Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket (Shared Tour - Small group) | 1 hour 30 minutes

244 Reviews | Crete
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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English, French
  • Guided Tour
  • Knossos palace entry skip-the-Line Ticket
  • Licensed tour guide (English) for a 90-minutes guided tour in a small group.
  • Gratuities

Overview

Join our small group. Walking tour at Knossos palace with a Licensed Tourist Guide. Skip-the-ticket line to enter Knossos Palace. Explore the ancient palace, step into the royal residence and see the Minoan king's throne. Be amazed by the House of the Frescoes and its colorful wall paintings. Learn about the history of the Minoan Civilization, probably the oldest one on the European continent. Please check your location before booking! Crete is divided in four regional units and is approximately 260 km (162 miles) long and 60 km (37 miles) wide. Crete’s four prefectures: from west to east, Chania, Rethymnon, Heraklion, and Lasithi (Elounda, Agios Nikolaos). Knossos palace located at the center of the island (Heraklion). Distance to Knossos palace from: Heraklion center, port or airport (code HER) approx. is 5 km (3 miles or 20 min by car)

Meeting points

Meet your guide next to the entrance of the archaeological site, right next to the Little Garden restaurant by the ticket booth. Your guide will be holding a sign with the WeGuide logo.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • The Palace of Knossos

    Knossos! What an enchanting place! This is simply a must visit site in Crete if history, culture, and myth are of any interest to you at all. Hire a guide to help bring the place to life. It is harder to get a true sense of the place without the guidance and knowledge of experienced guides. There is signage but it is simplistic and limited only sharing a fraction of what you're actually seeing and why. Knossos, a complex of more than 1500 interlocking rooms, was an astonishing palace, built for a mighty king of the Bronze Age. As you wander through the labyrinthine ruins, you will have the chance to see the original throne of "Minos", the mystifying sanctuaries, the luxurious domestic quarters of the royal family, the once upon a time bursting with Crete’s treasures pantries and the astonishing water-management systems! Skip-the-ticket-line service ! Licensed tour guide for a 90-minutes guided tour in a small group.

    1 hour 30 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • During summer periode (June-July-August) visit Knossos, escaping the crowds and not when it's so hot! Unravel the myth of the labyrinth enjoy Knossos at its best time 17:00 o'clock (5:00pm) with us!
  • We kindly remind you that the tour you booked is a shared one. It starts at the mentioned time and can not be delay for any reason. Our check in begins 15 minutes prior the starting time of the tour.
  • IMPORTANT NOTE : Starting times are strictly kept. There is no exceptions policy.
  • Entrance exclusively at the time slot of your choice! We would like to inform you that from 01-April-2024, in all Archaeological sites and Museums where the e-ticket is applied, entrance is only possible during the time slot of your choice. Please make sure to be at the entrance 15 minutes before your chosen time slot ! • Please bring your passport, if you qualify for a reduced price

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244 reviews

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Off Season Family Fun

Published on Dec, 2024

Extremely knowledgeable guide who keeps up to date with the latest research and brings the site to life. She also puts up with kids who struggle to maintain their interest during the tour.

Great tour!!

Published on Nov, 2024

Fantastic tour! Lots of mythology and history. Our guide also gave us context for everything in the archaeological museum so we went there after. A mix of informative and fun!

Excellent - Brings Palace to Life

Published on Oct, 2024

Akriza (not sure of spelling) led a wonderful tour. Great pacing. Excellent background. Shared highlights of ongoing research into archeology and the language and symbols found at Knossos. Shared wonderful pictures of her own to more fully bring the building to life.

Always book a tour with a guide!

Published on Oct, 2024

Our guide was really interesting! Brought the ruined city and palace alive! Well worth booking a tour with a guide - I’d never consider just wandering around a site now.

Amazing guide through history and myth!

Published on Oct, 2024

Akrivi was an amazing tour guide! She really told a story with the mythology and also history behind the mythology surrounding the Temple of Knossos.

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