A private transfer from Souda Port to Chersonissos covers 155.0 km (96.3 mi) in about 2 hr 9 min and costs a fixed fare from €190 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Chersonissos 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 | €190 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €228 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €319 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chersonissos 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 Chersonissos: 155.0 km (96.3 mi), about 2 hr 9 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.
Chersonissos is the largest resort on Crete's north coast, built along a seafront strip east of Heraklion in the municipality of the same name. Chersonissos grew from a fishing harbour into a full resort town, and the old harbour is still the centre of it, ringed by tavernas and the boats that run day trips along the coast.
The resort divides clearly in two. The seafront and the main road carry the bars, the shops and the nightlife; the hillside villages behind it, Koutouloufari and Piskopiano, stay quiet and stone-built. Guests often book one expecting the other, so it is worth knowing which side of that line your hotel sits on.
The beach runs east from the harbour in a series of sandy bays broken by rock. Two of Crete's largest waterparks sit within a few minutes of the strip, which is why the resort draws families as heavily as it draws younger visitors.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or up in the hillside villages.
The strip is one-way in places and closed to traffic at its busiest in high season. Where that applies, the driver uses the nearest hotel entrance the vehicle can reach rather than leaving you to walk the last stretch with luggage.
The drive runs east along the north coast for 155.0 kilometres and takes about 2 hr 9 min, ending on the seafront of the largest resort on this shore.
Your driver meets you in front of the Souda passenger terminal with a banner, and the port road joins the national road in a few minutes without entering Chania.
Aptera and Souda Bay come first, then Kalyves, Vamos and Gavalochori, then Georgioupolis at 32.9 kilometres from the quay. Rethymno passes at 53.0 kilometres.
The Milopotamos headlands at Panormos and Bali follow, Fodele and Agia Pelagia come on the cliffs, and Ammoudara opens the built-up coast before Heraklion goes by on the bypass.
Kokkini Hani, Gournes, Gouves, Analipsis and Anissaras run out along the eastern coast, and Chersonissos is the exit after the last of them.
The distance table reads oddly against the clock on this stretch, and the road explains it. This transfer covers 155.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 9 min, while Agia Pelagia, 23 kilometres nearer at 132.0, is quoted at 2 hr 20 min. The whole of this route stays on the national road until the resort exit; that one leaves it to drop into a cove.
Arrival is what needs planning here. The strip is one-way along much of its length and closes to traffic at its busiest in high season, so your driver works to the hotel entrance the vehicle can reach rather than stopping at the head of a pedestrianised street.
The old harbour is the reference point for most addresses, with the seafront properties running east from it and the hillside villages of Koutouloufari and Piskopiano directly above.
The KTEL intercity coach reaches Heraklion from Chania in close to three hours, and the eastern coastal service continues to Chersonissos.
That means a vehicle into Chania from the quay, two coaches with a change at Heraklion, and a set-down on the main road above the resort. Most of a day after a night at sea, against 2 hr 9 min door to door.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Chersonissos. 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 Chersonissos 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: 155.0 km (96.3 mi), about 2 hr 9 min, and the same fixed fare from €190 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chersonissos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Chersonissos back to Souda Port covers the same 155.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Getting out of the strip is the slow part westbound, particularly in the middle of the day, and the Heraklion bypass follows within the first half hour. Souda sailings leave in the evening, which puts most departures here at midday.
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 9 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry line requires at Souda, and margins for the strip and the Heraklion and Rethymno bypasses.
Give us the operator and sailing at booking. The pickup is set against boarding rather than the printed departure and printed 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 Chersonissos 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 Chersonissos costs a fixed €190 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €228.
This route stays on the national road until the resort exit. Agia Pelagia is 132.0 kilometres from Souda at about 2 hr 20 min against 155.0 kilometres here at about 2 hr 9 min.
In most cases yes, and where a section is one-way or closed the driver uses the nearest reachable entrance. That is agreed before the day rather than worked out on arrival.
This transfer is priced to Chersonissos itself. Koutouloufari and Piskopiano stand on the slope above and are not listed separately from Souda, so give the accommodation name at booking rather than the resort name alone.
By 10 kilometres. Malia is 165.0 kilometres from Souda against 155.0 here, and it is a separate transfer.
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 €190 for a Standard car to Chersonissos.
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 Chersonissos and Chersonissos to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €190, 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 Crete transfers we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.