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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Alessio
Jul 30, 2024
Holiday in Creta - Very well recommended, nice company! We could easily visit different places and also the bus is connected with the beaches!
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Rhonda_c
Jul 30, 2024
Worth doing! - Fabulous ,loved the bus ride and esp Knossos Palace it was wonderful thankyou. Heraklion was a lovely city and this was a great way to see some of it!
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Paul_b
Sep 23, 2024
Experienced travelers - Helped us to become familiar with the city of Heraklion and opening the opportunity to visit Knossos Palace.
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Christine_j
Sep 5, 2024
Tour around Crete - A great and affordable way to tour around Crete. Some routes/pickups caused some confusion and wasted some time but other than that it is a great way to tour around the area.
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Instathi5
Aug 2, 2024
Average experience due to lacking air conditioning - The overall experience was average due to the immense heat and lack of air conditioning. The tour guidance on the headphones provided and the route covered made the experience passable.
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Onair37584147336
Aug 6, 2024
Ok bus ride, awful boarding experience - First I reserved tickets online to save on time as we are getting off a cruise ship with hundreds if not thousands of people. Online gives me a voucher that I need to exchange for a ticket. Ok. But where?? Break into the line at the kiosks at the port and nobody in any of the four different company kiosk can help me. I get in line where the buses are, nobody is sure what to do with us, but the next buses are all full anyways. We frustratingly walk away to the next bus stops down the road. Finally find someone that knows our voucher and tells us what bus to get on. Get in the bus, the driver barely looks at my phone voucher, just lets us get on. Ok, finally on the bus! But wait, there is so much traffic that we barely move! Very very slow tour, very basic history from the pre recorded system. Lots of time waiting to get to the next location. Not really worth it in my opinion.
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Culture31102450549
Sep 21, 2024
Never again! - Long waits, a bus didn't come at all, route change... You are stuck in traffic for longer and wait when changing trains than you drive!
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Chris100cr
Sep 11, 2024
This company “Crete City Tour Heraklion” (with the sunshine logo) are scammers - The company “Crete City Tour Heraklion” (with the sunshine logo) are scammers. Upon arrival at the port we saw 5 ticket booths all selling hop on / hop off bus tours of the city. We paid €20 each with “Crete City Tour Heraklion” and gained a receipt. One bus had just left and we were advised it was a 15 min wait until the next bus. We waited and 15 mins later the guy selling tickets was still advising people it would be a 15 mins wait. 40 mins after buying the ticket the bus turned up and there was only room for half the people who’d bought a ticket. We couldn’t get on the bus, so decided to walk to the first few stops and pick up a bus after lunch, near stop 4. Several of the other companies buses arrived and departed at stop 4, then “Crete City Tour Heraklion” arrived (40 mins after the scheduled time displayed on their sign). The driver refused to let us on the bus as the guy who’d sold us the ticket had only given us a credit card receipt rather than a ticket. We calmly stated that is all we were given and he said we should wait for another companies bus as the name stated on the credit card receipt didn’t say “Crete City Tour Heraklion” (we later found out the name on the receipt was the parent company of Crete City Tour Heraklion). I tried calling the company on all 4 numbers listed on their map and signs at the bus stops and the numbers were either disconnected or there was no answer. Long story short we talked our way onto another companies bus as the driver understood our plight and took pity on us. We only got off once as we didn’t want the stress of having an argument every time we needed to get back on. On speaking to a driver from another company he mentioned that Crete City Tour Heraklion only have 2 buses whereas the other companies has around 5-6 buses each so can run a regular service.
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Douww2021
Aug 14, 2024
Bad experience - Bad experience on the hop on hop off bus. Driver stopped for an excessive time getting off and smoking a cigarette at most of the stops. Not fun if you are sitting upstairs and there is no movement in 30 degree Celsius heat!
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Amandams5252yk
Aug 12, 2024
Like steeping into the bowels of hell - Quite possibly the most hideous experience of my life Absolutely no system for boarding the buses it was a total free-for-all pushing shoving hitting; complete and utter carnage It was a stampede The people in charge did nothing I would advise never to use this company EVER AGAIN someone could easily have got badly hurt
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