Heraklion Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour: Discovering Crete's Capital
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Discover the sights of Heraklion on a fun hop-on hop-off bus tour. Explore top attractions like the Palace of Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum at your own pace. Unlimited use 1-day ticket with audio commentary and a city map included.

Duration: 2 hours, 35 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Red Line - Heraklion (Route)

Operating Schedule: This route takes 80 minutes to complete and includes 12 stops at the city’s main attractions. Passengers have the chance to explore numerous historical sites thanks to the continuous operation of our buses.
Explore attractions such as:

  • Archaeological Site of Knossos
  • Venetian Castle “Koules”
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What's Included
  • Hop-on hop-off bus tour
  • Audio commentary
  • Heraklion city map
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience the beauty of Heraklion on this exciting hop-on hop-off bus tour, which showcases the city in an open-top bus. Enjoy stunning views of Heraklion’s highlights and choose from any of the 10 stops around the city. Visit the Palace of Knossos and savour its ancient Minoan artifacts, or make a stop at the Venetian fort, Heraklion Archaeological…

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(304 Ratings)
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Denise_t
Jul 5, 2025
Convenient and Enjoyable Hop On Hop Off Bus Experience - Conveniently located as soon as you get off the ship and walk a short distance. We had the red and two other routes. However, we stayed on the red route. It was convenient and we enjoyed the ride.
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Sheryl_r
Jun 17, 2025
City tour .. - The hop on hop off staff were really helpful. They answered questions and gave us a lot of helpful information.
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E3232hsjoycen
Jun 15, 2025
Good experience - Buses clean and on time. Drivers very competent and helpful. Great way to see the sights and shopping around Heraklion.
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Azeboudji
May 27, 2025
Tourist bus - Very good idea for a city tour we enjoyed Small shot on board, earphones The next day we did not use our 2nd day free Walking tour and shopping
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Speno_sharon
Jun 3, 2025
Appalling organisation - money grab - Not organised. Not on time. Poor communication. People everywhere waiting with zero idea what where and when. Hire a car you get better value.
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Natasha
Jul 1, 2025
DONT USE THEM! - DONT USE THEM. If there was a zero star they should get it. We sat on the side of the road in 30 degree heat and waited waited waited. We called, a bus had broken down. They said 10 mins. Over half an hour later, and 4 competition busses passing by later, it arrived. The lady (who was obviously in the bus to manage disappointed customers) told us that we could get a refund. When we returned to the port the arrogant guy in the office refused. Said I wasn’t his fault. Not his company. I said she said we could have a refund and we only wanted partial…..she was sitting right there, he told me she didn’t say that….he wasn’t there. It was obvious we were going to get no where. So we told him the company was terrible, he should be ashamed and left. Two port officers said they see this everyday.
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P5198gusarah
Jun 27, 2025
Same response (or lack thereof) to every negative review - You will see a consistent response from the manager of this company to complaints and negative reviews: there is more than one company and whoever wrote the negative review (all of us?) obviously got the wrong company. Nope. I KNOW what company I booked with. It was this one. And I suspect everyone else booked this one, too. I learned my colors when I was three (a long, long time ago...). I know which color bus I booked and waited for for hours on end....
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A2146rlkerstinf
Jun 25, 2025
The Worst Hopp on, Hopp of All Capitals - Heraklion once and never again . 45 min. Waiting time at the stop, you were put off again and again, in 5 min comes the bus. Every 20 minutes. Then after 45 min. Waiting in the blazing sun at 36 degrees finally came the bus. Joy was only brief, at the port was finish. After 20 min. Standing time (without explanation ) I went out and ran. They wouldn't refund me either.
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Odyssey55554640024
Jun 3, 2025
Hip Hop Bus Nightmare Crete Ship Terminal - I just want to advise turists who disembark in Crete on cruise ships to avoid the first hop on hop off booking office you see in the arcade after disembarking Is a hop on hop off bus which misleed tourists giving brouchers with double decked buses which provide commentary in different language and run the services every 30 min. IT IS Not TRUE THE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS. They have 1 blu old bus that run every 50 min the driver doesn't speak any languages...there are not handsets , the bus is a normal bus, one deck with no windows Ifcthe bus in full and not searmts available you need to stand risking and accident in case the driver brakes. They also have a stand outside the Cruise Terminal Be AWARE nearby ther are other companies that you can book .I attach pics I took today while on the blu bus TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
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Rosamond
May 27, 2025
Not a lot to see Very expensive - For the Price of €20 There was very little to see and the only place to go was Knossos Palace. We went on this bus 2 days after the Red sand Storm and the seats upstairs were still covered in red dust which got all over your clothes . Seats should have been cleaned terrible not value at all.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).