All tips-based, free to join walking tours in English are canceled until 31st May 2021.
Private Tours are available.
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We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Thank you for continued support of the free walking tour concept in cities around the world!
Book your Heraklion City free walking tour and discover the past and the present of a city that combines old with new. An easy 1½ hour tour, that appeals to every visitor, regardless of age. The tour has no entrance fees. Just join us with your camera and your positive mood!
Check out our Heraklion City bonus free walking tour, that comes complementary having booked the following amazing tours.
We offer our guests this opportunity after having participated in one of the tours below:
Free upgrade opportunity to join our HERAKLION CITY WALKING TOUR.
NOTE: You should present to our check-in operator, your Voucher of the above tours in order to join the Bonus free Walking tour of Heraklion.
Historical and Culture tour with professional licensed tour Guide.
Get to know Heraklion the largest city of Crete. Visit, along with your licensed Guide, Heraklion's major monuments; travel through time and its rich history. Discover the past and the present of a city that combines old with new. The tour will last up to 1½ hours and appeals to every visitor, regardless of age.
What to expect: Easy walking tour (expect some steps, walk through pedestrian streets), through the city's most important monuments, with your licensed guide, providing information about the city's attractions. Feel free to ask your licensed guide any questions.
Entrance fees: For the sites included in the walking tour, you don't have to pay an entrance fee.
Indispensable accessories: Your camera and your good mood!
➜ The Venetian port
➜ Part of the Venetian walls
➜ Liberty Square
➜ Central Market
➜ St. Menas Cathedral
➜ Morosini Fountain
➜ St. Marks Basilica
➜ Archiepiscopal Church of St. Titos
• 09:00am Visit the Mythical Palace of Knossos of King Minos and Labyrinth home to the Minotaur. (Duration 90 min)
• 11:30am We take a Stroll in the City Centre of Heraklion (Free of Charge) the largest city and Capital of Crete. Discover the past and the present of a city that combines old with new. (Duration 90 min)
• 01:30pm Next, the Archaeological museum of Heraklion, enjoy the fine art and jewelry in one of the most popular Bronze Age museums of Europe. (Duration 90 min)
By choosing the tour option "with transfer", we pick you up from Heraklion city center and drive you to Knossos palace. After the tour at Knossos palace we drive you back for the Walking tour and the Archaeological museum.
By choosing the tour option "NO transfer", you are taking care of your transport among stops. Make sure that you will be on time on each stop.
Check our FAQ before contacting us!
We are a registered travel agency, based in Heraklion and we offer a free walking tour in the city of Heraklion.
You can reserve a seat through our website.
The tour is totally FREE. Our guides put their knowlegde and love for their city and turn it into a fun and informing 1 ½ hours tour. You ‘d only have to follow them, enjoy your walk, learn more about our history and ways and at its end, TIP if you feel like it.
The minimum number of participants for the free tour is 6 persons and the maximum 25. We have decided to put a limit of up to 25 participants, in order to be easier to walk through the city and keep high standards during the guided tour. The concept is to get quality service with a licensed guide, as in any of the private tours that we offer as a travel agency.
In case that the participants are less than 6: Free tour will be cancelled and you will be informed for that in writing, through e-mail. In this case we will also inform you about special offers for other highlights of Crete (guided tours with professional guides at Knossos or the museum for example) or events in the city of Heraklion.
Please be on time, your reservation is guaranteed until 10 minutes before the start of the tour, after which time we may allocate your place to others.
The free tour is for individuals and small groups of maximum 6 people. Groups of 7 people or more are required to book private tour. (Please CHECK: https://www.weguide.gr).
NOTE: We reserve the right to turn away multiple reservations resulting in groups bigger than 6 people and cancel it without warning.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Our guide holds a sign with our easily recognisable logo. Just like this one:
So you surely cannot miss him/her.
We meet on Eleftherias Square (or Liberty Square; is the main square of Heraklion, near the Archaeological Museum & the Astoria Hotel).
Heraklion Free Walking Tour on google maps
Please make sure that you will reach the meeting point 10 to 15 minutes prior to the starting time of the tour, to meet your licensed guide. At the meeting point, exist near car parking, local bus station.
We currently provide the Free walking tour in English.
Check out our Heraklion City Bonus Free Walking Tour, that comes complementary having booked the following amazing tours.
We offer our guests this opportunity after having participated in one of the tours below:
- Knossos Palace - Greek Mythology
- Knossos Palace and the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
- Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
Free upgrade opportunity to join our HERAKLION CITY WALKING TOUR.
NOTE: You should present to our check-in operator, your Voucher of the above tours in order to join the Bonus free Walking tour of Heraklion.
Or
Check out Heraklion City Walking Tour.
Also for all those who have not participated in one of our tours, you can also join us here!
Please contact us at 1618freetour@gmail.com
Honestly speaking I am not that interested in history, but Ioannas ability to touch people deeply convinced me very much.
AndyWe enjoyed so much our free tour! Thank you again for your excellent guides, your hospitality and your unique services.
GeorgeAkrivi knows everything in Crete, besides, she’s a very friendly and inspiring lady. I had a wonderful day with 1618.
Norman
Eleftherias Square
71201 Heraklion, Crete
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