England · HOP-ON HOP-OFF BUS TOURS
The 15 best hop-on hop-off bus tours you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
London Big Bus review covering routes, landmarks, Thames cruise, ticket value, wait times, weather tips, and how to plan your day.
“Perfect way to get a big overview of the city. Easy access, nice buses, friendly drivers. Highly recommend”
Review of Tootbus London, with three bus routes, Thames cruise, key stops, practical tips, drawbacks, and advice on who should book.
“We had to wait over an hour yesterday for a bus to show up. Very disappointed in the lack of buses. Did not bother staying on to see every site because of the initial delay.”
Review of Liverpool City Sights 24-hour bus tour, with Beatles landmarks, city history, practical stop-by-stop advice, value, and booking tips.
“Don’t wait at stop 5 cook street. They don’t go there!! But once I dragged my aging butt to an actual stop, the tour was good. Driver turned up the volume for me!”
See London’s top sights by open-top bus, with multilingual audio, Wi-Fi, flexible stops, and an optional Thames cruise.
“Great way to see the city. Sound narrative good along the the occasional in person dialog. Boat ride also very good. All busses clean and well kept along with the boat.”
Review of London’s Thames hop-on hop-off cruise, with pier tips, Greenwich advice, commentary, timing, value, and drawbacks.
“The crew were all very helpful and especially the commentator who made us laugh. We thank you for such a lovely experience.”
London hop-on hop-off bus review with route tips, Thames cruise details, ticket values, stop highlights, and honest advice before booking.
“Traffic in London can make it difficult to get from one stop to another. Attendants at the stops are generally helpful.”
Review of Oxford’s flexible hop-on hop-off bus tour, with open-top views, audio commentary, walking tour, route stops, timing, and value tips.
“If you arrive by train, right outside the terminal is the 1st stop for the hop on hop off, HOHO. The commentary was very informative, the views give you a very good idea of what's around. The drivers are very good at the driving skills.”
Review of Liverpool’s City Explorer hop-on hop-off bus, with route details, stop-by-stop tips, value advice, guide quality, and practical drawbacks.
“Great tour of the beautiful city of Liverpool! Great tour guide who provided excellent commentary of all the sites. Our tour was a city tour only (which we wanted) - make sure to book the Beatles tour if you want to see those locations. Highly recommend!”
See London from the Thames with a one-day Uber Boat pass, stopping at Westminster, Tower Bridge, Greenwich, and more.
“There was no one at the ticket box when we arrived and a sign directed us to where the boats docked. When we got there and showed our vouchers the woman became angry and started yelling the vouchers weren’t tickets. She was crazy unprofessional but let us board. We eventually got off the boat and later re boarded and a man converted the vouchers to tickets and it was a time consuming process. Pretty sure the lady didn’t want to bother with Viator tickets but the boats were nice and we took a ton of great pictures.”
Review of York’s hop-on hop-off bus tour, with route details, audio commentary, prices, schedules, stops, value, and practical booking advice.
“Very boring route. Only use this is you want transportation around the walls of York as the city is very walkable. There is lots of construction about and they play the commentary over speakers no earphones and only on English. I would not purchase unless have bad walking ability cause you miss 85% of York”
Review of Cambridge’s $22 hop-on hop-off bus tour, with route details, museum stops, ticket tips, audio commentary, and honest value advice.
“The onboard commentary was very good and the views excellent. I did not realize the history of the City.”
Tootbus London review covering routes, stops, audio quality, wait times, value, Thames cruise option, and who should book.
“We truly enjoyed getting around London via the Toot Bus! Our only complaint was that the audio tour was often behind where we were on the ride, so we weren't necessarily listening to details about anything near us.”
See York at your own pace on a 20-stop open-top bus, with an English audio guide, 24 or 48 hours of unlimited rides.
“Our tour guide Rich was fantastic, Happy and very detailed about his knowledge of York, would highly recommend this tour”
London Eye views, a Thames cruise, and Big Bus routes make this a useful sightseeing package, though traffic can cost you valuable time.
“The experience was good except the requirement to obtain the tickets for the London eye at the reception. Apparently the QR code provided is through 3rd party and requires us to redeem them to get the London eye tickets. The Big Bus Hop in Hop off didn't have regular busses, we had to wait for more than an hour and take a taxi to get to the next destination. The river cruise was excellent with love commentary from one of the crew members.”
Review of Stratford-upon-Avon’s hop-on hop-off bus, with Shakespeare sights, countryside views, prices, stops, timing, and practical tips.
“Can’t add any photos of my experience as the bus didn’t turn up to 2 separate collection points and waited over 2hrs!! Awful situation and so was dealing with customer service who still haven’t issued my refund!! Awful service.”
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