Crete · SELF-GUIDED TOURS
The good self-guided tours fill up while you are still deciding. Below: the 12 to book early, what each includes, and how they actually differ once you read past the titles.
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!”
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.”
Skip lines at Heraklion Archaeological Museum with an emailed ticket and offline Clio Muse audio guide. See Minoan stars at your pace.
“Audio guide very good- about an hour and focuses you on key things to see, particularly if going on to Knossos.”
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!”
E-tickets plus offline audio tours to Knossos Palace and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, easy self-guided Minoan history day.
“La dificultat al estar en diferents nivells, de trobar els punts. Al Palau de Knossos”
Crete day trip to Knossos with e-ticket and offline audio, optional Heraklion Archaeological Museum entry, plus a self-guided Heraklion city audio tour.
“Preporučujem ovu aktivnost .Jesdina zamerka što nisam videla freske sa delfinima.Inače lep put u istoriju.”
Download offline audio and maps for Knossos Palace plus a self-guided Heraklion city walk from Koules to Jesus Gates.
“Très belle expérience. Magnifique palais de Knossos. L auto guide est super pour une découverte du palais et de la ville Heraklion qui permet à la fois de s enrichir mais et surtout de rester libre .”
Prebooked timed entry to Heraklion Archaeological Museum plus a self-guided Heraklion city audio tour, for an easy, flexible day.
“So amazing to see the vast collection of artifacts.”
Pre-booked e-ticket plus offline English audio guide for the Archaeological Museum of Chania, with stories of key objects and mosaics.
“Het was mooi maar als je 1 museum gezien hebt dan dan je de rest overslaan zijn allemaal hetzelfde. Audio guide zorgt ercoor dat je alles goed volgt en begrijpt”
A self-guided phone audio tour of Heraklion starting at Koules Fortress, with offline narration and key stops like the Lions fountain and Loggia.
“Je n’ai pas apprécié l’expérience et je n’ai même pas terminé de l’écouter, je trouvais que les descriptions n’étaient pas de qualité, ça allait vite et les audios ne se suivaient pas vraiment. Je ne recommande pas.”
Skip ticket lines at Chania Archaeological Museum with an entry e-ticket plus an offline audio tour for a self-paced 3.5-hour visit.
“Buying the tickets was ridiculously difficult. We kept getting emails, but not the tickets until the very last minute. The emails kept promising an audio to her, but it was impossible to access the audio tour.”
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