Edinburgh Bright Bus Tours Hop-On Hop-Off Britannia Tour (Route)

Operating Schedule: Britannia Tour: Summer Season Apr/Oct: The first tour departs from Waterloo Place at 09:00 then every hour till 18:00 which is the last tour of the day.

Britannia Tour: Off-peak season Nov/Mar: The first tour departs from St Andrew Square at 09:00 and every 30 minutes until the last tour departs at 16:00, terminating at 17:23.
Christmas Day and New Year’s Day we are closed
Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, Boxing Day, and 2nd of January special timetable check with the staff on street for times.

1. Waterloo Place
Opposite to Apex Hotel

2. Saint Andrew Square
Stop 208440 East pavement, south of Chambers Street

3. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

4. Pier Place
Stop 207395 within Dynamic Earth drop-off area

5. Ocean Drive
For The Royal Yacht Britannia

6. Shore
Stop 207210 west pavement, south of Commercial Street

7. 134 Broughton Rd
Next to Broughton Primary School

8. Raeburn Place
Stockbridge

9. Belford Place
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

10. Torphichen Street

11. Morrison Street
Near EICC

12. Bread Street
Opposite The Double Tree by Hilton

13. Johnston Terrace
East of the NCP car park at the Base of the castle rock

14. 455 Lawnmarket
For the castle

15. Waterloo Place
To finish your tour or restart

Points of Interest

• Multrees Walk

• St Andrew Square

• Princes Street

• Princes Street and Gardens

• Scott Monument

• St Cuthbert’s Parish Church

• Festival Square

• Grassmarket

• Greyfriars Kirk

• Greyfriars Bobby

• Museum of Fire

• Edinburgh Castle

• National Galleries Scotland: Portrait

• Usher Hall

• Edinburgh College of Art

• Edinburgh Farmers’ Market

• Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

• The Scotch Whisky Experience

• Gladstone’s Land

• Writers’ Museum

• National Library of Scotland

• National Museum of Scotland

• Museum of Childhood

• John Knox House Museum

• The Museum of Edinburgh

• The Scottish Parliament

• The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse

• Palace of Holyroodhouse

• Dynamic Earth

• Arthur’s Seat

• Holyrood Park

• Regent Road Park

• The Burns Monument

• Calton Hill

• Nelson Monument

• Observatory House

• National Monument

• Waverley Mall

• Edinburgh Waverley Station

• The Balmoral Spa

• Melville Monument

• Holyrood Distillery

• Royal Yacht Britannia

• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

• Newhaven Harbour

• Georgian House

• Bute House

• Complimentary headphones to take home
• Free round-trip bus tickets to Edinburgh Zoo

• Please note Royal Yacht Britannia attractions tickets are not included.