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The 15 Best Knossos Tours & Tickets

31 tours  ·  from $22

Entry alone gets you a field of restored concrete; a guide gets you a four-thousand-year-old city. These 15 compare plain tickets, skip-the-line entry, audio guides and the museum pairing in town, with prices and start times.

Crete: Knossos Palace Entry Ticket with Optional Audio Guide - Walking through the palace complex
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Crete: Knossos Palace Entry Ticket with Optional Audio Guide

1.Knossos Palace Entry Ticket with Optional Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 2,251 reviews · 1 day · from $30Our pick

Explore Knossos Palace at your own pace with a timed entry ticket sent to your phone. See the throne room, storerooms, living quarters, restored murals, and Arthur Evans’s bold reconstructions. Add a self-guided audio tour in English, Italian, French, or Spanish, and use your own headphones.

“It was wonderful experience to see a part of very old civilisation, well maintained. We had a lovely day!”

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Crete: Palace of Knossos E-Ticket and Audio Guide - Entering Knossos without the longest wait
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Crete: Palace of Knossos E-Ticket and Audio Guide

2.Palace of Knossos E-Ticket and Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 1,540 reviews · 1 - 5 hours · from $34

Visit Knossos Palace at your own pace with a pre-booked entry ticket, site map, and downloadable audio guide in five languages. Learn about Minoan art, trade, fashion, rituals, and daily life as you pass the South Propylaeum, West Magazines, Queen’s Megaron, and Mount Juktas viewpoint.

“It was a great experience, the audio really brought life to the site and the whole process is very easy. Would definitely recommend!”

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Knossos: Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Guided Walking Tour - Meeting at the palace and getting inside
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Knossos: Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Guided Walking Tour

3.Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,380 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $104

Explore Knossos Palace with a licensed English-speaking guide, priority entry, and a small group when available. Guides such as Akrivi, Katerina, Georgios, and Yorgos bring Minoan myths, archaeology, frescoes, and palace life together. Arrive 20 minutes early, and consider the cooler 9:00 AM or 5:00 PM slots.

“Super knowledgeable guide, funny, and able to put things in terms everyone could understand. Wish I'd had her on a couple of my other excursions.”

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Crete: Knossos Palace & Heraklion Guided Tour - Walking through the Throne Room and palace remains
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Crete: Knossos Palace & Heraklion Guided Tour

4.Knossos Palace & Heraklion Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 1,127 reviews · 6 - 9 hours · from $35

Travel by air-conditioned bus from selected Crete resorts to Knossos and Heraklion. A licensed guide, often including Vangelis, explains the palace, then you have free time for the Archaeological Museum, market, Venetian fountain, Loggia, and Koules Fortress.

“A very good day trip. The tour guide's enthusiasm for Crete's history was infectious”

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Crete: Knossos Palace and Museum E-Tickets with Audio Guides - Getting from Heraklion to the palace
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Crete: Knossos Palace and Museum E-Tickets with Audio Guides

5.Knossos Palace and Museum E-Tickets with Audio Guides

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 828 reviews · 4 - 6 hours · from $69

Pair Crete’s two essential archaeological sites in one $69 ticket. Explore Knossos, the Throne Room, Queen’s Megaron, and Minos Ring, then see outstanding Minoan art at Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Clio Muse audio guides work through a smartphone app in five languages, with no guide or transport included.

“Very interesting and informative, nice little cafe at the end , all reasonable priced. Teenager was interested but its not for little ones, though there's plenty if space and shelter.”

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Knossos-Zeus Cave -Old Traditional Villages-Olive Oil Factory - Mochos, coffee, and old village streets
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Knossos-Zeus Cave -Old Traditional Villages-Olive Oil Factory

6.Zeus Cave -Old Traditional Villages-Olive Oil Factory

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 694 reviews · 7 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $136Top rated

Spend about 7.5 hours with a local English-speaking guide such as Stavros, Ed, Mike, or Spyros, traveling from Heraklion through olive country and mountain villages. Taste olive oil and raki, visit Krasi and Mochos, see Lasithi windmills, and add Dikteon Cave and Knossos when open.

“Ed was a great tour guide! This tour was a little of everything and very off the beaten path. Ed offered options, choices and suggestions while providing tons of info and comedy relief. Will definitely recommend Ed to my friends who go to Crete in the future!”

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Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket & Private Guided Tour - Meeting your guide at the palace entrance
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Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket & Private Guided Tour

7.Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket & Private Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 633 reviews · 1.5 hours

Meet your licensed guide at Knossos Palace for a 1.5-hour private tour with fast entry. Vangelis, Stella, and other guides explain Minoan life, palace design, myths, and archaeology in English, German, Italian, Russian, or Greek. Early and late visits help you avoid heat and crowds.

“Vangelis was our favorite tour guide of all the tours we have done in Crete. He had so much knowledge about the palace and brought a booklet of pictures to help us imagine and understand how/what the palace would have looked like. We got so much out of this 1.5 hours tour. We highly recommend.”

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Crete: Knossos, Lasithi, Lasinthos and Olive Farm Combo Tour - Hotel pickup and the long ride inland
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Crete: Knossos, Lasithi, Lasinthos and Olive Farm Combo Tour

8.Knossos, Lasithi, Lasinthos and Olive Farm Combo Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 351 reviews · from $50

Spend 10.5 to 11 hours exploring Crete from Heraklion. Visit Vidiani Monastery, Lasinthos Eco Park, Krasi’s ancient plane tree, an olive mill, and Knossos Palace with a live guide. The day includes hotel pickup, air-conditioned transport, and time for local food and shopping.

“Very interesting tour. Guide was very knowledgeable and at the Palace brought a guidebook to show us pictures of what the ruins would have looked like. The coach was full, and those who got on later seemed to struggle to sit together. It took an hour to pick everyone up, so we were on the coach for 1h30 before the first stop. The pottery workshop consisted of watching a potter for 5 minutes on his wheel (electric) creating a basic piece. Only the children were invited to have a turn afterwards-there were only 3 wheels, so no possibility of everyone having a go like the tour description had suggested, which…”

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From Heraklion: Historical Center City Tour & Knossos Palace - The bus ride from Crete’s resort areas
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From Heraklion: Historical Center City Tour & Knossos Palace

9.Historical Center City Tour & Knossos Palace

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 340 reviews · 7 hours - 510 minutes · from $47

Travel by air-conditioned bus from selected Crete resorts to Knossos Palace, where guides such as Soula and Christina explain Minoan history with headsets. Then walk Heraklion’s center, see the Venetian Harbor, shop the old market, and choose the Archaeological Museum during free time.

“Nice experience. The guide was very sympathetic and told us a lot of interesting information about the place and the minoic culture. I liked the time they gave us to explore the city center on our own so we were able to eat something and go shopping at the market.”

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Knossos & Lasithi Plateau: Zeus Cave,Villages, Olive Oil Tour - Starting with Cretan olive oil at Omalia
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Knossos & Lasithi Plateau: Zeus Cave,Villages, Olive Oil Tour

10.Knossos & Lasithi Plateau: Zeus Cave,Villages, Olive Oil Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 328 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $127

Travel from Heraklion in a Wi-Fi-equipped minivan to an olive oil press, Krasi, the Lasithi Plateau, Zeus Cave, a mountain taverna, Mochos, and Knossos. Guides such as Marinos, Nikos, and Angie add local stories and flexibility. Zeus Cave is closed for restoration until summer 2026.

“An amazing small group tour across the mountain regions, a stop at an olive oil factory and a visit to Knossos Palace. Everything was relaxed and perfectly timed – we didn’t feel at all rushed. The beauty of this tour was that unlike larger tours, we were able to visit areas that coaches simply cannot access. The best part of the day was having Nikos as our guide – what a warm and friendly person with an hilarious sense of humour! Thank you, Nikos, for making this a truly unforgettable day”

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Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket (Shared Tour Group) - Entering the palace through the fast-track entrance
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Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket (Shared Tour Group)

11.Knossos Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket (Shared Tour Group)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 284 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $107

You’ll spend 90 minutes at Knossos Palace with a licensed guide such as Akrivi, Katarina, Giorgos, or Yorgos. The tour covers the throne, sanctuaries, royal rooms, frescoes, storerooms, and water systems, with entry included and headsets provided for groups of seven or more.

“Maria was a fantastic guide and so knowledgeable. Enjoyed every minute! I would definitely recommend it.”

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From Rethymno: Knossos Palace and Heraklion Guided Tour - Walking through the Palace of Knossos
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From Rethymno: Knossos Palace and Heraklion Guided Tour

12.Knossos Palace and Heraklion Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 240 reviews · 10 hours · from $35

Travel from Rethymno to Knossos Palace and Heraklion by air-conditioned coach. Guide Anastasia adds stories about Minoan Crete, myths, and local life along the way. You’ll tour Knossos, then have about four hours for the Archaeological Museum, old town, lunch, and shopping.

“Exactly or even better than advertised on the ‘box’. Great driver and guide, Costa and Anastasia, they were knowledgeable and personable in equal measure. Thank you for a great day.”

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Knossos Palace & Heraklion Full-Day Tour from Chania Area - Heraklion Archaeological Museum Puts the Palace in Context
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Knossos Palace & Heraklion Full-Day Tour from Chania Area

13.Knossos Palace & Heraklion Full-Day Tour from Chania Area

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 235 reviews · 9 - 11 hours · from $57

Travel from Chania to Knossos with a licensed guide, hear the stories of the Minotaur and Ariadne, see the 3,000-year-old throne, visit Heraklion’s Archaeological Museum, and enjoy free time for lunch, shopping, and raki. Guides may speak English, German, or French.

“Really comfortable coach, very friendly guides and lots of activities!”

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Heraklion: Palace of Knossos 3D Virtual Audio Tour by Tablet - Meeting the orange-shirted team at Knossos
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Heraklion: Palace of Knossos 3D Virtual Audio Tour by Tablet

14.Palace of Knossos 3D Virtual Audio Tour by Tablet

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 230 reviews · 1h 30m · from $22Best value

Walk through Knossos with a mini iPad showing the palace in 3D and 360 degrees, then compare the reconstruction with the ruins before you. Audio commentary is available in eight languages. The tablet, headphones, sunshield, and case are included, but palace admission costs extra.

“First time doing the VR tour, really enjoyed it! Sometimes it’s tough to imagine what the ruins would have looked like, so this helps you picture it. We liked that it was self guided, took us about 75 minutes. Would do again at other sites!!”

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Knossos Palace & Heraklion Full-Day Tour from Rethymno Areas - Seeing the Palace of Knossos in two hours
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Knossos Palace & Heraklion Full-Day Tour from Rethymno Areas

15.Knossos Palace & Heraklion Full-Day Tour from Rethymno Areas

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 197 reviews · 5 - 10 hours · from $25

Travel by air-conditioned coach from Rethymno to Knossos and Heraklion. Choose a guided visit with multilingual guides such as George, Sofia, or Anastasia, or explore independently. Allow extra money for the €20 Knossos and €12 museum tickets, payable in cash.

“Everything was really well organized. The museum in Herakleion was great. Knossos was amazing and we had a great guide. The only negative thing was that we ran out of time in Knossos and didn't have enough time to listen to all of the guide's stories about mythology.”

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