Crete · KNOSSOS PALACE TOURS
Skip-the-line entry, a guide who can tell Evans apart from the Minoans, or a combined ticket with the museum that holds the frescoes. The 15 below cover all three, with prices, how long each spends on site, and which ones get you there before the coaches.
Knossos timed e-ticket to your phone plus optional audio guide. Walk the Grand Palace at your pace and learn the Minoan story.
“Cheaper than the official website. Thank you for the voucher.”
Pre-book your e-ticket to Knossos Palace with a phone audio guide on Minoan life, frescoes, and Mount Juktas views. Optional Heraklion add-ons.
“It was a great experience, the audio really brought the site to life. Very easy to use and the skip the line feature is great. Would definitely recommend!”
Skip the line at Knossos with a licensed English guide, a 1.5-hour walkthrough of the palace, plus optional Heraklion pickup and a museum add-on.
“Akrivi was amazing! Such a great storyteller! It was very interesting and we learned a lot :)”
Guided Knossos Palace and Heraklion museum day trip with hotel pickup, an expert guide, and time to wander markets and Venetian sights.
“the trip to knossos was amazing, de palace is a Nice place te walk and look around, the free time in Heraklion center is a bit to short when you want to go to the archeological museum, and going to the open air market, and then to see some shops, but overal it was an amazing trip.”
Self-paced e-ticket combo for Knossos Palace and Heraklion Archaeological Museum, with audio guides in 5 languages.
“It was the first time for me using the downloaded audio guide and it was great experience. This particular audio guide was really made like someone in person has been walking you through the attractions. Very easy to follow, interesting stories, you can stop and/or repeat the sections whenever you want. Great thing and definitely will repeat it for some following trip.”
Small-group day tour from Heraklion to olive presses, villages, Lasithi windmills, Zeus cave, and Knossos, with tastings and pickup.
“Had an amazing experience and tour with Ed today. His communication was awesome before the trip and during it. So friendly and really made us feel like friends. Showed us what Crete is all about and even went out of his way to bring us back to our car. Would highly recommend this trip to anyone! A+++++++”
Skip the ticket line at Knossos Palace with a private guided tour by a licensed archaeologist, exploring Minoan ruins fast.
“Loved having only our group of 4 on the tour. Our guide set a comfortable pace. He told us what we were going to see, showed everything to us and then summarized all that we had seen. Perfect! He was extremely knowledgeable and very professional. He even suggested great photo op places and took our pictures. A+ tour.”
A long Crete day from Heraklion blending Knossos, Lasithi plateau views, Vidiani Monastery, Lasinthos Eco Park, and an olive farm mill tour.
“Lasithi was very beautiful, also the Cave. Knossos palace was a little disoppintment because there wasn't much to see for the money. Guide was okay. It took us 2,5h hours to get the first sightseening, because the bus stopped at many places on the way. Although the bus was nice and cold.”
Guided Knossos and Heraklion day tour with pickup, headsets, city walking, and market time. Tickets and food are extra.
“Went with my mum and two children aged 9 and 14. It was hot and not much cover at the palace of knossos but our guide Cristina was amazing at finding our group shade and she knew so much that with the ear pieces in we were able to learn from her the history of the place with ease. After this the coach took us into the old town where we were able to independently visit the Archeological Museum and have a very quick bite to eat before catching the coach back to our hotel. We had a wonderful day and can recommend this tour.”
Door-to-door Heraklion day trip: olive oil tasting, Lassithi Plateau windmills, Zeus cave area, Mochos cafés, and Knossos Palace.
“Nikos was amazing and filled the day with many adventures! We throughly enjoyed this experience and the tour was well laid out.”
Skip-the-line, small-group Knossos tour with a licensed guide, admission included, headsets when needed, and Minoan myths explained in English.
“Our guide was fantastic. She was knowledgeable and excellently tied together the myths to the facts.”
Knossos Palace guided visit plus Heraklion Old Town and Archaeological Museum on a 10-hour coach trip from Rethymno, $35.
“Worderful day trip for history lovers and everybody interested in Minoan culture eith plenty of time to explore Knossos palace and enjoy the capital of Heraklion. Our tour guide Anastasia was just wonderful -- she entertained us with beautiful stories about Crete on the bus, and was extremely friendly and well-spoken.”
Full-day tour from Chania to Knossos and Heraklion with a guided palace visit, museum stop, and free city time plus coastal views.
“Really comfortable coach, very friendly guides and lots of activities!”
Shockproof tablet 3D audio tour of Knossos in Heraklion, 90 minutes, skip-the-line temple access, multiple languages.
“I really enjoyed hearing the explanations and looking how the palace was back in the day! We decided to take the tablet since a guided tour was waaaay moreee expensive, I overheard some groups with guides and they were saying more less what the tablet also explains. I saw a comment saying that to locate the areas was difficult to do, for me it was not at all, I found everything in between minutes and following the tablet we did the tour in 1 hour 20 min. I recommend a lot!”
A full-day bus trip from Rethymno to Knossos and Heraklion, with optional guided tours of both major Minoan sites and museum.
“We had a lovely time visiting Heraklion for a few hours and then Knossos Palace, our tour guide George was brilliant, we have now been on two trips with him and wow he is so good at his job, very knowledgable, very polite and informative and so so friendly. Overall really pleasant experience!!”
Every kind of day out on the island, and the best of each.
