A private transfer from Souda Port to Sitia Port covers 259.0 km (160.9 mi) in about 3 hr 50 min and costs a fixed fare from €340 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Sitia Port 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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Standard | Skoda Octavia, VW ID.3 | up to 3 | 3 | €340 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €378 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €420 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €435 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €800 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sitia Port 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 Sitia Port: 259.0 km (160.9 mi), about 3 hr 50 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.
Sitia Port is the harbour of Sitia, at the eastern end of Crete's north coast. Sitia Port is the island's link to the Dodecanese: ferries from here call at Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes, and the Piraeus service uses the same quay.
The harbour sits at the end of the town's palm-lined seafront, a few hundred metres from the centre and below the Kazarma fortress.
Traffic here is thinner than at the western ports, and sailings are less frequent, which makes meeting a specific boat more important than at Heraklion or Souda.
We meet you at the passenger quay, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Sailings here are infrequent and a missed connection can mean a long wait. Give the operator and sailing time at booking so the pickup is set against boarding rather than the printed departure.
The drive covers 259.0 kilometres in about 3 hr 50 min and connects Crete's western ferry gateway to its eastern one.
Both ends of this transfer are passenger quays, which makes it a different booking from the rest of the Souda list. Souda takes the overnight boat from Piraeus and sends it back in the evening; Sitia Port faces the other way, towards Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes, with its own Piraeus service on the same berth. Passengers linking one to the other are who this route carries.
Your driver waits in front of the Souda passenger terminal with a banner, and the port road joins the national road in a few minutes without going through Chania.
The first hour runs above Souda Bay past Aptera, along the Apokoronas slope through Kalyves and Vamos, and down to Georgioupolis and Kavros before Rethymno.
Panormos and Bali take the headlands, Fodele and Agia Pelagia follow, and Heraklion passes on the bypass at about the midpoint. The eastern resort coast then runs from Kokkini Hani to Malia.
Sissi, Milatos and Agios Nikolaos come next, and after Istron the road climbs into the eastern hills for the last hour, passing the Mochlos turning and reaching Sitia Airport before the town.
Sitia's quay stands at the end of the seafront below the Kazarma, and the drop-off is at the passenger terminal itself.
Two ferry timetables sit at either end of this drive, and neither is generous. Give us the sailing you are catching as well as the one you arrive on, and the pickup is built to fit between them.
There is no public connection between the two quays that a ferry schedule would survive.
A bus into Chania, the coach to Heraklion, the eastern service to Sitia and a walk from the station to the harbour is the shape of it: most of a day, three changes, and no allowance anywhere for a boat that docks late.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sitia Port. 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 Sitia Port 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: 259.0 km (160.9 mi), about 3 hr 50 min, and the same fixed fare from €340 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sitia Port at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Sitia Port back to Souda covers the same 259.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Boats from Karpathos and Kasos arrive at hours that suit the islands rather than the mainland, and your driver waits with a banner whatever the hour. Westbound the eastern hills come first and Heraklion is still two hours off after them, so the Souda boarding time sets the pickup.
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 3 hr 50 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry line requires, and a margin for the eastern hills and the Heraklion and Rethymno approaches.
Send both operators and both sailing times when you book. The pickup is then calculated against boarding at the far end rather than against a printed departure.
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 Sitia Port 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 Sitia Port costs a fixed €340 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €435.
In front of the passenger terminal, holding a banner with your name and ours. The quay itself is a working port with restricted vehicle access, so wait at the terminal rather than walking towards the gate.
Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes, with a Piraeus service from the same quay. Sailings are less frequent than at the western ports.
By 2.0 kilometres. The quay is 259.0 kilometres from Souda and the town 257.0, and both carry the same fixed €340.
Give us the operator at booking and we track the arrival. A late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
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 €340 for a Standard car to Sitia Port.
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 Sitia Port and Sitia Port to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €340, 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 taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.