The Edinburgh Grand Ticket: 3 Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus Tours with Optional Forth Bridges Bus Tour & Boat Cruise

Itinerary

Explore Edinburgh at your own pace and in your own way with the great-value Edinburgh Grand Ticket. Your Edinburgh Grand Ticket can be collected from Edinburgh Bus Tours Ticket Sellers on Waverley Bridge upon presentation of your booking voucher.

You can choose from 3 types of tickets - 24-hour ticket, 48-hour ticket and 48+ ticket. Your Edinburgh Grand Ticket is valid for 24 or 48 hours and gives you unlimited travel on three exciting tour buses with different routes throughout Edinburgh. The three bus tours are - Edinburgh Tour, Majestic Tour and City Sightseeing Tour. These are all hop-on hop-off tours so you can jump on and off as you like. All tours depart from Waverley Bridge. Several of the routes are interchangeable, offering even more possibilities for your customized itinerary.

The 48+ ticket includes unlimited travel for 48 hours on below 4 tours.

The four tours are:
• The Majestic Tour: covers Botanics, Britannia and Leith
• The Edinburgh Tour: covers old and new towns
• City Sightseeing Tour: covers main city sights
• Forth Bridges Bus & Boat Tour (with 48+ ticket only): covers forth bridges and a boat cruise

The Majestic Tour:
This tour goes north through the Georgian New Town and stops at the Royal Botanic Garden before heading down to the coast at Newhaven and Leith. The stop at Ocean Terminal serves visiting cruise ships as well as the Royal Yacht Britannia. From Britannia, the tour heads back up to the city center via the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Royal Mile.

An informative multi-language recorded commentary guides you through the history of the places, people and sights along the route. Simply plug in the headphones and listen to your chosen language.

Tour offers recorded commentary in English, Gaelic, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.

Download the tour route map

The Edinburgh Tour
Your live, on-board guide gives their own personal touch to the informative English commentary. Hear all about the people who shaped Scotland’s capital city.

Leaving Waverley you head for New Town with its elegant Georgian houses. After Charlotte Square you turn back south, passing the Royal Scottish Academy and the National Gallery as you head towards the Old Town. Some attractions include Scottish Parliament, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle and the Scotch Whisky Experience. After driving through Grassmarket with its exciting shops and pubs, you pass the Scottish Parliament and the Dynamic Earth attraction at Calton Hill. Return via Canongate past the Canongate Church, the Museum of Edinburgh and the People’s Story.

Download the tour route map

City Sightseeing Tour:
For this tour you travel in an open-top bus with an audio commentary (in a choice of nine languages) delivered through headphones. There is also a TV screen downstairs with a subtitled version of the tour for the hearing impaired.

On leaving Waverley the tour sets off along Princes Street. Look up to see stunning views of Edinburgh Castle perched on its crag. Continue through trendy Grassmarket then pass the National Museum of Scotland and the John Knox House. After driving along Canongate you will pass the Scottish Parliament and Calton Hill. Next, you will see the south gates to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, The Queen’s official residence in Scotland. Enjoy more great views of Edinburgh Castle before returning to the start point at Waverley.

Download the tour route map

You can do the tours in whichever order you like and finish the experience at the place most convenient for you.