Full: €20, Reduced: €10 In order to purchase tickets online for the archeological site of Knossos visit the official e-ticketing service of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports at www.etickets.tap.gr Special ticket package: Full: €20, Reduced: €10
Free admission days
6 March (in memory of Melina Mercouri)
18 April (International Monuments Day)
18 May (International Museums Day)
The last weekend of September annually (European Heritage Days)
28 October
Reduced admission for:
For information about free and reduced admission to Greek State Archaeological Sites, Monuments and Museums please press here
Open
Winter: Every day
From the 1rst of November : 08.30-17.00 (last admission 16:45)
Summer: Every day
from 1-4: 08:00 – 20:00 (last admission 19:45)
from 1-9: 08.00-19.30 (last admission 19:15)
from 16-9 08.00-19.00 (last admission 18:45)
from 1-10: 08.00-18.30 (last admission 18:15)
from 16-10: 08.00-18.00 (last admission 17:45)
Notice from the Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion: the archaeological site of Knossos will remain closed today, July 22/2026, from 12:00 to 17:00 due to high temperatures.
Holidays
1 January: closed
25 March: closed
Good Friday: 12:00-17:00
Holy Saturday: 08:00 - 16:00
Easter Sunday: closed
15 August: 08:00 - 20:00
25 December: closed
26 December: closed
Celebration of labour day: closed
Access
Bus Nr. 2 "Knossos" from Herakleion.
Suggestive Bibliography
Μιχαηλίδου Ά., Κνωσός: πλήρης οδηγός του ανακτόρου του Μίνωα, Αθήνα 2001
