A private transfer from Souda Port to Platanias covers 21.4 km (13.3 mi) in about 22 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €33 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Platanias - Chania 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 | €33 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €47 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €91 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Platanias - Chania 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 Platanias - Chania: 21.4 km (13.3 mi), about 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.
Platanias is the largest resort on the coast west of Chania, at the far end of the continuous beach that runs out from the city through Stalos and Agia Marina. Platanias in Chania should not be confused with the smaller Platanias east of Rethymno: the two share a name and sit on opposite sides of the island.
The resort has two parts. The old village sits on a bluff above the coast road, with a church and tavernas at the top and a view along the whole strip, and the modern resort runs along the shore below it.
Platanias carries most of the nightlife on this coast, and the beach in front of it is wide sand facing the islet of Agioi Theodoroi offshore.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the shore road or up in the old village.
The lanes up to the old village are steep and narrow. Where your address sits among them, your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and tells you which one before the day.
The car leaves the passenger terminal and runs west past Chania, 21.4 kilometres in about 22 minutes, to the largest resort on the coast beyond the city.
The road out of the bay joins the route around Chania rather than through it, so the old town is never crossed.
The western suburbs follow, then Stalos and Agia Marina along the continuous beach, with the Agioi Theodoroi islet offshore.
Platanias is the last of them. The old village stands on a bluff above the coast road and the modern resort runs along the shore below it, which is what decides the final turning.
A dawn docking clears Chania before the city wakes, so 22 minutes is a genuine figure rather than an optimistic one. The same run in the evening, when the traffic is heading out to the strip, takes noticeably longer. Three resorts share the strip west of Chania and their distances from this quay are close: Stalos and Agia Marina before Platanias at 21.4 kilometres. What separates them is how much nightlife sits behind the beach, which is a question about evenings rather than about the transfer.
The city bus along the western strip is frequent and cheap, but it starts in Chania.
Reaching it from Souda means a first leg into the city with your luggage after a night on the boat, then a ride back out west along the coast the car would have covered directly.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Platanias - Chania. 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 Platanias - Chania 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: 21.4 km (13.3 mi), about 22 min, and the same fixed fare from €33 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Platanias - Chania at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Platanias back to Souda is the same 21.4 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Eastbound the strip and the Chania approach are slower in the morning, and evening sailings board 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.
Twenty-two minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line requires, and a margin for the strip if you are travelling in the morning.
Send the operator and sailing with your booking and the pickup is set 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 Platanias - Chania 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 Platanias costs a fixed €33 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €47.
No. This is the larger resort west of Chania. The Rethymno one is on the other side of the island.
Separate parts of the same resort. Give the accommodation name at booking so the driver takes the right turning.
Yes. The Chania approach and the strip are both empty at six, which is when the Piraeus boat docks.
Stalos is quietest and closest to Chania, Agia Marina is in the middle, and Platanias at 21.4 kilometres from Souda carries most of the nightlife.
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 €33 for a Standard car to Platanias - Chania.
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 Platanias - Chania and Platanias - Chania to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €33, 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.