Edinburgh Bus Tours
Starting point: St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 1GF
Open-top bus tours are a really fantastic way to see Edinburgh. Especially if you are on a limited time scale. Edinburgh Bus Tours runs a choice of tours, which all depart from St Andrew Square at regular intervals. You can start most tours at any stop along the route, hopping on and off the bus at the various attractions and landmarks as you go.
Some of the tours have live guides, who will tell you all about the places you visit. While others offer pre-recorded commentary, played through headphones at your seat. Some people prefer a live guide as they have more personality and humour, but pre-recorded commentary is great if you require multi-language options. Please note, tickets to the individual attractions are not included with your standard bus tour tickets. However, some additional tickets are available to buy from Edinburgh Bus Tours ticket sellers. While others will need to be purchased directly at the attractions.
5 things to do on Edinburgh Bus Tours
- Take the “Edinburgh Tour”, a live guided bus tour, which visits many of the city centre’s top attractions, including Edinburgh Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse.
- Enjoy the “Majestic Tour”, a multi-language tour, which begins in the city centre, but goes a little further out to the Royal Botanic Gardens and Royal Yacht Britannia.
- Take the “City Sightseeing Tour”, a multi-language tour which includes special Horrible Histories commentary for children.
- With all the above tours, you can hop on and hop off at whichever stops you like to enjoy the local attractions. Tickets are valid for 24 hours.
- For something a bit different, try the “3 Bridges Tour”, which takes you out to South Queensferry to see the Forth Bridges and includes a boat cruise on the Firth Of Forth.
