Knossos & Heraklion Tour with Professional Certified Guide

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Crete, Greece

10 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Getting to the Knossos ruins and into Heraklion without a car means sorting transport and a route across Crete. Take a full-day tour that handles the logistics, with hotel pickup and air-conditioned transport to the archaeological site. Explore Knossos with a guide, then head into Heraklion with free time to wander the city at your own pace.

Combine a guided tour with free time to explore independently
Round-trip transportation takes the stress out of sightseeing
Gain insight you won't find in a guidebook with a local leading the way
Hotel pickup ensures a seamless start to the day

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Entrance Fee to Knossos Archaeological Site only (€20)
Entrance Fee for Museum (€20)
Food and Drinks are not included.
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

There is no pick up from Grand Rimondi ( we can pick up Grand Rimondis customers from OPAP shop in Stavromenos) There is no possibility to drive to each Hotel, we will send you the nearest pick up point for you! Guests staying at Ideon Hotel - Old Town Rethymno - Olympic Palladium - Jo An Palace pick up provided from the municipal garden bus stop

Meeting point

Sofokli Venizelou, Rethymno, Greece

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Start time
.8:00 am

Itinerary

Heraklion

4 hours • Admission Ticket Free

The Palace of Knossos

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infants must sit on laps

Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 49 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.7

based on 36 reviews

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Good trip overall

Susan_P, Oct 2025

Our tour guide was wonderful and picked us up on time with great communication before hand and provided interesting information along the way. Unfortunately we only had 1 1/2 hours at Knossos instead of the planned 2, which made it very rushed and needed to skip things since we did not have enough time. If we were short on time I would have preferred less time in the city. Also, you are on your own to get tickets for the archaeological museum. We needed to wait in line for 30 minutes, which if I knew in advance I would have order in advance.

Good trip

Evelyn_M, Jun 2024

Good full day tour, good value. I liked that it took us direct to the sites but then we had free time at each rather than a guided tour. Sufficient time in each place. Good guide Anastasia gave plenty of information while on the bus and a good driver. Nice to be given a town plan for Heraklion. Additional entry fee for Knossos worked easily with us paying the guide and then she went to buy tickets, although a bit of a wait but probably better than queuing individually. Museum in Heraklion was fantastic too, well worth visiting.

Good

Chantal_B, Sep 2023

Knossos was lovely but our guide did not come in with us or even give us a map of the site so we had to find out information and layout ourselves. Heraklion was good, enjoyed the archeological museum a lot. Had nice lunch and enough time to do some shopping. Had to pick up and drop of ALOT of people so it took an hour just to get out of Rethymnon and back in again.

Wir hatten unsere Tour am...

Veselina_T, Jul 2022

Wir hatten unsere Tour am 8.7. Ich kann sie nur weiter empfehlen. Wir starteten an unserem Hotel in Rethymno um 8:40 Uhr und waren gegen 10:30 Uhr am Knossos. Unser Guide Anastacia kümmerte sich um die Tickets, sodass wir nicht an der Kasse anstehen mussten. Von 10:45 bis 12:45 Uhr hatten wir Zeit den Knossos selbständig zu erkunden. Um 13:05 Uhr waren wir vor dem Archäologischen Museum in Heraklion und hatten 3 Stunden Zeit zur freien Verfügung. In Anbetracht der hohen Temperaturen sind 3 Stunden ausreichend, um etwas kleines zu essen und eine kleine Sightseeingtour zu machen. Danke an Anastacia und an unseren Fahrer, der uns sicher an die Ziele brachte. Während der Fahrt erzählte uns Anastacia viel über die Geschichte Kretas. Für mich waren das sehr interessante und wertvolle Informationen. Der einzige Minuspunkt: wir hatten einen kleinen Bus und sehr wenig Fussraum. Für große Menschen ist die Fahrt etwas anstrengend.

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