A private transfer from Souda Port to Kolymbari covers 30.0 km (18.6 mi) in about 26 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €44 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Kolymbari 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 | €44 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €58 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €104 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kolymbari 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 Kolymbari: 30.0 km (18.6 mi), about 26 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.
Kolymbari is a village at the base of the Rodopos peninsula, on the coast west of Chania where the beach strip ends and the headland begins. Kolymbari is built around a working harbour and a long pebble beach, and it keeps the feel of a village rather than a resort.
Gonia Monastery stands at the northern edge of the village, above the sea, and the Orthodox Academy of Crete sits beside it.
The road north from here runs out along the Rodopos peninsula, an empty limestone headland with no settlements on it, which is why Kolymbari is the last village on this stretch of coast.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the village or along the coast road either side of it.
Kolymbari's lanes towards the harbour are narrow. Where an address sits on one, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and confirms it before the day.
The car leaves the passenger terminal and runs west for 30.0 kilometres, about 26 minutes, to the village where the beach strip stops and the Rodopos peninsula begins.
Chania is passed rather than entered, and the coast road picks up beyond it.
The resort strip follows: Stalos, Agia Marina, Platanias, Gerani and Maleme, then the junction at Tavronitis.
Kolymbari is the last village before the headland. Gonia Monastery stands above the sea at its northern edge with the Orthodox Academy beside it, and the harbour and pebble beach lie below.
The road north out of the village climbs onto the peninsula and stops. Nothing passes through, which is why a dawn arrival here finds a working harbour rather than a resort waking up: the boats go out early regardless of the season. Kolymbari makes a quieter base than the strip behind it while staying close to the port. Souda is 30.0 kilometres east and Kissamos 43.3 west of the quay, so the village sits between the ferry and the far west rather than at the end of anything. The monastery at the northern edge of the village is the landmark most drivers use here, since the harbour lanes have no useful street names. Gonia stands above the sea with the Orthodox Academy beside it, and everything in the village lies south of it.
The KTEL coach towards Kissamos stops at Kolymbari regularly, from Chania's station rather than from Souda.
After an overnight crossing that means the city first, a wait, then the coach, which sets you on the main road above the village rather than down by the harbour.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kolymbari. 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 Kolymbari 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: 30.0 km (18.6 mi), about 26 min, and the same fixed fare from €44 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kolymbari at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Kolymbari back to Souda is the same 30.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The road at this end is clear at any hour. It is the strip east of the village and the Chania approach that set the departure time, along with boarding closing early for Piraeus.
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.
Twenty-six minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line requires, and a margin for the strip if you travel in the morning.
Send the sailing with your booking and the pickup is calculated against 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 Kolymbari 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 Kolymbari costs a fixed €44 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €58.
A working harbour, a long pebble beach and Gonia Monastery above the sea at the northern edge of the village.
The harbour works early year-round, which is more than most resorts on this coast offer at six in the morning.
Kissamos is 43.3 kilometres from Souda against 30.0 to Kolymbari.
It sits between Souda at 30.0 kilometres and Kissamos at 43.3, on the road to both, which is why it is chosen over the busier strip.
Gonia Monastery at the northern edge, above the sea. The harbour lanes have no useful street names.
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 €44 for a Standard car to Kolymbari.
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 Kolymbari and Kolymbari to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €44, 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.