Knossos Palace & Heraklion City Tour
Description
• The most popular excursion that reveals the history of the Minoan civilization. • During the tour you will take a guided walk in the cultural center of the city of Heraklion, visit mysterious and mythical "LABYRINTH OF THE MINOTAUR" in the Palace of KNOSSOS. • During the tour you will visit mysterious and mythical "LABYRINTH OF THE MINOTAUR" in the Palace of KNOSSOS and take a guided walk in the cultural center of the city of Heraklion. • After the excursion program, you can enjoy an independent walk through the old part of the city surrounded by Venetian walls with many boutiques and souvenir shops. To feel like a local, order a cup of Greek coffee in one of the cozy street cafes and relax during the midday siesta.
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Itinerary
With our experienced guides, you can fully get acquainted with the unusual asymmetric architecture and frescoes of the Palace of Knossos, created around 1700 BC, the greatest ancient architect Dedalus. The archaeological site is located five kilometers from the Crete administrative center of the city of Heraklion.
Guided tour in the city of Heraklion. For the most complete picture of the history and culture of the locals, visit the historic center of the city, the archeological museum with the richest collection of exhibits collected from all over the island, the Morozini fountain, the Venetian loggia. As well as pilgrimage Orthodox centers: the Cathedral of St. Titus and the Cathedral of St. Minas. Architectural monuments of various cultures make a walk around Heraklion very interesting.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
• After booking we will contact you to arrange the pick-up. • We pick up from the tourist bus stops, a maximum 800m walk from your hotel. • For remotely located hotels and Airbnb's, please, contact us to clarify the closest pick-up point or any extra transfer arrangements. • Please, note, if you do not provide your pick-up details up to 24 hours before the tour, we do not guarantee the pick-up.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- If an infant does not sit on lap in the bus, It is necessary to pay a child ticket.
- After booking we will contact you to arrange the pick-up. Please, note, if you do not provide your pick-up details up to 24 hours before the tour, we do not guarantee the pick-up. For pick-up from different location, please, contact us.
- Pick-up from the specific bus stops next to the hotels. From Area 1: all the villages between Amudara/Heraklion/Karteros/Amnissos/Kokkini Hani/Gournes/Gouves/Analipsi/Anissaras/Hersonissos/Stalida/Malia/Sissi
- Area 2: Sises/Fodele/Agia Pelagia/Ligaria/Achlada/Mades/Ammoudi/Rodia/Palaiokastro/Pantanassa /Linoperamata/Gazi
- Wednesday: English, German, French
- Thursday: English, French, Polish, German
- Saturday: English, German, French, Polish
Reviews(38)
Our tour guide was Katerina. She was very helpful, considerate and knowledgeable. We felt well looked after. The tour was very informative and inspirational. We had plenty of time in both places and we covered a lot of historical ground. My only niggle, and it is a small one, is that it would have been nice if a bottle of water was included on the trip
First, I appreciated the information provided for pick up. It was clear and direct. The driver was on time and everything went smoothly. The tour itself was well paced and the information and historical facts were wonderful.
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The tour guide was amazing named poppy , she toured us in both enlist and German , the Knossos palace was interesting but too much tour groups at at time but very informational tour , the trip to Heraklion was good we managed to tour and explore the city of Heraklion was amazing I would recommend to try this tour ❤️❤️❤️
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The guide had to use 3 languages which made it quite disjointed and lengthy. The itinerary was mixed around with a pointless trip to a market at the start.
Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and thorough and we enjoyed our visit to Knossos. However, we felt the admission fee to the Knossos site should have been included in the cost of the trip. It just seemed a little pricey for the day which included 3 hours of unguided free time in Heraklion and a long bus ride from and back to our hotel picking up and dropping off other travellers.
The overall experience of the tour was great. We got more than enough time to explore Heraklion city and enjoy a meal. The only thing keeping this review from a five star is that we were dropped back in a really small car crammed at the back seats. It was not the same van as what we were picked up in. The tour guide was dropped to her personal residence first which was a little unprofessional and unlike any other tours we did. Besides the sketchy drop off situation, it was a good tour.
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Knossos palace tour excellent and informative. Visit to market a little longer than required. Heraklion visit worthwhile
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Too expensive for a site that in the end presents few interesting remains, except those that benefit from beautiful frescoes, but which unfortunately are only an interpretation of the archaeologist who discovered this site. But hey, we must support Cretan archaeology😜.
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If you manage to get Sula as your tour guide you are in for a treat. Sula was a lovely guide who with her extensive knowledge of both the Knossos palace ruins and Heraklion city but her quick wit & fabulous sense of humour made the tour that ever more enjoyable. Worth doing the tour and do visit the old fort in the port. That itself was amazing and nice & cool to walk around. Well done Sula and keep-up the excellent standards.
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The Knossos tour and the walk around the city was fantastic as was our guide ( used earpiece to talk the guided tour so very good info -stick close to guide as Dip in signal occasionally) So why 3 rating well this was about the booking agent I booked a week before tour online and recieved confirmation of my payment and booking refund from Tripadvisor with a note to say local agent would contact me on pickup location and time! Nothing for three days so on day before I was due to fly to Crete contacted Tripadvisor and the gave ref no said would sort it Then travelled and still nothing so send direct to local co and copy to Tripadvisor still nothing fate three attempts eventually got details but they were for wrong trip and pick up time eventually got hotel to ring agent direct and sort out do advice check early and double check details Mike
