Galway City Sightseeing: Explore Irish History on a Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour
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104 Ratings

Discover Galway’s rich history and vibrant culture on a flexible hop-on hop-off bus tour. Explore top attractions at your own pace.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Red Route (Route)

Operating Schedule: Tour stop 1 - Eyre Square
First tour starts at 9.30am, last tour starts at 3:30pm. The buses run every 90 minutes. The buses will be running every 45 minutes during the summer months

1. Eyre Square Galway
Eyre Square - Explore Galway Kiosk

2. HYDE Hotel
Forster Street

3. Spanish Parade (Spanish Arch)
Spanish Arch

4. Salthill Park
Wild Atlantic Way Midway Point

5. Diving Board, stop 522191
Blackrock Diving Tower

6. Cashelmara Galway
Cashelmara

7. Knocknacarra (Topaz Filling Stat)
Salthill Camping

8. Ladies Beach, stop 522201
Circle of Life Garden

9. Salthill Park
Galway Bay Sea View Apartments

10. Upper Salthill Rd (Caesars Palace)
O’Connors Bar

11. Lios Ealtan, stop 522271, Dangan
Taylor’s Hill

12. University Rd (NUIG Main Gate)
NUI Galway

13. Galway Cathedral
Galway Cathedral

Points of Interest

  • Salthill Beaches

  • The Spanish Arch

  • Quay Street

  • Galway’s Latin Quarter

  • Galway Bay

  • Galway Cathedral

  • Galway City Museum

  • Pearse Stadium

  • National University of Ireland-Galway (UCG)

  • Curry’s Funpark

  • Leisureland

  • Salthill Promenade

  • Caesar’s Palace

What's Included
  • Audio guide in English through speakers on the bus
  • Stops near all the major sights
  • 24 or 48-hour hop-on hop-off bus tour
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

With a 24 or 48-hour City Sightseeing hop on hop off ticket, there’s no easier way to discover what Galway has to offer! Explore this Irish city’s culture, history and attractions from the comfort of our open-top, double decker tour bus! Passengers can hop-on and hop-off at more than 13 tour stops to explore Galway at their own pace, including tourist hotspots such as Eyre Square, Spanish Arch, Lynch’s Castle and Salthill Promenade!

  • Season: March to October (dates vary each year)
  • First tour departs at 9.30am, last tour departs at 3:30pm
  • Tour duration - 60 minutes
  • Buses run every 90 minutes
  • The buses will be running every 45 minutes during the summer months
  • With your voucher, enjoy flexible access for up to 12 months from the travel date you select at check-out.
  • Mobile and printed paper vouchers are both accepted on this tour
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Brandi_l
Jun 19, 2024
Short and sweet - Great way to get a little history and quick tour of the city. We enjoyed it as an end to our visit to Galway.
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Jennifer_w
Jun 7, 2024
Hop on or Hop Off - Very fun and informative way to see Galway! This tour showed us all the major highlights of the city. It’s very easy to hop on or hop off! The bus offers both inside and outside seats which is helpful in the quickly changing weather in Galway.
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Petedazuk40
May 12, 2024
Hop on hop off bus - Wow Galway in only 60 minutes very impressive learnt loads and then knew what direction we needed to walk. Lovely day thank you
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Mary_n
May 8, 2024
a great day - A great way to spend the day and see a combo of Ireland's landscape and be able to be on the water to view the Cliffs of Moher and to visit one of the Aran Islands. I splurged for the e- bike on Inisheer and it was so fun to be able to circumnavigate the entire island in the 90 minute window. Our guide was fantastic- great explanation of what was around us with enough silent time to take it all in. There were 14 of us on the tour, which was a great number. The lunch at Una's was lovely- 15 euros for a simple lunch with some good stories about her personal experience growing up on the island and the changes she's seen. I would wholeheartedly recommend this tour
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Mcgtimo
Mar 31, 2024
City Tour Galway - The Galway City Tour is great, got a a good insight into the history of Galway and surrounding areas, it’s quite cheap. The seats on the bus are very comfortable. The drivers are funny, making good jokes etc…
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Angehender_onkel
Jul 17, 2024
We Like it. - He provides entertaining information about the sights and much more on the approximately one-hour tour. He drives the bus slowly through the streets so that you can look at everything in peace.
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Jody_g
Jul 14, 2024
A good way to see Galway. - A very good way to see Galway and decidecwhat to explore further. A small city with a great history. I recommend the tour as a way to see the entire city and it's offerings.
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Denisemn8627bm
Jul 2, 2024
Sit back andrelax - Use this service to get a feel for the location. The route was very scenic and informative but the last third was crawling through residential area of Salthill and nothing of note. Route could do with a re-jig. Good for a wet day.
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Jennifer_k
May 30, 2024
Galway hop on/ hop off - We had been on hop on/ hop off buses before but this was not as enjoyable. The audio was terrible as it was a recording and not all speakers worked. Additionally, the stops were not marked clearly and there was only one bus. The website didn’t match up with the actual start/end times. We love Galway and the Salt Hill area; just sorry we couldn’t hear the audio well.
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Pilotswifetravels
Jul 9, 2024
Buyer Beware! - Terrible experience! Only one bus was in service the entire day — and a cruise ship was in port — so dozens of us waited all morning to board the bus. People were so angry! Needless to say, there was no hopping on or off anywhere in Galway as the bus was jammed full of people and no one wanted to risk waiting 2-3 hours to get back to the center city. Lally Co., who holds that franchise, is guilty of false advertising, that’s for sure
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