Private tours
Your own guide, your own pace, priced per group rather than per person on most listings.
Prices run from €9 to €2150, and half of the 35 priced listings cost €305 or less. Most take 2 hours to 6 hours. The best reviewed with at least 100 reviews is Knossos Palace: Private Guided Tour & Skip-the-Line Ticket (4.9 from 716 reviews).
For the operators we researched and recommend, see our food tours and cooking classes in Heraklion, or the experiences overview.