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Knossos Palace Guided Tour: Journey Through Minoan Civilization & Heraklion Town Center
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60 Ratings
Knosos
Join a guided exploration of the Palace of Knossos, the focal point of political and ceremonial life in Minoan civilization. The journey proceeds to the heart of Heraklion town, tracing back an historical route of 4000 years in a single day.
Join a guided exploration of the Palace of Knossos, the focal point of political and ceremonial life in Minoan civilization. The journey proceeds to the heart of Heraklion town, tracing back an historical route of 4000 years in a single day.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Knossos Archaeological Site - Knossos Palace is the capital of Minoan civilization, just 5km away on the south of Heraklion town. It is the largest of the preserved Minoan palatial centers on the island. Walk through it with your guide and find out how people lived 4.000 years ago, people that are believed to be the first Europeans, lived as an…
- Knossos Archaeological Site - Knossos Palace is the capital of Minoan civilization, just 5km away on the south of Heraklion town. It is the largest of the preserved Minoan palatial centers on the island. Walk through it with your guide and find out how people lived 4.000 years ago, people that are believed to be the first Europeans, lived as an organized community in Crete and the center of their civilization the Palace itself. The Throne Room, the frescoes, the Minoan Columns, the water management will stimulate your imagination on how the community of the Minoans was living on the island back then.
What's Included
- Whispers offered during the guided tour in Knossos Palace
- Transport by air-conditioned coach or minivan
- Guided tour in German & English on Wednesday & Saturday
- Professional guide
- Guided tour in French & English on Tuesday & Friday
- Pickup and Drop off from hotels and designated meeting points
- Whispers offered during the guided tour in Knossos Palace
- Transport by air-conditioned coach or minivan
- Guided tour in German & English on Wednesday & Saturday
- Professional guide
- Guided tour in French & English on Tuesday & Friday
- Pickup and Drop off from hotels and designated meeting points
What's Not Included
- Food & Drinks
- Admission fee to Knossos 15 EUR per adult - People up to the age of 25, from EU member states free
- Food & Drinks
- Admission fee to Knossos 15 EUR per adult - People up to the age of 25, from EU member states free
Location
Knossos Archaeological Site
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Vasyag
Oct 7, 2024
Value for money - Took a bus tour with Altino travel to the Knossos palace and Heraklion, with the guide. Very happy with the experience, value for money. The guide is knowledgeable. No delays or other issues during the trip.
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Niamh_o
Aug 9, 2024
Unforgettable experience - This is an absolute do not miss experience! Our tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and the total cost was much less than a taxi would have been for just two people!
We didn’t have time for the museum, but the palace was amazing and we had a great time in the city getting food we didn’t have access to in the village where we were staying.
There isn’t much shade at the palace, so remember suncream and a sunhat as we did see a young woman faint from the heat!
You are given little radios which are connected to a mic on the tour guide, so you can always hear your guide. The different languages are also on different channels- so you don’t have to listen to the other language if you don’t want to!
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Sean_c
Jul 31, 2024
Knossos - Great day out, thoroughly enjoyed! The only criticism was the two and a half hour bus journey picking people up but I guess that was necessary.
Guide was excellent and great place to experience!
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Z924prcristinac
Jul 3, 2024
Knossos Palace - It was beautiful and interesting thanks to the guide SONIA that with its simplicity explained and told us everything in detail without boring you, indeed it seemed to revere those moments.
Beautiful is worth seeing, on Sunday even better because there are no masses of tourists.
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Khashoggi
Oct 4, 2024
Book via TUI with Maria! She was fantastic! - What a fantastic few hours we had at Knossos Palace with the amazing TUI tour guide Maria. She was wonderful all around. Very friendly, extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the things she was telling us. There was some waiting around today to view certain parts of the palace so Maria spent the time telling us stories about the palace and the area and the local inhabitants of the time period, making sure we never got bored and fed up waiting in the sun. The Palace itself is stunning! Well worth the money if you want an educational and fun few hours. My only criticism (if you could call it that) is that the tour groups could be smaller to ensure no one gets mixed up or loses the group etc. Our group was around 30 people I think? and a few times we lost the guide as she was showing people other areas.
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Jake_a
Aug 29, 2024
Interesting but average - Lovely tour, don't be afraid to wander off, we found the guided tour abit too repetitive in 3 languages, it was slow going and very busy because of the cruise ships arriving. So we wandered about ourselves reading the signs, very interesting, shame most of it has been moved to the museum and there's not a huge amount known about the place. But glad we got too see it. Heraklion was a bust port town servicing the cruise ships, was busy and expensive, doesn't give a great experience of create as a whole but was glad to see it.
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Elisabeth_p
Jun 16, 2024
Worth it! - Good price/value ratio. Time for trip was good, pick up at hotel was punctual. Tour of Knossos was a little too slow due to multiple languages offered. But not having to worry about transportation was valuable.
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Matthew_b
Aug 16, 2024
Good, but slightly disappointing. - Good tour of Knossos, guide was knowledgeable and friendly. The tour of Heraklion was essentially being taken to the main square and told where the sites were. Would have liked more of the mythology of Knossos and the Minotaur and Labyrinth, but wasn’t mentioned. In hindsight, a public bus and an audio guide at the palace would have been just as good and cheaper.
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Anonymous
Jun 16, 2024
Cruise Ship Queues - The very long queues of people at Knossos from the cruise ships in the high temperatures were awful! The traffic was terrible and most featured things in Heraklion were unavailable or closed.
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Gusvaliente74
Jun 15, 2024
I didn't enjoy it like others. a shame - The audio quality was bad. The signal was lost after a few meters. The guide was very friendly but did not understand much. The bus air conditioning is very low! It's 40 degrees hot! I didn't enjoy it like other tours I've done on Tripadvisor.
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