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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Tracype5755ni
Dec 9, 2025
Brilliant way to see the city - 4 of us came to Edinburgh for 2 nights to visit the Christmas market and explore the town. We thought this would be a great way to see most things and we were not disappointed. We had Wayne as our tour guide and Luis was our driver. Wayne was very knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour. Luis was a brilliant driver, very careful and safe! We absolutely loved this tour and wouldn't hesitate to recommend!
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Kyi_s
Nov 25, 2025
The wonderful tour with Live Guide. - We hop- off three place only to visit our favourite place to take photos and have a look around there. It was very relaxing tour for us .All Live Guides were good . It was perfect for Adult couple who would like to go easily to see aruund there.
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Fenn
Nov 17, 2025
Entertaining and funny tour with loads of jokes and singing. - Shoutout to Scott, the scot. Such an entertaining person. Combining jokes with facts and showcasing his knowledge was an amazing way to present the city. My father and I certainly laughed a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the whole tour. If I could I would listen to his jokes for hours and hours. He also made the tour very interactive by asking questions, and singing with us. If you can get him, just enjoy it. Such a lovely person. And Scott, if you read this, yes you are a bell. 😆😉
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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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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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Karin
Dec 6, 2025
Not worth the money - 24 hour tickets But buses only run 9-16. Should be a bus every 30 min but we Waited for almost 50 min after getting of at one stop. Short trip, overprized and not worth the money. The app is not showing right about where the bus is so you just have to wait.
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From $24
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).