Zakros Palace: A Minoan monumental complex for the ages

Archaeological Site

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Kato Zakros, GR Get Directions

A few pieces of gold jewellery given as a gift by a villager to a doctor in 1961 were the cause of the discovery of the fourth largest Minoan palace in Crete and the ancient town around it.

An important administrative, religious and commercial centre from 1900 to 1450 BC, Zakros Palace was a monumental complex of 8,000m² with a large number of rooms, built at the mouth of the imposing Canyon of the Dead, where the necropolis stretches out.

Today, Zakros Palace is a World Cultural Heritage monument that was recently inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Directions

Provincial Road Sitia – Kato Zakros
72300, Kato Zakros

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By car

2 hours and 30 minutes from Agios Nikolaos
1 hour and 15 minutes from Sitia

Opening hours

Summer hours

April 1 – October 31

Daily: 08:00 – 20:00

Winter hours

November 1 – March 31

Mon: 08:30 – 15:30
Tue: Closed
Wed: 08:30 – 15:30
Thu: 08:30 – 15:30
Fri: 08:30 – 15:30
Sat: 08:30 – 15:30
Sun: 08:30 – 15:30

Last admission: 20 minutes before closing time  

The site remains closed on the following dates and public holidays: January 1, March 25, May 1, Easter Sunday, December 25 & 26.

Tickets

Full: €10.00
Reduced: €5.00

Admission is free on March 6, April 18, May 18, the last weekend of September, on October 28, as well as on the first and third Sunday of each month between November 1 and March 31.