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SITE MONUMENTS
INFORMATION
PHOTOGALLERY
 
 
 
  Administrative Information
 
 

Official Unit:
23rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities

Τ.Κ. 71409, Knosos (Prefecture of Iraklio)

Telephone: +30 2810 231940, +30 2810 226470, +30 2810 226092, +30 2810 224630
Fax: +30 2810 241515
Email: protocol@kgepka.culture.gr

 
 
Tickets
Full: €6, Reduced: €3
Special ticket package: Full: €10, Reduced: €5
Valid for: Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Knossos
Free admission days
6 March (in memory of Melina Mercouri
5 June (International Enviroment Day)
18 April (International Monuments Day)
18 May (International Museums Day)
The last weekend of September annually (European Heritage Days)
Sundays in the period between 1 November and 31 March
National Holidays
The first Sunday of every month, except for July, August and September (when the first Sunday is holiday, then the second is the free admission day.)
27 September, International Tourism Day
Reduced admission for:
Citizens of the E.U. aged over 65
Students from countries outside the E.U.
Free admission for:
Journalists
Members of the ICOM-ICOMOS
Persons possessing a free admission card
Persons under 19
Soldiers carrying out their military service
Tour guides
University students from Greece and the E.U.
 
  Open

Holidays
1 January: closed
6 January: 08:30 - 15:00
Shrove Monday: 08:30 - 15:00
25 March: closed
Good Friday: 12:00 - 19:00
Holy Saturday: 08:00 - 19:00
1 May: closed
Easter Sunday: closed
Easter Monday: 08:00 - 19:00
Holy Spirit Day: 08:00 - 19:00
15 August: 08:00 - 19:00
28 October: 08:30 - 15:00
25 December: closed
26 December: closed
 
  Access
Bus Nr. 2 "Knossos" from Herakleion.
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
Μιχαηλίδου ’., Κνωσός: πλήρης οδηγός του ανακτόρου του Μίνωα, Αθήνα 2001
 
  Services
 
 
See also
Other museums and archaeological sites in the same prefecture
Amnissos
Anemospelia
Archanes
Collection of Agia Aikaterini of Sinai
Collection of Agios Matthaios of Sinai
Gortyna
Herakleion Archaeological Museum
Historical Museum of Crete
Kazantzakis Museum
Levenas