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Τ.Κ. 70200, Faistos (Prefecture of Iraklio)

Telephone: +30 28920 42315
Fax: +30 28920 42315
Email: efahra@culture.gr
 
 
Tickets
Full: €8, Reduced: €4
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:
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  Open

Winter:
Daily
From the 1rst of November: 08.30-15:30 (last admission 15:15)

Summer:
Daily:
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)

Due to high temperatures, on Friday 19-07-2024, the site will remain closed from 12:00-17:00
Holidays
 1 January: closed
6 January: 08:00 - 17:00
25 March: closed
Good Friday: 12:00 - 17:00
Holy Saturday: 08:30 - 16:00
Easter Sunday: closed
15 August: 08:00 - 17:00
28 October: 08:00 - 17:00
25 December: closed
26 December: closed
Celebration of labour day: closed
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
Χατζή-Βαλλιάνου Δ., Φαιστός, Αθήνα 1989
 
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See also
Other museums and archaeological sites in the same prefecture
Amnissos
Anemospelia
Archanes
Collection of Agios Matthaios of Sinai
Gortyna
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Historical Museum of Crete
Knossos
Levena
Lychnostatis Open-air Museum