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Edinburgh Self-Guided Britannia Tour: Explore Iconic Sights on your own pace

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Embark on a self-guided tour of Edinburgh's iconic sights at your own pace. Hop on and off the Britannia Tour to explore Edinburgh New Town, Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh Castle, and more!

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

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

Operating Schedule: Peak Season April-October: The first tour departs from Waterloo Place at 09:00 then every hour to 18:00 which is the last tour of the day.

Off Peak Season November-March: The first tour departs from Waterloo Place at 09:00 and at 30-minute intervals until the last tour departs at 16:00, terminating at 17:23

Winter Season Nov-Mar: The first tour departs from Waterloo Place at 09:00 and every 20 minutes until the last tour departs at 16:00, finishing at 17:10.
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 Apex Hotel

2. Saint Andrew Square
St Andrew Square, north east corner

3. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Stop 244885, West Pavement, across from the Botanic Garden entrance

4. Newhaven Harbour
Stop 207060, North Pavement at the waters edge before the harbour.

5. Ocean Drive
Stop 242455, Bus stop at Ocean Terminal Entrance

6. The Shore
stop 242340 east pavement outside Mimi’s Bake House

7. Broughton Road
next to Broughton Primary School

8. Raeburn Place
Next to Greggs

9. Belford Road
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

10. Torphichen Street
Opposite Hub by Premier Inn

11. Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Outside the EICC

12. Bread Street
Close to the Double Tree By Hilton

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

14. Lawnmarket
This stop for the castle

15. Waterloo Place
Finish and starting point

Points of Interest

Multrees Walk
St Andrew Square
National Galleries Scotland: Portrait
Newhaven Harbour
Royal Yacht Britannia
Ocean Terminal
Leith
Lind & Lime Gin Distillery
Black Axe Throwing Co.
Stockbridge Market
Stockbridge & Dean Village
National Galleries of Scotland: Modern Two
Dean Village
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Edinburgh Castle
Grassmarket
St Giles’ Cathedral
Princes Street Gardens
Edinburgh Waverley Station
Princes Street and Gardens
The Edinburgh Dungeon
Assembly Rooms

What's Included

Free headphones to keep
24-hour validity
Complimentary return bus tickets to Edinburgh Zoo on local services

What's Not Included

Please note Royal Yacht Britannia attractions tickets are not included.

Additional Information

Experience unlimited on-and-off privileges with our Britannia Tour featuring highlights such as the Edinburgh New Town, The Royal Botanical Gardens, Newhaven Harbour, The Royal Yacht Britannia, The Shore, Leith, Stockbridge, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh Castle among others!

Get the most out of your 24 hour ticket and catch as many attractions as you can from the optimal viewing location in town!

Our cordial and knowledgeable team is set to ensure you have an exceptional Edinburgh experience during your journey, and beyond!

Keep in mind that entry tickets for Royal Yacht Britannia are not included in this tariff, and have to be bought separately.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Madison_m

May 11, 2024

Scenic hop-on hop-off Tour! - It was a great experience for a great price! I took it all day and there was so much to see! The scenery was beautiful!

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Barbara_b

Apr 30, 2024

Great experience - Great stops at all the best tourist spots and easy to understand commentry of history. Plenty of stops to be able to wonder at own leisure and join another bus at next stop. Staff were helpful.

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Passenger60863828012

Apr 18, 2024

Great trip! - It is a really nice and interesting trip for a great price. It's definitely a must-have when you visit Edinburgh and want to see more than the city centre.

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Annwk9637oq

Feb 29, 2024

Worth a try easy and fun - Amazing trip informative excellent customer service driver Ryan nothing too much trouble for this gentleman took time to listen to questions and gave clear informative anso

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Chelseall9094rs

Dec 12, 2023

Fantastic - Fantastic company great service kids all received a free pair of orange sunglasses that they were thrilled with couldn't fault them one bit will definitely return

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Oonaghm849

May 10, 2024

Good Value Tour Bus - Did the 24-hour hop-on hop-off with the bright bus tour company. Overall it was quite good. The pre-recorded audio information was good, but it lacked the personal stories that you get from some of the guides on the rival City Sightseeing Tours. This bus doesn't bring you around the parts of the new town that their rivals do which was a shame. Overall, it is very good value for money.

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Judithhy6200ad

Oct 22, 2023

Highly recommended for your Edinburgh visit - Very good way to see Edinburgh. We had two-day tickets and apart from the rain, we would have been able to see much more of Edinburgh. By taking the tours we got to visit all the many sites we wanted to visit. And didn't wait long for the next bus to come along as the driver told us when he would be at the stop. It was the best possible way of getting a good overview of this beautiful city.

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Z4615splisal

Sep 7, 2023

Hop on and off - We had a tour of 90 min and paid 18 for one trip. The driver was really nice and we enjoyed sitting upstairs with our headphones on . There were a few different your you could go on

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Cynthia_d

May 16, 2024

Saw a lot but a little confusing. - This route of this bus and where to catch it is very confusing. There are so many different buses in this city,it's hard to discern which to look for. The blue line of this orange bus only runs once an hr while the orange line of this orange bus runs every 15 minutes! Luckily a orange line driver let us just get on his bus so we saw great sights in the city center but not all we wanted to see. Recommend the orange line, orange bus!

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E4602mtsusanf

Sep 13, 2023

Very poor - Stay away from this company they take your money and sat buses turn up every 10 mins but my partner and I waited over 40 mins. We couldn't do the tour in the end asked for a refund and ignored. Stay away from them and go with other companies who had buses turn up quite regularly.

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