Cambridge City Sightseeing: Explore with Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour
3.8
184 Ratings

Your Cambridge City Sightseeing bus, an open-top double-decker, allows for unlimited hop-on and off experiences. It offers multiple stop options and completes the entire route roughly in 1 hour, excluding the walking tour. The bus arrives at each stop in an interval of 25-30 minutes. The tickets remain valid for 24 hours from the time of first use.

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

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Operating Schedule: Monday - Saturday, excluding Bank Holidays: The first bus leaves Stop 1 at 10:10 am, and the last bus departs at 6:10 pm. Buses are scheduled every 40 minutes. Stops 12 - 18 will not be operational after 6:10 pm. Stop 4 Trinity Street and Stop 5 Market Street will not be in service. On Sundays, including Bank…

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What's Included
  • 12-month voucher validity from selected travel date
  • Multilingual recorded commentary in 9 languages
  • Complimentary coupon booklet
  • Flexible 24-hour hop-on hop-off bus tour
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information
  • Monday - Saturday, excluding Bank Holidays: First bus departs from Stop 1 at 10:10am. Last bus departs from Stop 1 at 6:10pm. Buses run every 40 minutes. Stops 12 - 18 won’t be in service after 6:10pm. Stop 4 Trinity Street and Stop 5 Market Street will not be in service
  • Sundays, including Bank Holidays: First bus departs from Stop 1 at 10:10am….
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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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Nathalie_m
Sep 5, 2025
Very interesting tour... - Very interesting tour to get a global view of the city of Cambridge. One can see the impressive extent of Cambridge University with its many Colleges.
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Zennro21
Aug 11, 2025
A Scenic Ride and a Masterclass in Driving Through Cambridge - This bus route is the perfect way to get your bearings in Cambridge as a first-time visitor. I was lucky enough to have Michael as my driver twice in one day, and his kindness, helpfulness, and thoughtfulness left a lasting impression. (When I turned my ankle, he truly went above and beyond. Thank you again, Michael!) If you can, grab the very front seat on the top deck — it’s like watching a live-action video game of buses, bikes, scooters and pedestrians. From that vantage point, I watched Michael expertly thread a double-decker through narrow streets, all while calmly handling darting cyclists, slow scooter riders, oblivious walkers, and car drivers convinced the right of way rules didn’t apply to them. It was equal parts sightseeing and masterclass in driving skill. Highly recommend!
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443bruceb
Aug 2, 2025
One of the Best Hop On Hop Off Services - A usual experience with Hop on Hop Off but the driver can make a great difference. Ours helped us from start to finish and offered other customers help and recommendations. We had time for the major sites. The American Cemetery and Memorial is a must see.
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Warren_b
Jul 29, 2025
Cambridge Tour - The sightseeing bus tour was excellent. An enjoyable way to see the city whilst listening to the informative speaker tell you all about the history behind it.
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Pauline_o
Sep 17, 2025
Excellent way of getting... - Excellent way of getting to know a place. The hop on bus took you round all the Cambridge main colleges. Good informative commentary…rather hard seats!
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Christinahealing
Aug 5, 2025
Stop the horrible musak - Good informative tour but the music on the commentary drives you insane! Reduced price for over 65. Goes to all the main sites
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Barrington
Sep 7, 2025
Ok, but terrible Ai and other issues - Good points - Driver was friendly Relatively good value for money. Get a good overview of Cambridge Bad points - The bus is rickety and the suspension is poor, so bangs and crashes at points. The foliage needs cutting at many points. When it goes to the US cemetery it feels hazardous with no seat belts, 40mph feels like 60mph and of anyone pulled out if would be disastrous. Biggest issue though was the terrible Ai commentary. It's on loud speaker so you have to put up .....with....the disjointed....voice the whole way through. They have these buses in all the major cities in the world, can they not afford a few hundred pounds to pay a human to do it.
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Debrab1935
Aug 21, 2025
Narration lacked substance - We were very disappointed by the skimpy narration of the history of the Cambridge University colleges. The recording was long on adjectives praising the city's history and very short on stories of historical interest. Frankly, it was boring. We took the Hop on Hop off Bus Tour in Oxford in July and had the opposite experience; it was so descriptive that we rode the route twice to absorb it all! (Note: the bus driver did an amazing job traversing the narrow lanes, the buildings were interesting, and the seats were very comfortable.) Somebody with real knowledge of the city's interesting history should rewrite this tour.
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U7567cqstevel
Aug 10, 2025
Sightseeing tour was OK but dis-interested passengers spoilt it. - Really dis-appointed and annoyed that other passengers spoil the ride for others. We purchased two tickets for a sight seeing tour of the city. We boarded at Silver Street and took our seats on the top deck in the open ended section towards the back of the bus. Then a group of mainly women sat in the empty seats directly in front and to the side of us. Why they purchased the tickets I dont know, throughout the first part of the tour it was yap yap yap, constantly talking between themselves and showing little or no interest in the locations, landscape or buildings. The onboard bus commentary what we could hear of it was actually quite interesting, however, with the constant talking our tour was being spoilt. We elected to get off the bus again back at Silver Street but not before explaining to the driver of the situation. We crossed Silver Street and stood by the bus stop to restart our sightseeing tour with another bus as if we were starting all over again.
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Sdeeley42
Jun 29, 2025
Dreadful service. Rip off. - We arrived in Cambridge in the afternoon and booked 2 tickets at £14 each. We were told the tickets lasted 24 hours and planned our tour accordingly. The next day there were no buses running. All cancelled. We literally paid £28 and never got to go all round!
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