Heraklion Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour: Discovering Crete's Capital
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Discover the sights of Heraklion on a fun hop-on hop-off bus tour. Explore top attractions like the Palace of Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum at your own pace. Unlimited use 1-day ticket with audio commentary and a city map included.

Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Red Line - Heraklion (Route)

Operating Schedule: This route is completed in 60 minutes and includes 12 stops at the city’s main attractions. Passengers have the opportunity to explore numerous historical monuments thanks to the continuous circulation of our buses.
Explore attractions such as:

  • Archaeological Site of Knossos
  • Venetian Castle…
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What's Included
  • Hop-on hop-off bus tour
  • Audio commentary
  • Heraklion city map
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience the beauty of Heraklion on this exciting hop-on hop-off bus tour, which showcases the city in an open-top bus. Enjoy stunning views of Heraklion’s highlights and choose from any of the 10 stops around the city. Visit the Palace of Knossos and savour its ancient Minoan artifacts, or make a stop at the Venetian fort, Heraklion Archaeological…

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Janet_w
Oct 23, 2024
Good sightseeing tour! - It was a good way to see the main sites. And pick the ones you wanted to visit after hearing about them on the audio.
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Carmen_h
Oct 13, 2024
Great Inexpensive Way to Tour a Place - I always enjoy the Hop-on Hop-off the Bus tour. It's a good inexpensive way to see and learn about the main points of interests with narration of a particular place. With the ability to get off the bus at different stops and then get back on, it's also a good mode of transportation instead of taking a taxi or Uber. This is a good way to see and learn about a particular place, especially if it's your first time traveling there.
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Lauren
Oct 13, 2024
Had a great time touring the city! - Despite all the negatives, we had a great time on the tour! Eva one of the representatives was fabulous and so friendly, she made many great recommendations to us too! Thank you very much to Eva and the tour bus company!
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Lj64
Oct 15, 2024
Good fun - 2 bus companies v similar service offered, we just picked the one with a bus available more quickly at the time. Got seats upstairs and was fun. Did a complete look of the town first to get our bearings which we read was a suggestion and it worked well for us. Then chose the places we wanted to see. A bit crazy getting sorted with the bus and the tickets while cruise travellers swamped all the bus stands… omg so bloody pushy and demanding of the bus operators . But def fun.
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Queenpea3
Nov 1, 2024
Adequate, rather than amazing - I always try to do a HoHo bus tour when visiting a new city as it’s a great way to get your bearings & an overview of the culture & history. There are 2 tours available, red & blue. The red tour is around the city centre & a great way to get to the palace at Knossos. Some interesting commentary, but could have said much more. There were long periods of silence which could have been filled. Instead, when the commentary restarted it repeated earlier info. The blue tour was completely pointless as it is just a shuttle service to hotels in Amourouda. Whilst on a hot day it would have been a good way to get to the beach, it would be much easier / cheaper / quicker to hop on public transport. Heard earlier info from the red route another 2 times so could nearly quote word for word by the end!!! Not always easy to find some of the stops & if I hadn’t found the timetable online, I’d have really struggled to coordinate the buses.
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Amyt754
Oct 10, 2024
Caution! Don't buy online - This is a great way to get around BUT ..... There are 3 different companies, all are red and all look about the same and use same spots. We bought tickets online and NO WHERE does it say eticket NOT accepted. Must have paper. So buy from drivers.
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Donnapk
Dec 3, 2024
Beware a rip off - Worst experience ever on a HOHO bus Bus was in shabby condition Commentary did not sync with the route Driver played loud Greek music Several passengers complained but we were denied a refund Do not use this company
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N2301jtpaule
Nov 30, 2024
Bad experience in Heraklion - Avoid the Crete city tour hop on hop off company, terrible experience. Nothing worked, bus was ancient rattling relic. No open window. Driver never understood English. The route never went to any sights listed and the head phones did not work.
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Journey18422997919
Nov 1, 2024
Terrible just walk to most - Terrible. I know there are 2 red buses doing rides. Both are terrible. We did the open bus Crete City Tour. Our friends did the other. Spent 20 minutes stopped at Port as part of the loop. Saw a man fall of the stairs where flooring was detached and hanging, driver kicked the stair and said nothing! The audio ports often disconnected. The driver did not announce the stops. Just walk or catch a cab to the destinations out of town. Don’t waste your time like we all did. Good luck!
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W9782yujensh
Oct 16, 2024
The companies are all no good - I can only advise against using one of these bus companies, no matter which of the three, we have tried them all. It already starts so much that you use the bus that comes first and then pays right there or only in the city, where then another cashier rushes to help the driver so that none of the guests can still disappear. Now the money's gone and now it's just a coincidence if you'll ever get away from where you are again. Either there are just buses coming from the other companies or there is no more space. I have never seen anything so impossible in Europe as these Greek rip-off bus companies. Better spend the money on taxis...
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