Edinburgh City Tour: Guided Hop-On Hop-Off Bus

Explore Edinburgh with a live guide on a hop-on, hop-off bus tour. Discover unique stories, enjoy stunning views, and unlock exclusive discounts.

Duration: 1 day
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

LIVE Guided Edinburgh Tour (Route)

Operating Schedule: Summer (April - October) 08:50 - 17:50 every 15 minutes
Winter (November - March) 08:50 - 15:50 every 30 minutes
1. Princes Street Suites
The first stop is located opposite the Apex Waterloo Hotel, between Princes Street and Calton Hill, Edinburgh EH1 3BG
2. St Andrew Square

What's Included
  • On-board WiFi
What's Not Included
  • Attraction entry fees
Additional Information

Experience Edinburgh in the best way possible with this live-guided hop-on, hop-off city tour. Each guide shares unique stories about this stunning city, and you can enjoy the best views from the top deck of this open-top bus. Consider taking a full tour to familiarize yourself before choosing where to hop off and explore further. Your ticket also…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Kgnorris11
Nov 1, 2025
Surprisingly fun! - Steve was an awesome guide and made the tour so much fun! Very entertaining and informative. Do it at the beginning of your trip to get recommendations on places to explore deeper! Greg was a great driver too. :)
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Jeanninem449
Oct 29, 2025
Great deal to book all 3 buses for one price! - We bought so we had a choice of 3 different routes. Always an excellent idea to really see the whole city! We were there in July 2025, came from Western Canada.
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Happiness05624277126
Oct 6, 2025
A Day in Edinburgh - Easy way to see the most of Dublin in a few hours. English knowledgeable guide. Took entire tour before getting off to explore on our own.
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Linda_e
Oct 3, 2025
Excellent Edinburgh experience - Hop on hop off experience with live guide was fun and convenient to seeing sights in Edinburgh. Natalie and Scott were great live guides. Two thumbs up!
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Sue_m
Sep 23, 2025
A Great Tour - Very good tour guides with loads of off beat information. The drivers were also helpful. I would definitely recommend to friends.
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Shae
Sep 23, 2025
Helpful and entertaining! - I dont remember our tour guides name, but he was so great. (He had dark hair and told us he acts as a historical figure in another tour?) Anyway, he had so much info and a great way of presenting it. Honestly he was so real with a humorously sassy personality. 😄 it really helped us get the lay of the land before adventuring around on foot. Highly recommend doing this early on in the trip.
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Janeri3656dx
Sep 19, 2025
Great tour - We really enjoyed the tour yesterday. Our guide was Steven, who was very knowledgeable and funny without being over the top. Thoroughly recommend the tour, we learnt lots about the city and it opened our eyes to many sights and buildings that we hadn’t really noticed before. Excellent.
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Ianha1948uf
Oct 20, 2025
Seeing the sights of Edinburgh - I highly recommend this service with a guided tour guide as the knowledge these people have is brilliant We used this service a lot during our long weekend in Edinburgh. It was very good. Regular, informative and convenient for travelling around the city. Some of the guides were better than others but everyone knew so much about the city’s history that it was good to hear different people. And definitely value for money if you use it a lot
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Emily_b
Oct 7, 2025
Well Worth It! - We loved having the live guides on these buses. It was also nice that it had stops across both the new town and old town. It wasn’t clear on Viator that you could start on any stop along the path, or where the stops were. It also doesn’t mention that for just £7 more per person, you can add the other two hop-on-hop-off buses in town, to have access to all three (you can “level up” on any of the buses).
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Rochelle_q
Oct 3, 2025
Good enough nut not entertaining. - Upon asking when last bus was - was told 6:45 which is true unless you need to get from Rose street to Grassmarket. We ended up spending $10 in unplanned cab fare. Tour people were hard to hear and not funny at all. Boring which was unexpected and we had three. Try a red one.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).