Bus Tour activities in Europe
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Viking Splash Tours
Go on, what’s the big deal? You stick a plastic Viking’s helmet on your head and yell ‘yay’ at the urging of your guide, but the upshot is you’ll get a 1¼-hour semi-amphibious tour that ends up in the Grand Canal Dock. ‘Strictly for tourists’ seems so…superfluous.
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Trambus Open
Trambus operates two tour buses: the 110open and the Archeobus. The 110open is an open-top double-decker bus, equipped with an audioguide in eight languages, that departs from the bus terminus outside Termini and stops at the Quirinale, Colosseum, Bocca della Verità, Piazza Venezia, Piazza Navona, St Peter’s, Piazza Cavour, Ara Pacis, Trevi Fountain and Via Veneto. The entire tour lasts two hours, but the tickets, available on board, from the Info Boxes on Piazza dei Cinquecento and at the Colosseum, are valid for 24 hours and allow you to hop off and on as you please. Archeobus is another stop-and-go bus, which takes sightseers down Via Appia Antica, stopping at 16…
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City Sightseeing
City Sightseeing runs daily 1½-hour coach tours of the city (Skr240) departing from Gustav Adolfs Torg. Both the 2½-hour tour (Skr330, April to mid-December) and 3½-hour tour (Skr395, including light lunch, early May to mid-September) combine the coach tour with a boat tour around Djurgården and the city’s closest archipelago islands (Skr395, 2½ hours). One-hour walking tours around Gamla Stan (Skr100, late June to August) are also available.
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Wild Wicklow Tour
Award-winning tours of Glendalough, Avoca and the Sally Gap that never fail to generate rave reviews for atmosphere and all-round fun, but so much craic has made a casualty of informative depth. The first pick-up is at the Dublin Tourism office, but there are a variety of pick-up points throughout Dublin; check the point nearest you when booking. The tour returns to Dublin about 5.30pm.
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Bus Turístic
This hop-on, hop-off service covers three circuits (44 stops) linking virtually all the major tourist sights. Tourist offices, TMB transport authority offices and many hotels have leaflets explaining the system. Each of the two main circuits takes approximately two hours. The third circuit, from Port Olímpic to El Fòrum, runs from April to September and is less interesting. Possession of a Bus Turístic ticket entitles you to discounts to some museums.
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City Sightseeing
City Sightseeing is Oslo’s version of the hop-on hop-off phenomenon. Tickets cost Nkr165/85 per adult/child, are valid for 48 hours, and cover the overwhelming proportion of city sights, which you can explore at your own pace. The tourist office has a list of stops that this tour company goes to.
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Le Grand Tour
Feel the wind in your hair as you travel between key sights and museums aboard a hop-on-hop-off open-topped bus. Tickets sold at the tourist office or on board include a five-language audio guide.
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‘Bergen in a Nutshell’ Bus
The ‘Bergen in a Nutshell’ bus runs from next to the fish market, along the Bryggen waterfront, to the Ulriksbanen cable car and back again. Commentary is available in six languages.
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Mr Nilsz
Mr Nilsz three-hour city tours depart from V Szent István tér, and include several photo-op stops. These cost from 6500Ft per adult, while children under 12 or 14 are charged between 3000Ft and 3250Ft.
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Autocars Lieutaud
Themed half- and full-day tours including wineries, lavender, Roman monuments and Luberon (€45 to €55). For a vintage experience, book the classic convertible Citroën 2CV (from €145).
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Grosse Stadtrundfahrt
This narrated hop-on, hop-off tour has 22 stops in the centre and the elegant outer villa districts along the Elbe. It includes short walking tours of the Zwinger, Fürstenzug, Frauenkirche and Pfunds Molkerei.
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Nice Le Grand Tour
With headphone commentary in several languages, the open-topped Le Grand Tour buses (1½ hours) give you a good overview of Nice. You can hop on or off at any one of 14 stops.
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City Tour
Two-hour tours leaving from platform M outside the Hauptbahnhof are run by the tourist office with English and German commentary. Otherwise, ask the office about its many German-language tours.
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City Sightseeing
Open-top, hop-on/hop-off bus tours leave from the tourist office on Bridge St, rolling to each of the Shakespeare properties. Tickets are valid for 24 hours (48-hour tickets also exist) and can be bought from the driver; on-board commentary in seven languages.
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John O’Groats Ferries
If you’re in a hurry, this operator runs a one-day tour of the main sites for £52, including the ferry from John O’Groats. You can do the whole thing as a long day trip from Inverness.
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City Sightseeing Tour
Granada's double-decker city tour bus has 20 stops including the main sights, like the cathedral and the Alhambra. Hop on and off where you like; the ticket is valid for 24 hours.
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Tempelhofer Reisen
Main stops are in Mitte on Unter den Linden, near Friedrichstrasse and in Charlottenburg at Kurfürstendamm 231, outside the Wertheim department store.
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BVG Top Tour
Tours aboard open-top, double-decker buses with live German and English commentary depart from Kurfürstendamm 18 outside the Gerry Weber store.
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York Citysightseeing
Hop-on/hop-off route with 16 stops, calling at all the main sights. Buses leave every 10 minutes from Exhibition Sq near York Minster.
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L’Open Tour
This hop-on, hop-off bus tour runs open-deck buses along four circuits (central Paris; Montmartre–Grands Boulevards; Bastille–Bercy; and Montparnasse–St-Germain) daily year-round. You can jump on and off at main sites, making them very convenient for whirlwind tours of the city. Cityrama, which owns the buses, has a host of other packages as well.
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City Sightseeing
Open-top hop-on/hop-off bus tours leaving from Grand Junction Rd near Brighton Pier.
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City Sightseeing
Hop-on/hop-off bus service stopping at nine destinations around the city centre, including by the tourist office.
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O'Neachtain Tours
Runs coach tours of Connemara, or the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher. Tours depart from the Coach Station on Bothar St.
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Tide
Tide runs round trips by bus and boat to Eidfjord (adult/child Nkr195/110).
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City Sightseeing
Open-top bus tours around local sights and up to Beachy Head.
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