Crete · KNOSSOS PALACE TOURS
130 tours
Knossos gets busy by ten and the site gives up very little without someone explaining it. These are the options compared: skip-the-line entry, audio guides, guided walks, and the combined tickets that add the Heraklion archaeological museum where the original frescoes hang. Prices, durations and how early each one gets you through the gate.
Prebooked timed entry to Knossos, plus optional self-guided audio. Walk the Minoan palace ruins at your pace and see restored rooms.
“Amazing place to visit, do not miss it when visiting Crete”
Prebooked e-ticket and phone audio at Knossos. Walk the Minoan palace at your pace, with smart add-ons in Heraklion.
“We had just over an hour for the tour of Knossos before leaving Crete. This guide offered us a quick, trouble free entry to the site. The narration was informative and fun!”
Skip long Knossos lines with a licensed English guide, small-group storytelling, and priority entry, plus optional Arch Museum add-on in Crete.
“Super knowledgeable guide, funny, and able to put things in terms everyone could understand. Wish I'd had her on a couple of my other excursions.”
Guided Knossos and Heraklion day trip with hotel pickup, a 2-hour palace walkthrough, museum time, and a classic city stroll.
“Very knowledgeable guide, the experience very enjoyable, everything was explained really well. We had three hours free time in Heraklion, where you could easily spend a whole day. The archeology museum has some fantastic exhibits and is very interesting. Overall an excellent trip and excellent value for money.”
Combo e-ticket for Knossos Palace and the Heraklion Museum, with optional audio guides and time slots for a self-paced Crete visit.
“Knossos and the museum are a perfect pairing, well worth the trip”
A 7.5-hour Crete day mixing Zeus myth at Dikteon Cave, olive oil tastings, inland villages, and Knossos, with small-group comfort.
“Mike, our guide took excellent care of us! I felt very safe with him driving, and he was very knowledgeable. We enjoyed the itinerary as well which had a good mix of time to explore, rest, and enjoy.”
Skip Knossos ticket lines for a private 1.5-hour archaeologist tour, with Minoan palace highlights and an expert guide.
“Amazing tour with incredibly knowledgeable guide - he brought the palace to life and put everything in context. Highly recommended! Book the 9am tour if you can as it was so quiet compared to the rest of the day.”
A long Crete day trip from Heraklion mixing Knossos, Vidiani Monastery, Lasithi plateau villages, and a guided olive mill farm.
“Amazing! I loved the caves and Knossos and the olive mill tour was better than I expected too. Νεκτάριος was a fantastic guide and added so much context, including his own little stories. I absolutely loved the day... might have given slightly less time at the mill and slightly more at Knossos but overall timings were pretty spot on. Νικόλαος was also a great, very skilled coach driver (not easy on some of those roads)”
Guided Heraklion and Knossos day trip with a real walking tour, expert-led palace visit, and market time, plus optional museum stops.
“Our tour guide Eleni was brilliant and her English tour of Knossos and Heraklion was so interesting. We really enjoyed the Archaeological Museum and would recommend buying the combined ticket for €20. Picked up and dropped off as stated. Had 3 hours free time in Heraklion so had time for a coffee, lunch and the museum.”
A 7 to 8 hour day tour from Heraklion combining the Lasithi Plateau, Zeus Cave area, olive oil tasting, Mochos, and Knossos.
“This tour was exceptional! Our tour guide, Nikos was funny, informative and a fabulously safe driver. He was also a complete gentleman. The plateau, palace and small villages were incredible and our lunch - amazing! Definitely recommend.”
A 90-minute small-group guided Knossos tour with fast-track entry, headsets, and clear Minoan context for your myth-busting visit.
“Akrivi was an amazing tour guide! She really told a story with the mythology and also history behind the mythology surrounding the Temple of Knossos.”
One day from Rethymno to Knossos and Heraklion, with an English guide, skip-the-line entry at Knossos, and free time in the city.
“Fantastic day trip. Very Informative and friendly guide. Timings were great and meeting places were very convenient. Have booked another trip with the same company. Highly recommended this day out.”
Full-day coach tour from Chania to Knossos, Heraklion Museum, and Old Town with guided Minoan storytelling and planned free time.
“My husband and I had a great time on this tour! The bus ride was comfortable, and we enjoyed the stops en route. Our guides on the bus and at Knossos Palace were both very good at sharing both history and mythology. They kept us on schedule. We opted to skip the archaeological museum due to long lines and had a relaxed and delicious lunch in Old Town Heraklion instead. Our driver did a great job, even with traffic from the farmers strike. We would be happy to do another tour with this operator.”
3D audio tablet tour at Knossos, showing the palace as it likely was, with language options and skip-the-line Temple access.
“Not well explained. We missed many of the 3D video features until the end of the tour. We wasted 15 minutes trying to figure the technology out. Aim had to be perfect.”
Day trip from Rethymno to Knossos and Heraklion with optional guided tours, museum time, and easy coach travel.
“Imbros Gorge is outstanding! Was hesitant to book in case it was disappointing but it was phenomenal. Our guide, Ingrid, was wonderful - funny, sincere, kind and full of information. FABULOUS”
