A private transfer from Souda Port to Platanias near Rethymno covers 58.1 km (36.1 mi) in about 54 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €87 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Platanias - Rethymno 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 | €87 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €115 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €190 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Platanias - Rethymno 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 - Rethymno: 58.1 km (36.1 mi), about 54 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 a beach settlement immediately east of Rethymno, on the long sand strip that runs from the city towards Sfakaki. Platanias in Rethymno should not be confused with the larger Platanias west of Chania: the two share a name and sit on opposite sides of the island.
The strip here is hotels, apartments and tavernas set between the beach and the old coast road, with the national road behind them.
Rethymno's old town is close enough to walk to along the seafront for anyone staying at the western end, which is the main reason people pick this stretch over the resorts further east.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa anywhere along the strip.
Addresses here are usually given by hotel name rather than street number, and the strip runs for several kilometres. Give the accommodation name at booking so the driver takes the right turning off the coast road.
The drive runs east for 58.1 kilometres and takes about 54 minutes, ending five kilometres past Rethymno on the beach strip.
Those five kilometres are what the fare is really buying, and they cost seven euros. Rethymno town is 53.0 kilometres from this quay at €80 for an SUV; Platanias is 58.1 at €87. What is stranger is that the €87 does not change again for the rest of the strip: Adelianos Kampos, twenty kilometres further east at 78.0, is the same €87.
Your driver waits at the passenger terminal, and the port road joins the national road without entering Chania. The route east runs along the edge of Apokoronas past the turnings for Kalyves and Vamos, then Georgioupolis and Kavros at the mouth of the Almyros.
The climb past Armeni and the descent through Atsipopoulo bring the road to Rethymno, which is passed on its bypass rather than through the centre.
Platanias is the first settlement on the beach strip east of the city, closest of the four to the old town, so the exit comes before the strip proper and the drive ends a few minutes sooner than a town address would take.
The name is shared with a larger resort west of Chania, 21.4 kilometres back from this quay. Giving the region at booking is what keeps the two apart.
An overnight arrival lands well before check-in anywhere on the strip, and this is one of the few places on the north coast where that is not a problem. Rethymno old town is a seafront walk from the western end, so the hours between the ramp and the room have somewhere to go. Four settlements share the beach east of Rethymno and their names are used loosely. From this quay Platanias is 58.1 kilometres and Adelianos Kampos 78.0, with Sfakaki and Skaleta between them, so the hotel name is what identifies the turning off the coast road.
The intercity coach between Chania and Rethymno passes on the national road above the strip.
It runs from Chania's station rather than from Souda, so after a night on the boat it means the city first, then the coach, then a local leg back east along the beach road.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Platanias - Rethymno. 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 - Rethymno 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: 58.1 km (36.1 mi), about 54 min, and the same fixed fare from €87 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Platanias - Rethymno at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Platanias back to Souda is the same 58.1 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Westbound the Chania approach is the slow section in the morning, and boarding for the Piraeus sailing closes well before the printed departure.
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 54 minutes of driving, the terminal time your ferry line asks for, and a margin for the Chania approach.
Give us the operator and sailing at 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 - Rethymno 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 costs a fixed €87 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €115.
No. The Chania one is 21.4 kilometres from this quay, west of the city. This route serves the strip east of Rethymno.
From the western end of the strip, along the seafront. It runs several kilometres, so it depends where on it you are.
In front of the passenger terminal with a banner showing your name and ours.
An SUV for up to 4 passengers, a Minivan for up to 8, and a Minibus for up to 18.
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 €87 for a Standard car to Platanias - Rethymno.
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 - Rethymno and Platanias - Rethymno to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €87, 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.