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Edinburgh: 24-Hour Family-Friendly Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

4.6 / 5

2075 reviews

Activity provider: City Sightseeing UK
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    Edinburgh: 24-Hour Family-Friendly Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

    Activity provider: City Sightseeing UK

    4.6

    2075 reviews

    From US$ 19.64 per person

    Hop-on to a City Sightseeing Edinburgh bus tour and enjoy unlimited hop on hop off for 24 hours. Discover sights such as Edinburgh Castle and the Grassmarket, as you travel on an open-top, double-decker bus with panoramic views of the city.

    About this activity

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    Covid-19 precautions
    Special health and safety measures are in place. Check your activity voucher once you book for full details.
    Valid 1 day
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    Audio guide included
    Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese
    Wheelchair accessible

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Tour Edinburgh at your own pace with a 24-hour ticket for the hop-on hop-off bus
    • Enjoy panoramic views from the open-top deck
    • Hop off at Edinburgh Castle and get great city views
    • Learn as you go with the informative on-board audio commentary
    • Keep the kids entertained with kid-friendly historical stories
    Full description

    Explore Edinburgh at your own pace with an award-winning hop-on hop-off open-top bus tour. Enjoy the onboard commentary that describes the history behind the city. Stop at locations like St Andrew Square, Johnstone Terrace, the Royal Mile. See sights like Edinburgh Castle and Grassmarket.

    Board the bus and begin your city adventure. Compare Edinburgh's Old Town, where families lived in cramped conditions and rubbish was thrown out of the windows, to the elegant Georgian New Town, with its 3 main streets and square at either end. Hear about the hangings that took place in the Grassmarket as you marvel at the impenetrable Castle Rock above you, and hear about historic attempts to capture Edinburgh Castle. Drive along the Royal Mile, which joins Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Use the 24-hour ticket to hop on and off as you please. With great visitor attractions, museums, galleries, and restaurants to suit every taste and budget, Edinburgh's got it all! Buses run every 30 minutes, making the following loop: Tour Stops: 1. St Andrew Square - Northside 2. Lothian Road - Waldorf Astoria 3. Grassmarket 4. Lauriston Place 5. Johnstone Terrace - Edinburgh Castle, The Scottish Whiskey Experience 6. Lawnmarket - Gladstone's End, The Real Mary King's Close 7. Chambers Street - National Museum of Scotland 8. St Mary's Street West 9. Canongate - John Knox House 10. Royal Mile - Scottish Parliament, Palace of Holyrood House 11. Dynamic Earth 12. Regent Road - Burns Monument

    Includes
    • 24-hour hop-on hop-off bus ticket
    • One of the best audio commentaries in 9 languages plus 'Horrible Histories' Kid's Commentary
    • Headphones
    • Kids go free until March 31st 2023 with up to three kids traveling free per adult ticket (please still add child tickets to the cart when making your purchase)
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    The first stop is located at St Andrew Square Northside, but you can join or end the tour at any of the bus stops along the route: 1. St Andrew Square - Northside 2. Lothian Road - Waldorf Astoria 3. Grassmarket 4. Lauriston Place 5. Johnstone Terrace - Edinburgh Castle, The Scottish Whiskey Experience 6. Lawnmarket - Gladstone's End, The Real Mary King's Close 7. Chambers Street - National Museum of Scotland 8. St Mary's Street West 9. Canongate - John Knox House 10. Royal Mile - Scottish Parliament, Palace of Holyrood House 11. Dynamic Earth 12. Regent Road - Burns Monument.

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    Important information

    Know before you go

    • Visit Scotland 5 star award-winning tour and Gold Green Tourism award winner
    • The operational season is all year round
    • Full mobility facilities on all tour buses, and a subtitled screen downstairs for those who are hard of hearing
    • With your voucher, enjoy flexible access for up to 12 months from the travel date you select at check-out
    • Kids go free until March 31, 2023. Up to three kids can travel free per adult ticket. Up to 3 kids are free per adult ticket for those who book and travel before this date
    • CS Edinburgh bus will be diverted until further notice between Chambers Street and Canongate via Nicolson Street, West Richmond Street, The Pleasance and St Mary’s Street
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.6 /5

    based on 2075 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.8/5
    • Transportation
      4.7/5
    • Value for money
      4.4/5
    • Safety
      4.7/5

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    This tour was fine as the hop on hop off tours usually are. Interesting information. It would have been nice if the audio guide would tell you where the stuff he talks about is. It would reffer to 'the big building' or something like that and we wouldnt see which one was meant. Also, we visited middle of february and the bus only drove from 9.30 till 15.45 hours. It says 24 hour available ticket but you can only use it for not even 6 hours a day.

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    February 21, 2023

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    GetYourGuide traveler – Netherlands Verified booking

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    Hop on hop off bus was great your ticket valid for 24hrs from when you start to use it. The 24 hours will carry into the following week. So you can hop on hop off at any stop to visit and explore. Family of 5 this was a perfect tour plus it give your feet a wee rest from all the walking, Would definitely recommend.

    February 16, 2023

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    Sonya – United Kingdom Verified booking

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    Easy to access and convenient seat. There was some trouble with QR code. The driver was unable to scan QR code voucher in Getyourguide apps. However, he still let us come into the bus after check others info from the voucher. So far everything are good. The bus brought us to many attractive places .

    November 30, 2022

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    Nguyen Khac – Vietnam Verified booking

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