York Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour: An Audio Guided Journey through Iconic Landmarks

Experience the best of York on a hop-on hop-off bus tour. Explore iconic landmarks like York Minster and Clifford’s Tower with a live guide. Perfect for history enthusiasts of all ages!

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

York Hop-on Hop-off (20 stops on the tour, you can hop-on or hop-off at any of them). (Route)

Operating Schedule: Bus Frequencies
All first buses depart from the Railway Station and last loop buses start at Exhibition Square
27th May – 21st July
Daily: Buses run every 20 minutes. First Bus: 09:00am. Last Bus: 4:15 pm
22nd July – 1st Sept
Daily:…

What's Included
  • Hop-on hop-off open top bus tour around York
  • Audio guide in English
What's Not Included
  • Refreshments
  • Gratuities
  • Live guide
Additional Information

Discover the highlights of York on this open-top bus tour that offers the flexibility of a hop-on, hop-off itinerary. Enjoy the insightful commentary of a live guide as you venture around popular attractions such as York Minster, Micklegate Bar, and Clifford’s Tower, among others. The tour covers 20 different stops, allowing you to explore at your own…

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Rosemarym810
Nov 29, 2025
Good introduction to London - Took my granddaughters on this tour. I expected an audio tour but a personal guide was so much better. Tim made the tour interesting with anecdotes and jokes. The girls loved it. Syed navigated his way carefully through heavy traffic. All in all a worthwhile experience. Stirling
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Spydahs
Nov 23, 2025
Recommend it! - Tim was a verry funny and entertaining guide on the trip. Thank you for the information and good laughs! Darko also did a hell of a job showing off his driving skills :). Definitely would book again with golden tours!
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Nicola
Nov 19, 2025
Fun little tour around York - Had a lovely little tour around York with Bob the driver and guide, who gave excellent and funny commentary. I’ll never forget Primark being described as the Harrods of the North. Ticket sellers were also excellent and helpful.
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Chrissf7005ny
Nov 17, 2025
Nicely done. - The weather during our visit was not the best for open top bus tours but we enjoyed ourselves nevertheless. Our driver for the majority of our HOHO experience was Bob, very knowledgeable and he gave an interesting commentary with well timed punchlines to his little jokes. Staff at the stops were friendly and helpful too.
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Rob6805
Nov 13, 2025
Superlative Tour - Joe was absolutely fantastic for my hop on hop off tour of London. He was so good I didnt hop off once! His historical detail and warm funny manner of delivering the information made the tour extremely valuable and enjoyable! Efrem - the driver- also did great in driving slow and pausing enough so we could get photos of all the key landmarks. I recommend the tour and especially the tandem of Joe and Efrem!
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Lennie1975
Nov 2, 2025
Mick made our trip around the city fun and interesting - We approached the driver to ask where to purchase a ticket and was met by Mick- need I say more! Made me smile with his whitty banter and friendly approach. Spent a whole hour with him educating us about all the fantastic history of landmarks and people. The previous night we had been on the Ghost Bus tour and found it very boring driving round not really informative. Mick went through lots of history and had us spotting the cats too! Great guy credit to the company 👍🏻
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929mrv
Oct 26, 2025
An authentic York experience - I went to York on 21 Oct and hopped on one of these with my son. In most cities I have been to in Europe I am usually handed some dodgy red earphones which I plug in, and select a language to hear prerecorded audio. It was so refreshing to hear a gent with an authentic Yorkshire accent giving this tour. He peppered the tour with lots of witty jokes which made me chuckle and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.
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Chloebrierley1997
Oct 19, 2025
Brilliant tour with the brilliant Mick - We had an amazing trip with the incredible Mick, full of insightful stories about the brilliant history of York. He was so genuine and funny it was the highlight of our trip. Thank you so much Mick! From the fox girls.
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Margaretretk
Oct 22, 2025
Discovery - Great, witty commentary from the recording and live from the bus driver. Would recommend using these buses to get around York. I also went on the other buses and these buses were cleaner. The only thing that needs changing is the recording that says something about America being discovered. Being from Australia, history has moved on from the rubbish about being 'discovered' which negates the fact that Aboriginal people have been living here for 70,000 years. All over the world, the British has wreaked havoc and rewritten history. Time to acknowledge that other people were present in Australia and America before European nations DISCOVERED them,.
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Sashyl5437yr
Oct 31, 2025
Avoid!!!!! - The lady who sold me a ticket was so unprofessional, too busy on her phone and swearing around other staff upon my approach . The ride itself was good but I wish id have gone with the other company
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From $21
up to 6 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).