A private transfer from Souda Port to Almyrida covers 16.5 km (10.3 mi) in about 21 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €32 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Almyrida 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 | €32 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €47 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €92 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Almyrida 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 Almyrida: 16.5 km (10.3 mi), about 21 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.
Almyrida is a small resort on the Apokoronas coast east of Chania, set on a shallow sandy bay at the foot of the Drapanos peninsula. Almyrida sits 2.4 kilometres from its larger neighbour Kalyves and shares the same stretch of protected water, which stays calm and shallow a long way out.
The resort is compact. Tavernas and shops line the seafront, the beach runs directly in front of them, and the accommodation is mostly apartments and villas rather than large hotels.
The shallow bay and the afternoon breeze make Almyrida one of the places on this coast used for windsurfing, and the hill villages of Plaka, Kokkino Chorio and Gavalochori sit immediately above it.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the lanes behind it.
Many Almyrida addresses are villas on the hillside rather than numbered streets. Give the property name and the owner's directions when you book, so the driver has more than a street to work from.
The drive runs 16.5 kilometres east in about 21 minutes, round the head of Souda Bay to the shallow bay at the foot of the Drapanos peninsula.
Souda is the natural way into Almyrida and the fares show it plainly. This transfer is €32 for an SUV. The same village costs €125 from Heraklion Port, €125 from a Heraklion address and €80 from Rethymno, because all of those cross most of the island to reach a place that sits twenty minutes from this quay.
Your driver meets you in front of the passenger terminal with a banner, and the port road joins the main road east within a couple of minutes. Aptera stands on the escarpment above on the right, and the route drops into Apokoronas rather than climbing over it.
Kalyves comes first, on the same protected water 2.4 kilometres short of Almyrida, and the last stretch runs along the shore between the two.
Almyrida is compact when you arrive. Tavernas and shops line one seafront, the beach is directly in front of them, and the water stays shallow and calm a long way out because the bay is closed on both sides.
That shelter and a dependable afternoon breeze are why the bay is used for windsurfing, and why the swimming earlier in the day is as flat as it is.
Almyrida Resort, Almyrida Beach, Aloe Boutique and Suites, Almyrida Studios and Hotel Dimitra stand near the front, with villas on the hillside above on lanes that carry no numbers.
The Apokoronas bus network runs from Chania, not from the port.
That makes the public route a vehicle into Chania, a local service back east to Vamos or Kalyves, and a walk down to the coast, for a journey the car does in twenty minutes. The last connection of the day also goes early in the evening.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Almyrida. 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 Almyrida 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: 16.5 km (10.3 mi), about 21 min, and the same fixed fare from €32 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Almyrida at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Almyrida back to Souda Port covers the same 16.5 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The climb out of the village takes the first few minutes and a pickup from a hillside villa is set earlier than one on the seafront. The road back round the bay is short and the port approach quick.
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 21 minutes of driving, the boarding time your ferry line requires, and a margin for the hill lanes at the start.
Give us the operator and sailing at booking. The pickup is set against boarding rather than the printed departure.
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 Almyrida 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 Almyrida costs a fixed €32 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €47.
By a distance. It is €32 from this quay against €80 from Rethymno and €125 from either Heraklion pickup, because those routes cross most of the island to get here.
No. Kalyves sits 2.4 kilometres along the same bay and is booked separately.
It is shallow and sheltered on both sides, and the afternoon breeze is dependable. The same shelter keeps the water flat for swimming in the morning.
Yes, with the property name and the owner's directions given at booking. Many Almyrida villas sit on unnamed lanes above the bay.
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 €32 for a Standard car to Almyrida.
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 Almyrida and Almyrida to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €32, 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.