Most of these buildings are not open to the public, for some of them you will need a special permission. The partly reconstructed South House was a three-storey building dating from the late middle Minoan period (1600 BC). It probably was the residence of a palace official or noble. In the Southeast House an offerings table was discovered, as well as a cult room. 

Outside the fenced site, to the south, lies the Caravanserai, where the splendid Partridge fresco was discovered (the original is displayed in the Archeological Museum of Heraklion). In that building travelers and visitors could wash themselves in the clay bathtubs.

The Royal Villa (14th century BC) is situated northeast of the main palace near the East Bastion and contains a throne room and a well-preserved pillar crypt used for offerings.

Northwest of the palace you can see the House of the Frescos. It took its name from the splendid frescos found in one of its rooms.                  

The Little Palace (1600-1400 BC) just off the Royal Road is architecturally very similar to the palace of Knossos. It had several pillar crypts and was used also in Roman times. It was here that the magnificent Bull';s Head Rhyton was found.

About 600 m south of the main palace lies the Royal Temple Tomb (17th -;14th century BC), with several rooms, a pillar crypt and a temple.

The Priest';s House situated 300 m from Caravanserai was connected with the Royal Temple Tomb via a paved road. In that building, a cult room and a sacred pillar were unearthed, as well as several stands for double axes and an offerings table.

From the site entrance, just 100m along the road to Heraklion lies the Villa Ariadne, constructed by Evans, who actually lived there during his excavations.