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Knossos and Heraklion City Tour
4.7
30 Ratings
Rethymno
Explore ancient Knossos and vibrant Heraklion from Rethymno. Discover myths, shop, and savor local flavors. Unveil Crete’s history and culture in one day.
Explore ancient Knossos and vibrant Heraklion from Rethymno. Discover myths, shop, and savor local flavors. Unveil Crete’s history and culture in one day.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Heraklion - Visit the capital of Crete, Heraklion. Explore the Knossos Palace. Check out the archaeological museum in Heraklion. - Knossos Archaeological Site - Discover the archaeological site of Knossos with a skip-the-line ticket.
- Heraklion - Visit the capital of Crete, Heraklion. Explore the Knossos Palace. Check out the archaeological museum in Heraklion. - Knossos Archaeological Site - Discover the archaeological site of Knossos with a skip-the-line ticket.
What's Included
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Entrance Fee to Knossos Archaeological Site only (€15)
- Combination Ticket Entrance Fee for Knossos Archaeological Site and Museum (€20)
- Food and Drinks are not included.
- Gratuities
- Entrance Fee to Knossos Archaeological Site only (€15)
- Combination Ticket Entrance Fee for Knossos Archaeological Site and Museum (€20)
- Food and Drinks are not included.
- Gratuities
Additional Information
We will start from Rethymnon around 8.30am. Our first stop on this excursion will be at Knossos. Please note, the entrance fee to Knossos is not included in the ticket price ( 15€ entrance fee needed in cash or 20€ is the combination ticket for Knossos and the Museum). There is evidence that this location was inhabitedduring the neolithic times. On the…
We will start from Rethymnon around 8.30am. Our first stop on this excursion will be at Knossos. Please note, the entrance fee to Knossos is not included in the ticket price ( 15€ entrance fee needed in cash or 20€ is the combination ticket for Knossos and the Museum). There is evidence that this location was inhabitedduring the neolithic times. On the ruins of the neolithic settlement was built the first minoan palace, where the dynasty of Minos ruled. The Palace is conected with thrilling legends, such as the myth of the labyrinth with Minotaur. Our next stop will be Heraklion city. You will have 3 hrs free time to explore the city, visit the archeological museum, go shopping, drink coffee or have a lunch. We will be back around 18.00pm. Please note, you need 20€ in cash for the entrance ticket to Knossos and Museum.
Location
Sofokli Venizelou
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.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(30 Ratings)
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838stefanh
Aug 19, 2024
Great travel company, great guide, great excursion! - Great experience with Markidis, Anastasia was a dream of guide. Till the agreed time arrived on time. Useful information about the country, people and destination during the bus ride. No queuing time in Knossos, the tip to visit the museum in Heraklion was golden. Greeting from the couple to Anastasia, who was “first” on the bus at 4:28 p.m. at 4:30 p.m. departure, but was the first couple to get off at the hotel as a reward.
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Evelyn_m
Jun 30, 2024
Good trip - 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.
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Safari770839
Jun 29, 2024
Wonderful day trip - This trip was absolutely brilliant and well worth every penny! Our tour guide Anastasia was friendly and incredibly informative about Crete, Heraklion and Knossos, and shared some fascinating facts relating to the island's history and mythology. The trip itself was perfect in duration, and pick up and drop off was extremely well organized and located conveniently for us. Definitely recommend!
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David
May 15, 2024
Excellent well organised experience - Excellent trip, perfect timing for pick up from our hotel and really good information from our host Anastasia on route to our first stop at Knossos. She took our payments for our entry to Knossos Palace to allow us to skip to queues to purchase tickets and allow more time to explore. Knossos Palace is well worth a visit. After this a short trip to Heraklion for a four hour time slot to explore the vibrant capital of Crete. Had time for a nice lunch, explore many shops and wander around before visiting the Archeological Museum to see all the artifacts excavated from Knossos and other sites. Then a quick journey back. A really great day out.
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C771nwshirleyb
Sep 26, 2023
Must see sights - We couldn’t come to Crete and not see the palace of Knossos, but the Disneyfied way it was “restored” by Sir Arthur Evans left me feeling rather sad. The museum in Heraklion more than made up for it though - this was worth so much more that the extra 5 euros on the admission tickets. The treasures from the palace on display in there are breathtaking. Heraklion itself is an attractive and interesting city, good to walk around.
Our guide Anastasia did a great job, giving lots of useful and interesting information in 2 languages. She was also very helpful and friendly, as well as clear on instructions for meeting the coach on return.
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327annettn
Aug 23, 2023
A guided tour of the city would have been great. But despite everything, it was very well organized. The tour guide was friendly - A guided tour of the city would have been great.
But despite everything, it was very well organized. The tour guide was friendly and we felt comfortable.
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Royfeuillade
Sep 14, 2019
Good day out - First time we have visited kournus lakes we went with our Greek family on a day trip
It was a beautiful day as usual in Crete .we all enjoyed the pedalo,s my grandson especially he was sliding down the slide attached to the pedalo into crystal clear water
With Maria
You can also feed the turtles who also swim in the lake after this we had lunch with plenty of places to chose from would recommend this place for a visit we be going back
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Globeprinter
May 8, 2024
Great tour and guide, would recommend! - The tour is great! We were picked up on time from the hotel by bus. The tickets to Knossos and the Archeological museum in Heraklion is not included in the price, but we liked that the tour was more about free time and that we just needed the bus to go where we wanted. You get about two hours in Knossos and four hours in Heraklion, it is enough time to do and see the most imoprtant things in the old town. Anastasia our guide was professional and effective, she speaks english, german and franch. Would highly recommend Markidis Travel :D
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Chantal_b
Sep 23, 2023
Good - 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.
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612laurenced
Aug 21, 2023
to do once! - What I liked most about the excursion was the Guide Georges! a great knowledge of 3 languages and kindness! the museum in Heraklion was a bit disappointing, it was a good 10 minutes but after that you only see little things in the windows, it's a bit meh...The palace of Knossos is very beautiful but doing that in 32 degrees I regretted it a little...it is currently being rebuilt, I will return there in 30 years! hahahah ....otherwise the price is reasonable for adults between 25 and 65 years old it's 20+15 euros and young people and students only pay 20 euros for the bus for the rest it's free for them! It was nevertheless a good day!
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