A private transfer from Souda Port to Chrissi Akti covers 10.6 km (6.6 mi) in about 15 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €24 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Chrissi Akti 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 | €24 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €41 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €92 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chrissi Akti 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 Chrissi Akti: 10.6 km (6.6 mi), about 15 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.
Chrissi Akti is a beach on the western edge of Chania, between the city and Agioi Apostoloi. Chrissi Akti means golden coast, and the name describes the strip of sand that runs below the coast road here, one of the closest to the centre that is genuinely sandy rather than shingle.
The beach is organised, with sunbeds and tavernas along it, and a promenade runs behind.
The district around it is residential Chania rather than a resort, so the accommodation is apartments and small hotels used as much by visitors to the city as by people on a beach holiday.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the coast road or in the streets behind it.
The western districts of Chania run together without obvious boundaries. Give the accommodation name at booking rather than only the area, so the driver goes to the right door.
The drive runs 10.6 kilometres west in about 15 minutes, from the quay to the sandy beach on Chania's western edge.
Chrissi Akti means golden beach, and it is a city beach rather than a resort. The sand sits inside the built-up western edge of Chania, with a promenade and tavernas behind it and residential streets behind those, so the character comes from the people who live there as much as from the people staying.
Your driver waits in front of the passenger terminal with a banner. The port road joins the main road within a couple of minutes and the route skirts the city rather than crossing it, which is what keeps a fifteen-minute quote honest at the hour a ferry docks.
Agioi Apostoloi and its sheltered coves sit immediately west, and the two run together along the same shore, so an address given only as one of the pair is worth confirming.
Chania old town is a short drive east, close enough that guests here treat it as an evening out rather than an excursion.
Golden Beach, Melia Studios, Domes Zeen Chania, Oasis and Semiramis Suites are among the properties along and behind the sand.
The fare here starts at an SUV rather than a Standard car, at €24 for up to four passengers, which is the same as the two neighbouring city beaches from this quay.
Chania's city buses serve this stretch from the central station, not from the port.
That makes the public route a bus or taxi into Chania first, then a second service back out west, with luggage, at whatever hour the boat docked. Over ten kilometres the saving is small and the morning is not.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Chrissi Akti. 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 Chrissi Akti 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: 10.6 km (6.6 mi), about 15 min, and the same fixed fare from €24 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chrissi Akti at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Chrissi Akti back to Souda Port covers the same 10.6 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The road east is quick outside the city rush, and the port approach is short. Evening sailings to Piraeus mean most departures here are late-afternoon pickups.
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 15 minutes of driving, the boarding time your ferry line requires, and a margin for the western approach into the city.
Send the operator and sailing with your booking and the pickup is calculated from boarding.
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 Chrissi Akti 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 Chrissi Akti costs a fixed €24 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €41.
No. It is a residential district of Chania with a good beach in front of it, so the shops and tavernas are the ones the neighbourhood uses rather than a seasonal strip.
A short drive east along the shore, and a long but walkable distance on foot along the front for anyone who wants it.
Agioi Apostoloi immediately west, with its sheltered coves behind a headland, and Kalamaki and Daratsos in the streets behind. They are separate bookings from this quay.
The places along and behind the sand, among them Golden Beach, Melia Studios, Domes Zeen Chania, Oasis and Semiramis Suites.
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 €24 for a Standard car to Chrissi Akti.
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 Chrissi Akti and Chrissi Akti to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €24, 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.