Knossos Tickets — Skip-the-Line Entry
Full admission to the Palace of Knossos · your chosen date
Reserve my entryThis is full admission to the Palace of Knossos — the West Court, the restored Throne Room, the Grand Staircase, the royal apartments and the giant storerooms of the great Minoan palace. We reserve your entry for the single date you choose and send it to your phone, so you walk straight past the ticket-office queue to the gate.
What's included
Every booking includes the elements below — handled by our concierge team before your visit and confirmed at the gate.
• Palace of Knossos entry — the full archaeological site: West Court, Throne Room, Grand Staircase, royal apartments and storerooms • Dated ticket — reserved for the single day you choose, no fixed time slot to keep • 5-minute audio history sent before your visit • Booking handled in English on the operator portal
Who this is for
This is standard full admission, ideal for independent travellers who want to skip the on-the-day queue and have everything handled in English. The standard ticket needs no passport or name. The operator sets its own reduced and free categories (for example for children and certain EU visitors), which may require ID at the gate — contact our team if you think one applies to you.
On the day
Knossos is about 5 km south of Heraklion — 20 minutes on the number 2 bus or 15 by taxi. Show your mobile ticket at the gate and make first for the Throne Room and the royal apartments before the coaches arrive, then loop the courtyards and storerooms. It's an open, shadeless site, so bring a hat, sunscreen and water, and allow about 1.5 to 2 hours. The original frescoes are in the Heraklion museum in town if you want to make a full day of it.