A private transfer from Souda Port to Paleochora covers 76.8 km (47.7 mi) in about 1 hr 23 min and costs a fixed fare from €98 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Paleochora 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 | €98 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €132 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €251 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Paleochora 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 Paleochora: 76.8 km (47.7 mi), about 1 hr 23 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.
Paleochora is a town on the south-west coast of Crete, built across a short peninsula with a beach on each side: sand to the west, shingle to the east. Paleochora is the largest settlement on this coast and the one with a full range of shops, banks and tavernas, which is why it is used as a base rather than only as a stop.
The ruins of the Venetian castle of Selino stand on the point at the end of the peninsula, above both beaches.
Paleochora is also a ferry town. The coastal boat that links the villages of the south west, Sougia, Agia Roumeli, Loutro and Chora Sfakion, runs from here, and several of those places have no road access at all.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on either beach or in the streets between them.
The centre of Paleochora is closed to vehicles in the evenings through the summer. Where that applies your driver stops at the nearest permitted point and confirms it in advance.
The drive runs west and then south for 76.8 kilometres and takes about 1 hr 23 min, ending on the south-west coast.
Three places on the south coast are sold from this quay and the fares are worth setting side by side before you choose. Chora Sfakion is 62.5 kilometres out at €92 for an SUV, Paleochora 76.8 at €98, and Agios Pavlos 114.0 at €152. The first two sit within six euros of each other despite fourteen kilometres between them; the third is a different proposition altogether.
Your driver waits at the passenger terminal and the car joins the road west without entering Chania. The coast road covers the first stage past the resort strip as far as Tavronitis, which is where the route changes character entirely.
The road turns south there and climbs into the Selino district, hill country of olive terraces and small villages with long stretches of single carriageway and a succession of bends.
The descent at the end brings the Libyan Sea into view with the town below on its short peninsula: sand on the west side, shingle on the east, and the ruined Venetian castle of Selino on the point between them.
Paleochora is also a ferry town, which makes this a port-to-port journey. The coastal boat to Sougia, Agia Roumeli, Loutro and Chora Sfakion leaves from its quay, and several of those places have no road at all.
That gives the route a use the distance does not suggest. A passenger off the Piraeus overnight can be on the south coast by half past seven and aboard a boat to a village with no road before the morning is out, which is not a connection any timetable will sell you as one.
Relax Apartments, Europa, Elman and Nicolas Beach are among the places on the two beaches and the streets between them. The centre closes to vehicles in the evenings through the summer, so an afternoon arrival is dropped closer to the door than an evening one.
The KTEL coach from Chania to Paleochora takes around two hours and runs a few times a day, fewer outside summer.
It starts from Chania's central station rather than Souda, so a ferry arrival means the city first, and the last departure goes well before evening.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Paleochora. 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 Paleochora 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: 76.8 km (47.7 mi), about 1 hr 23 min, and the same fixed fare from €98 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Paleochora at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Paleochora back to Souda is the same 76.8 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Early departures start in the dark for much of the year and the mountain section is slower then. Boarding for the Piraeus sailing also closes well before the printed departure, so both go into the pickup time.
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.
About 1 hr 23 min of driving, the terminal time your ferry line requires, and a genuine margin for the mountain road.
If you are connecting to the coastal boat rather than staying, give us that sailing too and the pickup is set against it.
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 Paleochora 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 Paleochora costs a fixed €98 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €132.
Yes. The boat to Sougia, Agia Roumeli, Loutro and Chora Sfakion leaves from Paleochora's quay. Give us the sailing at booking.
Sand on the west side of the peninsula, shingle on the east, with the town between them and the castle on the point.
In front of the passenger terminal with a banner showing your name and ours.
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 €98 for a Standard car to Paleochora.
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 Paleochora and Paleochora to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €98, 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.