Please note that on the 1st of June 2025, various roads around Holyrood Park will be closed between 8am and 4pm. City Sightseeing will operate directly from Canongate to Abbeyhill omitting Holyrood Park and Dynamic Earth.
Daily
Ticket is valid for 24 hours
1 loop: 70 minutes
Summer: Between 8:45am to 6pm, every 8-10 minutes
Winter: 9am to 4pm, every 20 minutes
Just hop on at any of the stops and show your e-voucher to the bus driver and you’re good to go! The first stop is Waterloo Place.
You can hop off at any of the stops
KIDS GO FREE OFFER: Kids go free with a full-paying adult ticket.Each adult ticket includes free travel for up to three children. Ensure you add the child tickets to your cart during checkout
The ever-popular Edinburgh Hop-on, Hop-off tour allows you to explore this historic city at your own pace and create your perfect sightseeing itinerary, hopping on and off the buses as you wish.
Conducted on an open-topped double-decker bus, the tour has an exceptional array of stops - all strategically located to get you up close to your favorite attractions. From the spectacular Edinburgh Castle to the 15th-century John Knox House and The Queen’s official residence - the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the comprehensive route covers it all. Not to mention there’s an engaging audio commentary available on board in different languages so that you don’t miss out on a single story of this incredible city. We got your kids covered, too, with the award-winning ‘Horrible Stories’ commentary available for them in English.
Some of the hop-on, hop-off stops are:
Please note that the stops and timings are subject to change.
Voucher information: You can show your voucher on your smartphone or other devices. (But if you’d rather print a copy – that’s fine too!)
Kids go free offer: Kids go free with a full-paying adult ticket. Each adult ticket includes free travel for up to three children. Ensure you add the child tickets to your cart during checkout.
Voucher Validity: 12 months from the date chosen at the time of booking.
Wheelchair accessibility: Yes
Timings and stops are subject to change. The updated route map will be available on the buses.
Edinburgh is a functioning city and weather, traffic, and events may occasionally cause disruption.
If you are traveling by cruise, you might want to keep the following details in mind:
• You will need alternative methods of transportation to reach Stop Number 1 - Waterloo Place.
• Don’t forget to check the exact location of Edinburgh port before you arrive.
• If you are coming into Leith, you can take a shuttle from the terminal to Waterloo Place (Stop Number 1).
• If you are coming into South Queensferry (Hounds Point), you can take a shuttle from the terminal to Charlotte Square, which is an approximately 10-minutes walk from Stop Number 2.
• Finally, if you are coming to Newhaven, you can take a local bus to central Edinburgh which will take you approximately 30 minutes.
Great tour, very helpful, nice and chatty bus drivers, I would recommend the tour!...
Great! Informative!
I love these buses. Great way to explore a city as a women touring alone. Fun to ride all the way around once Ned then hop off and on at places the second time around. Each...
The site was easy to use, fast return and your off.
Earphones are too big for small ears. The ones we had in London were smaller....
We took students on the bus. They all had a great time and learnt lots of Info about Edinburgh. They enjoyed being on the open top and thought the buses were extremly reliable...
me and my friends spent really lovely time in Edinburgh and it was definitely a good idea to use Isango bus services. i would recomment it to other travellers....
Great way to get your bearings for the city. Truly enjoyed the ride.
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