A private transfer from Souda Port to Chora Sfakion covers 62.5 km (38.8 mi) in about 1 hr 22 min and costs a fixed fare from €92 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Chora Sfakion 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 | €92 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €126 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €240 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chora Sfakion 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 Chora Sfakion: 62.5 km (38.8 mi), about 1 hr 22 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.
Chora Sfakion is a small port on the south coast of Crete, at the foot of the mountains in the Sfakia region. Chora Sfakion is the road head for a stretch of coast that has no roads at all: the villages west of it, Loutro and Agia Roumeli among them, are reached only by boat or on foot.
The village itself is a single curve of harbour with tavernas and rooms above it, and a pebble beach on either side.
Its ferry is what most visitors come for. Walkers finishing the Samaria gorge at Agia Roumeli take the boat east to Chora Sfakion and continue by road from there.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, or at the quay if you are connecting to a boat.
Chora Sfakion is small and the harbour front is the centre of it. Tell us at booking if you are meeting a sailing, so the pickup time is set against the boat rather than the day.
The car leaves the passenger terminal and crosses the White Mountains to the south coast, 62.5 kilometres in about 1 hr 22 min.
The national road east covers the first stage, along the edge of Apokoronas as far as Vrisses.
The climb south begins there, rising steadily into the mountains with the villages thinning as the road gains height.
The Imbros gorge is the descent, a narrow pass followed for several kilometres before the Libyan Sea appears.
Chora Sfakion is the port for the villages west of it that have no roads, so this route connects one ferry to another across the island's width. A passenger docking at Souda at six and taking the Loutro or Agia Roumeli boat later that morning has two sailings to meet, and the mountain road between them is not one to leave to chance. Sfakia has a reputation on Crete for independence that long predates tourism, and the village reflects it. It is small, unpolished and busier with boats than with cars, and the mountains rise directly behind the harbour.
The KTEL coach from Chania serves Chora Sfakion a couple of times a day and is timed around the ferries.
It starts in Chania rather than Souda, so an arriving passenger has a leg into the city first. If a connection slips, the next departure may be the following day.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Chora Sfakion. 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 Chora Sfakion 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: 62.5 km (38.8 mi), about 1 hr 22 min, and the same fixed fare from €92 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chora Sfakion at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Chora Sfakion back to Souda is the same 62.5 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Northbound the Imbros is a climb, and Piraeus boarding closes early, so a return crossing carries a real margin rather than a nominal one.
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.
Eighty-two minutes of driving, the boarding time for your sailing, and a genuine allowance for the mountain road.
If you are connecting between two boats, give us both and the pickup is set against them.
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 Chora Sfakion 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 Chora Sfakion costs a fixed €92 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €126.
Yes. Give both sailings at booking so the drive is timed against the one you have to catch.
The mountains come down to the sea, which is why those villages are reached only by boat or on foot.
The Imbros descent is followed for several kilometres and is slower than the national road, which the timing allows for.
A long history of independence, and a coastline where the mountains reach the sea so completely that the villages west of here have no roads at all.
It is the whole of it. One curve of quay with tavernas and rooms above, pebble beaches either side and the mountains directly behind, which leaves no room for anything more.
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 €92 for a Standard car to Chora Sfakion.
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 Chora Sfakion and Chora Sfakion to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €92, 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.