A private transfer from Souda Port to Agios Nikolaos covers 210.0 km (130.5 mi) in about 2 hr 50 min and costs a fixed fare from €228 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Agios Nikolaos 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 | €228 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €308 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €456 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Agios Nikolaos 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 Agios Nikolaos: 210.0 km (130.5 mi), about 2 hr 50 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 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.
Agios Nikolaos is the capital of the Lassithi region and the main town on Mirabello Bay in eastern Crete. Agios Nikolaos is built around Lake Voulismeni, a small deep pool joined to the harbour by a short channel, with the town's tavernas and bars ringing the water above it.
The town works as a base rather than a beach resort. The beaches inside the town are small and municipal; the larger ones, Almyros and Ammoudara, sit just outside it, and Elounda and Plaka lie north along the coast road.
Its position makes it the natural stop for eastern Crete. Boats to Spinalonga leave from the harbour, the Archaeological Museum is in the town, and the roads south to Ierapetra and east to Sitia both start here.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the town or out along the Elounda road.
The streets around the lake are steep, narrow and partly one-way. Where a hotel sits inside that area the driver uses the nearest point a car can stop and confirms it before the day.
The drive runs east along the north coast for 210.0 kilometres and takes about 2 hr 50 min, ending at the capital of the Lassithi region on Mirabello Bay.
Your driver meets you in front of the Souda passenger terminal with a banner, and the port road joins the national road within a few minutes, leaving Chania alone.
Aptera and Souda Bay open the run, the Apokoronas villages follow, and Georgioupolis comes at 32.9 kilometres. Rethymno passes at 53.0 kilometres, a quarter of the way.
Panormos, Bali and Fodele take the headlands, Agia Pelagia sits below the cliffs, and Heraklion goes by on the bypass at close to the halfway mark. Chersonissos, Stalida and Malia carry the eastern resort coast, and after Sissi and Milatos the island empties out.
Agios Nikolaos comes after that empty stretch, and its own fare table holds a surprise worth knowing before you book. Elounda, 10 kilometres nearer at 200.0 kilometres, costs €240 for an SUV against €228 here, and both are quoted at about 2 hr 50 min. The nearer town is the dearer transfer.
The town is a base rather than a beach resort, and it is built around Lake Voulismeni, a small deep pool joined to the harbour by a short channel with the tavernas ringing the water above it.
Boats to Spinalonga leave from the harbour, the Archaeological Museum is in the town, and the roads south to Ierapetra and east to Sitia both begin here, which is why most guests on this transfer are using Agios Nikolaos as a starting point for the east.
Palazzo, Atlantis Hotel, Santa Marina, Miramare Resort and Spa and the InterContinental stand in the town or along the Elounda road. The streets around the lake are steep, narrow and partly one-way, so where a hotel sits among them your driver uses the nearest point a car can stop and confirms it before the day.
The KTEL coach network reaches Agios Nikolaos from Heraklion, not from Chania directly.
From the quay that is a vehicle into Chania, close to three hours to Heraklion, a change, and then the eastern service. Four legs and most of a day, on the day you have just spent a night at sea.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Agios Nikolaos. 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 Agios Nikolaos 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: 210.0 km (130.5 mi), about 2 hr 50 min, and the same fixed fare from €228 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Agios Nikolaos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Agios Nikolaos back to Souda Port covers the same 210.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The lake streets set the pace for the first few minutes, then the run west is national road as far as the Heraklion bypass. Souda sailings leave in the evening, so departures here are usually booked for late morning.
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 50 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry line requires at Souda, and margins for the town streets and the Heraklion and Rethymno bypasses.
Send the operator and sailing at booking. On a route this long the pickup is calculated rather than estimated, and the time goes 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 Souda Port to Agios Nikolaos 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 Agios Nikolaos costs a fixed €228 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €308.
Elounda is 200.0 kilometres from Souda at €240 for an SUV and Agios Nikolaos 210.0 at €228, with both timed at about 2 hr 50 min. The two fall in different bands.
Small municipal ones. Almyros and Ammoudara, the larger beaches, sit just outside the town, and Elounda and Plaka lie north along the coast road.
Boats to Spinalonga leave from the harbour in the town, and others run from Elounda and Plaka further north.
The town and Elounda road properties, among them Palazzo, Atlantis Hotel, Santa Marina, Miramare resort & spa and InterContinental Crete.
Because the roads divide here. South to Ierapetra and the Libyan Sea, east to Sitia and the far corner, north to Elounda and Plaka: all three start from Agios Nikolaos, which is why guests touring the east tend to sleep here.
A short drive north along the coast road, with Plaka beyond it at the end of the same road. Both are separate transfers from this quay.
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 €228 for a Standard car to Agios Nikolaos.
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 Agios Nikolaos and Agios Nikolaos to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €228, 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.