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Ticket To The City

Royal Edinburgh Ticket

Save Up To 25% (£27) Per Adult*

The smart way to see Edinburgh! Enjoy unlimited hop-on, hop-off bus tours plus guaranteed entry to Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Yacht of Britannia and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in one value-packed ticket!

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* Based on the combined price of individual attraction tickets and 48 hour bus tour tickets. Savings may vary based on age category and time of year. Prices valid as of May 2026.

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Edinburgh Bus Tours
4.4 (3,834 reviews)

Good value and informative

We brought a 24 hour ticket online which was good value. We managed to go on all three buses during this time. Each one was enjoyable and informative.

We particularly liked the green tour with the live guide, we had Scott who was both knowledgeable and entertaining. We also downloaded the app to use which was really useful for showing exactly where the shops were and live tines of the buses.

Would recommend as a good way to see more of Edinburgh and learn more about this wonderful city.

S

Great host and exceptional tour

Claire was an absolute joy. Her knowledge of medieval history was exceptional and made the experience so worth while. So entertaining and informative. Hope you all can have her!

K

Edinburgh by bus…in the sunshine!

What a beautiful day for our bus tour of Edinburgh, the sun was shining, our tour guide (Dave) was so knowledgeable and we had a blast!

I thought I knew about Edinburgh’s history (having been brought up just over the water in Fife) but clearly not! I learned loads! Would highly recommend👍🏻

T

Great value for money. Excellent service

We chose the green bus as it had a guide commentating along the way. We used our 24hr ticket over 2 days to visit numerous places around Edinburgh.

d

Excellent Sightseeing tour of Edinburgh

Very informative tour covering all the major sights in Edinburgh.

D

Good Tour Overall

Easy to book, very helpful staff and the tour itself was very good.

We saw places of the City we would have otherwise missed.

S

Well worth a way to see Edinburgh

We did the Red bus tour which has a tour guide rather than earphone commentary. The welcome from Colin the Tour Guide was excellent. Tour was so good we went round twice Thought we knew about Edinburgh but Colin our guide had so much information it was amazing.

We sat on top deck which was a bit chilly but the best way for the views.

R

Best way to see fabulous Edinburgh if you have limited time.

Best way to see lots in a limited time. I took their advice and planned my two day Royal Tour ticket which included use of three bus routes and three historic sites. The shortest tour had a lovely guide Isla who gave a knowledgeable narration of the inner city sights.

The other two buses used excellent audio guides. Plenty of hop on/off stops with good warning and meant that attractions were easily accessible.

Drivers very good especially as with the Festivals on everywhere was exceptionally busy. I thought the inclusive ticket very reasonable

D

Good value and informative

We brought a 24 hour ticket online which was good value. We managed to go on all three buses during this time. Each one was enjoyable and informative. We particularly liked the green tour with the live guide, we had Scott who was both knowledgeable and entertaining. We also downloaded the app to use which was really useful for showing exactly where the shops were and live tines of the buses.

Would recommend as a good way to see more of Edinburgh and learn more about this wonderful city.

S

Great overview of the city in 24H

Great overview of the city! You can see all the buildings in 1 day.

To find out what to visit eventually the next day. Friendly staff and interesting audio, easy to listen too! Green line with live commentary.

Lots of historical information and also extra information (sports, schools etc.) attached to the sights! We booked the 3 lines tours for 24H.

M

Excellent value for money

I thought this was excellent value for money. We bought the Royal Edinburgh Ticket. When you take out the price of entry into the attractions you're getting the bus ride for next to nothing. We only took the red and blue routes but the audio commentary was excellent and informative.

The hop on and off facility meant we saw more of Edinburgh than we would on our own

M

Memorable day at Edinburgh

We used the Red, Green, and Blue buses, and all the routes were fantastic! The views from the upper deck were absolutely spectacular. A special thank you to the ticket staff, Tammie, who was so sweet and helpful. She suggested we start with the Blue bus since we didn’t have much time to explore, and it turned out to be the perfect choice.

We had no idea which route to take or which ticket would be best, but with Tammie’s advice, we ended up having the best day in Edinburgh !

J

FAQs

Individual tour tickets and Grand 24 tickets are valid for 24 hours from time of purchase.

Grand 48 tickets offer access to all city tours for 48 hours.

The Royal Edinburgh Ticket gives access to all city tours for 48 hours from the time of purchase, plus entry to Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Royal Yacht Britannia.

Online tickets from our website are valid for 6 months from the date of purchase, with their 24 or 48 hour validity activated when your confirmation is scanned by a member of staff. See the Terms and Conditions page for details about voucher validity and usage.

Please contact our sales team at [email protected] or call 0131 556 2244 to arrange a group visit.

Pre-booking is necessary to receive a group discount. The discount applies to groups of 10 or more (or groups of 15 or more for the Royal Edinburgh Ticket and Airlink).

We can also offer private hires.

All tour buses are fully accessible to wheelchairs and Class 2 mobility scooters, with low floor ramped access and two wheelchair spaces.

All dogs are welcome on board our buses.

For deaf and hearing-impaired persons, screens are available on the lower decks of City Sightseeing and Regal Tour buses so that information available via the commentaries can also be read.

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Finding Us

Our tours all start at Waterloo Place (stop ZG), just off Princes Street. You can join a tour at any stop and hop on and off for the duration of your ticket.

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