Knossos and Heraklion City from Rethymno
4.7
27 Ratings
Rethymno
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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What's Included
- 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
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 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.
Customer Ratings
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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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Clementine
Jul 11, 2019
Great tour and friendly staff! - I was a bit reluctant to do tours, but this one was really good! Because it's in a small group and in a mini bus, we managed to see a lot of the mountains and inland of Crete, which is beautiful. We had a great time at the Kournás lake (try the pedal boat!), and at the other locations we've visited. The guide and driver were both really nice, and gave us interesting information around the places we visited.
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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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