A private transfer from Souda Port to Agia Galini covers 117.0 km (72.7 mi) in about 2 hr 0 min and costs a fixed fare from €156 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Agia Galini 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 | €156 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €213 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €308 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Agia Galini back to Souda Port 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 Souda Port to Agia Galini: 117.0 km (72.7 mi), about 2 hr 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 meets you in front of the passenger terminal at Souda Port, holding a banner with your name and the company name on it. Ferry passengers all disembark at once, so the banner is what makes your car findable in the crowd leaving the ramp.
Souda Port sits in Souda Bay, a deep natural harbour east of Chania, and is the ferry gateway for the whole of western Crete. Souda Port takes the overnight sailing from Piraeus, which docks early in the morning and empties several hundred foot passengers onto the quay at once.
That early docking is the reason pre-booking matters here more than at an airport. Taxi supply at Souda is thin at 06:00, and the queue forms before the ramp is down.
The port road joins the national road within a few minutes, so eastbound journeys to Georgioupolis, Rethymno and beyond leave directly without crossing Chania.
In front of the passenger terminal, where your driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Wait at the terminal rather than walking towards the port gate. The quay is a working port with restricted vehicle access, and the car cannot meet you on it.
Give us your ferry operator and arrival time at booking. We track sailing arrivals, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
Tell us as early as you can if your sailing is cancelled or diverted, so the driver can be reassigned.
Agia Galini is a village on the south coast of Crete, built in a steep bowl above a small harbour where the Platys river reaches the sea. Agia Galini keeps the shape of the fishing village it was: the houses climb the slope in tiers, the streets between them are stepped in places, and the harbour is still the centre of everything.
The main beach lies east of the harbour, a strip of sand and shingle reached along the river mouth.
The village sits at the western end of the Messara gulf, which puts the Phaistos and Gortyna sites and the Amari valley within a short drive inland.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa wherever the slope allows a vehicle to reach it.
Agia Galini has streets that end in steps, and several of its accommodations sit above the point a car can go. Your driver stops as close as the road permits and tells you where that is before the day.
The drive runs east and then south for 117.0 kilometres and takes about 2 hr 0 min, ending at the harbour village at the western end of the Messara gulf.
Your driver waits in front of the Souda passenger terminal with a banner, and the port road reaches the national road in a few minutes without entering Chania.
Aptera and Souda Bay come first, then the Apokoronas villages and Georgioupolis, and Rethymno passes at 53.0 kilometres. The coastal half of the journey ends there.
South of the city the road climbs inland and stays high, running through hill villages and olive country before dropping to the south coast. Agios Pavlos, on the same shore to the west, is 114.0 kilometres from the quay against 117.0 here, and the two are quoted at the same 2 hr 0 min.
Agia Galini is the busier of the two by a wide margin, and it is built in a steep bowl above its harbour where the Platys river reaches the sea. The houses climb the slope in tiers and the streets between them are stepped in places.
Those steps decide the drop-off. Several of the village's rooms and apartments sit above the point a vehicle can reach, so your driver stops as close as the road permits and tells you where that will be before the day rather than at the end of a two-hour drive.
The harbour is still the centre of everything, with the beach east of it along the river mouth, and boats run along the south coast from the quay in season.
Inland is the other reason people base themselves here. Phaistos and Gortyna are a short drive up into the Messara, and the Amari valley runs back north towards Rethymno.
Palazzo Greco, Hotel Minos, Hotel Sky Beach, Hotel Glaros and Petra are among the properties on the slope and near the harbour.
No coach runs from Chania to Agia Galini.
The public route is a vehicle into Chania, the intercity coach to Rethymno, and then the southbound service over the hills, which runs a few times a day and less often outside the summer. Three legs after a night at sea, against one car that meets the ramp.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Agia Galini. 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 Agia Galini 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: 117.0 km (72.7 mi), about 2 hr, and the same fixed fare from €156 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Agia Galini at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Agia Galini back to Souda Port covers the same 117.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Getting the vehicle out of the village comes first and is slower than it looks on a map, then the climb north over the hills to Rethymno. Evening sailings from Souda put most departure pickups here in the early afternoon.
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 2 hr 0 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry line asks for at Souda, and a margin for the village slope and the hill road north.
Send the operator and sailing when you book, and the pickup is calculated from boarding rather than estimated 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 Souda Port to Agia Galini 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 Souda Port to Agia Galini costs a fixed €156 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €213.
Where the slope allows. Agia Galini has streets that end in steps, and your driver stops as close as the road permits and confirms that point in advance.
Agios Pavlos is 114.0 kilometres from the quay and Agia Galini 117.0, both at about 2 hr 0 min. Agios Pavlos is a bay with a taverna; Agia Galini is a village with a harbour, shops and a beach.
Phaistos and Gortyna, a short drive up into the Messara, and the Amari valley running north. Agia Galini is the usual base for both.
East of the harbour, along the mouth of the Platys river, a strip of sand and shingle reached from the village side.
The village is built into a steep bowl above its harbour, so the lanes between the tiers become steps where the slope beats the road. It is what gives Agia Galini its shape and it is also why the drop-off point is agreed in advance.
Everything after Rethymno. The first half is national road along the north coast and the second half climbs onto the plateau and comes down the other side, which is where the two hours goes.
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 €156 for a Standard car to Agia Galini.
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.
Give us your ferry operator and sailing time when you book. We track arrivals, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
In front of the passenger terminal, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours. Ferry passengers all reach the quay at once, which is what the banner is for.
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. Souda Port to Agia Galini and Agia Galini to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €156, 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.