It is very much worth having a private guide explain everything to you as you walk through the palace and ruins. We would not have learned as much about the palace history and Minoan civilization. Our guide was Vangelis Alefantinos and he was amazing and had a wealth of information and history that he shared with us.

Vangelis was an excellent tour guide. It would be impossible to understand the context of Knossos without a guide and he went above and beyond to make our time there interesting and memorable. Skipping the line is a fantastic perk as well, since there was definitely a long wait to get a ticket for those without a tour pre-booked. Would highly recommend.

We visited Knossos place with Mr Vangelis in the afternoon. The weather was perfect and so was our guide. His Italian was excellent and so were his explanations of the site. He was really knowledgeable, not boring at all and he always made sure that we would follow all his explanations, being sure to sum up all that he was saying since the start of the visit. We totally recommend touring the palace with Mr Vangelis; he is a REAL expert with amazing communication skills.