Liverpool: A Complete Tour Experience with Sightseeing Bus and River Cruise

Experience the best of Liverpool with a combo-sightseeing ticket. Take a River Explorer Cruise to see the stunning waterfront, then hop on the City Explorer Open Top Bus Tour to explore the city’s top sights and attractions.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

River Cruise & Sightseeing Bus Tour (11 stops) (Route)

Operating Schedule: Please arrive at least 15 minutes before departure to redeem your ticket, as the ferry leaves on the hour. Check the Mersey Ferries website for departure dates. During this 50-minute river cruise, you’ll explore Liverpool’s rich musical and maritime history along the river…

What's Included
  • Hop-on hop-off open top bus tour
  • River Cruise
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

Discover the beauty and rich history of Liverpool with this organized sightseeing package. Embark on a River Explorer Cruise on the globally renowned Mersey Ferry. Lean back, unwind, and immerse yourself in the riverside panorama and iconic landmarks. The cruise showcases the breathtaking waterfront of Liverpool from the river’s perspective.
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Cancellation Policy

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

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F7408xmangelam
May 28, 2025
Great tour - Great tour with Dave and Barry - great fun lots of banter along with great knowledge of Liverpool - highly highly recommend 👍
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Richard_f
May 23, 2025
Wrap up warm, as the wind... - Wrap up warm, as the wind can be very chilly, even when sun is out, and very warm. Best to go early morning.
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Bobdexter631
May 19, 2025
A Must do on a trip to Liverpool - Great 50 min trip across and up and down the Mersey Full of history and good commentary Great views and a porpoise A must do
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William_s
May 15, 2025
Great way to see the city of Liverpool - This was a great way to see the city of Liverpool. It was easy to reach both the ferry and the hop-on hop-off from the cruise ship. The ferry not only dropped off passengers in Wales, but also provided a running commentary of all the sites you can see on shore. The hop-on hop-off was convenient, informative, and easy to use. The most reasonably priced tour in this area.
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Williamd_b
May 15, 2025
Great way to see town and get history overview - Hardest thing is walking to Mersey ferries which is just a short walk from cruise dock. Nothing to get excited about and all you have to do is ask someone and they will show you. After cruise walk out to where busses are and tent the yellow one and it is about 1 hour
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Graham_m
Apr 30, 2025
Definitely worth doing - Nine stops with a live guide who added to the experience. Lots of interesting stops and the ticket was valid for the next day as well. Unfortunately I didn't realise this when purchasing, had I known, I would have started the ticket 1 day earlier as we were only in Liverpool for 2 days and we bought the ticket for day 2. Also, on day 1 we sailed on the ferry on the mersey not realising that this was the river cruise we had added on to the 'hop on hop off' experience.. Had the river cruise been described as the ferry on the mersey, we could have saved ourselves some money!
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Terri
Apr 14, 2025
Can’t believe they didn’t play the song! - Does the Mersey ferry need a review?? It does what it says on the tin as they say. Very organised embarkment. Good commentary. My only criticism (and very very disappointing) was that the song ‘ferry cross the Mersey’ was not played fully, just a few bars. I would say an awful lot of people want to sing along whilst crossing the Mersey river, I certainly did! So come on Mersey Ferries, get your passengers in the mood for a good old sing song and get that tune rolling out in full.. Bus tour was great. The guide hilarious, a refreshing source of observational humour sprinkled amongst his knowledge and obvious love for the area. Highly recommend the combined ticket. A great couple of hours.
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Margherite_v
Jun 6, 2025
Liverpool - The Mersey Ferry cruise was lovely and well worth it. The City Explorer Hop on Hop off Bus was a disaster. We saw them at the cruise terminal, but there were no signs directing customers to the Albert Dock. So we walk and by chance stumbled on Mathew Street. We saw a bus and tried to follow it. We walked further to find stop 4 (with the help of the website map - which was so hard to see) at William Brown Street. The website shows a stop outside the Museum, showing 2 statues. The bus stop isn’t there, but outside the library. Eventually the bus arrived - late and we just completed the route and the walk back to the ship was a fair way. Can I recommend it - no.
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Sandra_b
Jun 6, 2025
Cruise was ok not much to... - Cruise was ok not much to see though. Hop on bus was yellow route but only came every half hour. Think red route might be better!
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Jonathan_d
Jun 5, 2025
Poor paperwork by Viator - Don't use!! We bought tickets for a river cruise and bus tour in Liverpool. They didn't provide the tickets we needed with QR codes. If it wasn't for the kind personnel at the terminal who showed us mercy seeing that we had paid Viator, we would have lost our tour. Terminal personnel were awesome because they had to override their system to get us tickets. They probably didn't get paid for our excursion
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up to 15 guests
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).