Galway City Sightseeing: Explore Irish History on a Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour
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135 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: 24 hours
Highlights

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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…

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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…

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Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(135 Ratings)
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Christine_m
Oct 19, 2025
Recommend on first day - Great way to get to know the city, but I don’t think there are a lot of buses in fall so don’t expect hop on hop off without a wait
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Susan_g
Oct 13, 2025
Great experience. - We had a great time touring Galway, Ireland. The commentary was funny and informative. Highly recommend.
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John_k
Sep 26, 2025
We enjoyed the tour... - We enjoyed the tour around the city while hearing about the things we were seeing! It was very nice to just sit and relax while seeing the city.
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Karen_d
Sep 25, 2025
Wonderful and interesting... - Wonderful and interesting tour of Connemara. Michael, our driver, was friendly and informative and made the tour thoroughly enjoyable. …absolutely loved the sheepdog demonstration.
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Rhonda_s
Sep 7, 2025
So great to hear all... - So great to hear all about Galway. The driver had impressive skills to navigate the traffic and small spaces. The ride gave us the overview we wanted to figure out where to go next.
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110neyr
Sep 12, 2025
Interesting Information - The recorded audio tour has good information. Worth it if you have time - about 1 hour long trip around the city. The ride was a bit bumpy - probably due to heavy traffic.
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Lori_b
Oct 9, 2025
Galway in a Day - Great way to plan a day in Galway. We rode the Hop On Hop Off bus for the entire route first, planning our next stops from there. Only negative: We started our tour at 12:30 the first day, but despite being advertised as 24-hour passes, our tickets had disappeared by the next morning. Very disappointing, as we had hoped to visit the Aquarium that next morning (since our Connemara Tour had been cancelled due t9 damage from Storm Amy).
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Timothy_a
Sep 26, 2025
Nice way to see the City but poor bus schedule. - The bus runs on a 90 minute schedule, so if you get off at a stop on the route you will wait a long time to continue the tour. That would be nice to know when booking on line.
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Victoria_r
Oct 10, 2025
Very unhappy customer - I feel like I wasted my money. The bus went so fast passed places we all wanted to see it was impossible to enjoy the tour. I would not recommend this outing to anyone.
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James_s
Sep 23, 2025
A Tour We Do Not Recommend - We booked the tour but were given little information - we were told you could pick up the top anyway but when we tried to join the tour at Stop 3 we were told it wasn't the right bus company. We had planned to join the tour there because we could park close by and visit some attractions on the way back. There is 90 minute wait before the bus returns to a particular stop. There was no explanation that the Start Point was a a park. There are NO indications that a particular stop is a hop on stop. I contacted Viator who were most helpful in trying to identify the stop where we should be (turns out that was the stop where we were told 'wrong bus company) we went to the stop and the same driver let us on. However, this time, there was a young man from the operator who checked our tickets and assured us we were getting on the 'right' bus - the driver giving us 'the look' as we grabbed our seats. The trip took in 8 stops ov varying interest. The narrative was interesting, but given the scheduling (every 45 minutes so IF you get off you have to wait 90 minutes to get back on and IF you want to get back to wherever you got on (assuming it wasn't Stop 1, which nobody where it was), You would have to cool your heels for 90 minutes at Stop 1! Also, the service closes down relatively early, so if you end up being in the wrong place at the wrong time, you'll either need to taxi it or walk!) Do NOT recommend this tour operator and strongly suggested to the person @ Viator who was immensely helpful that Viator should drop this operator!
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