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You can benefit from a few alternatives such as hotel shuttle, taxi or car rental for travelling to Al-Aqiq Airport from the city center.

Hotel Shuttle

Since there are not many transportation alternatives in Al-Aqiq city center, airport transfers offered by hotels provide a comfortable transportation for the visitors. Many hotels offer airport shuttle service for their guests. If you want to benefit from this option, you need to get in contact with your hotel and make a reservation. There are many hotels in Al-Aqiq city center providing the transfer between the hotel and Al-Aqiq Airport.

Car Rental

You can reach Al-Aqiq Airport from the city center without losing time by renting a car. You can visit one of the car rental offices offering service in the city center. Those, who don’t want to lose time with other means of transportation, can comfortably travel to the airport from the city center in a short time.

Taxi

The transportation to the airport from Al-Aqiq city center is mostly provided by taxis. Since the means of public transportation are not commonly used in the city center, visitors prefer taxis for travelling to the airport. Before getting on any taxi, you can talk to the driver and agree on the fare to have a more budget-friendly travel.

Airport Information

Al-Aqiq Airport is located approximately 30 kilometers east of the city center. The airport, which welcomes many domestic and foreign visitors every year, can be reached by taxi or renting a car from the city center. At the airport, there are car parking areas, car rental companies, restaurants and bars, VIP services and halls and stores. The airport meets safety, comfort and similar needs of its passengers in the best way.

Although Heraklion is the largest residential area in Crete, especially the old city district is proper for walking. You can explore the whole city with a comfortable shoe, but you should always consider the weather. On the other hand, it is possible to explore the city by participating in the tours of many tourism agencies. Public transportation in the city is provided by buses. You can get to the whole city by buses, which will take you from the main bus stops A, B, and C.

Of course, there are many ferry and boat services in Heraklion, the biggest port city of Crete island. From there you can travel to many ports such as Santorini, Ios, Mykonos or Rhodes. Daily ferry service to Piraeus Port is also organized. It is possible to reach Athens from this port. You can rent a car in the city. Motorcycles and scooters, as well as cars, are quite common. It provides not only an ideal way of transportation to visit the city in warm weather but also an easy access to the other settlements of Crete Island such as Ayios Nikolaos and Chania. You can reach these cities by following the E75 highway. Traffic in the city can be really busy from time to time. Usually, there is an irregular traffic flow and road works are done. You can see the taxi almost everywhere in the city. However, it is not allowed to stop a taxi on the road, you need to use the taxi stops. You can see the taxi stops in front of the port, the bus station, and the airport. It is possible to use it not only for short trips but also as a private tour vehicle as well.

Taxis do not have a standard price policy, so if you can agree on the fare you can travel the whole city by having breaks at the important places of the city. All signs in Crete Island are written in English, using Latin alphabet as well as Greek alphabet, so you will not have trouble during transportation. The most used transportation vehicle from Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport to the city center is taxi. Buses are available for those who prefer to use public transportation. If you rent a car at the airport, you can easily reach the surrounding cities, not just the city center.

Bus

You can use the buses to the city center from bus stops at the airport terminal exit. The services are quite frequent, buses depart every 5 minutes. The services are rare only on Sundays. Buses start to pick up passengers early in the morning and continue its services until late in the evening.

Taxi

You can easily see the taxi stop when you leave the airport arrival terminal. Getting to the city center by taxi is easy and fast. If you wish, you can reserve a taxi for you by contacting the airport taxi station in advance.

Rent a car

Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport has 9 different vehicle rental companies that you can rent cars or motorbikes. You can make your vehicle rental operations online before your flight. You must remember that you must have international competence in order to be able to drive in Crete. The airport is located right on the E75 highway.