians crossing it.
Your driver allows for that instead of stopping short. Stalis Hotel, Blue Sea Beach, Palm Beach, Knossos Hotel and Cactus Bay all sit on or just off that road, within a kilometre of the centre.
The KTEL intercity coach from Rethymno reaches Heraklion, and the eastern coastal service runs from there through Chersonissos to Stalida.
The bus sets down on the main road above the resort, which leaves a walk downhill to the beach road with luggage. Two coaches and a change, against one car that stops at the entrance.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Stalida. 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 Stalida 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: 109.0 km (67.7 mi), about 1 hr 37 min, and the same fixed fare from €145 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Stalida at the agreed time and takes you straight to Rethymno Town.
Stalida back to Rethymno covers the same 109.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The beach road is the constraint at the start, and the Chersonissos section immediately west of it is the slowest stretch of the return in summer. Everything past Gouves runs at national-road speed.
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 37 min of driving, the check-in or boarding time your airline or ferry line asks for, and a margin for the beach road and the Chersonissos stretch.
Give us the flight number or sailing at booking, and your pickup time appears on the voucher rather than being agreed on the day.
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 Stalida 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 Stalida costs a fixed €145 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €215.
Stalida is 109.0 kilometres from Rethymno against 104.0 for Chersonissos, and the two fall in different fare bands: €145 here and €130 there. The €15 difference is the biggest step on this coast from Rethymno.
Yes. Stalis is the shorter form in common use, and both names refer to the same resort between Chersonissos and Malia.
The properties along the beach road, among them Stalis Hotel, Hotel Blue Sea Beach, Palm Beach, Knossos Hotel and Cactus Bay.
A few minutes east on the same coast. Malia is 111.0 kilometres from Rethymno against 109.0 here, and the two share the same €145 fare.
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 €145 for a Standard car to Stalida.
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 Stalida and Stalida to Rethymno Town are the same journey at the same fixed €145, 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.