Big Bus Dubai: City Sightseeing
4.4
2,568 Ratings

Explore Dubai’s top attractions at your own pace with the Dubai Big Bus Tour. Hop on and off the double-decker bus to visit iconic landmarks, souks, and museums. Choose from 1, 2, or 5-day tickets and enjoy extras like a Dubai Creek cruise and a Desert Safari.

Duration: 3 hours, 55 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Red route - City Tour (Route)

Operating Schedule: Departures from Dubai Mall between 9.00am and 5.00pm. The route includes 15 stops with buses arriving every 40 minutes. The complete route takes 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Customers are encouraged to visit the Big Bus website or download the Big Bus app for the latest bus stop locations and schedules….

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What's Included
  • Audio commentary available in 6 languages
  • Desert sunset tour (5-day option only)
  • A traditional 1-hour Dhow Creek Cruise included with all ticket options
  • Meal Deal: Unlimited Pizza + Soft Drinks on Dhow Cruise (48-hr and 5-day options)
  • Madame Tussauds entry (5-day option only)
  • Choose from a 24-hr, 48-hr or 5-day Hop-on, Hop-off bus ticket
  • Lost Chambers Aquarium entry (48-hr and 5-day options)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Explore Dubai at your own pace on a double-decker, open-top Big Bus Dubai tour. Admire top Dubai attractions including the Burj Khalifa, Burj Al-Arab, and Old Dubai, and hop on and off at any of the stops around the city to visit souks, malls, and museums as you please. Choose from a 1-day Discover, 2-day Essential, or an Explore 5-day unlimited…

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Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jorya2014
Apr 2, 2024
Good way to get an overview of the city in a short time. - Did a 2 day lay over in Dubai on my way from the US to the Philippines and just wanted to get a sense of the city. This was a great way to do it! It was good having the app and knowing where the next bus was and when it would arrive. The audio on the bus was clear and interesting, if a little repetative. Was a great way to get an overview of the city. I would recommend timing it for early in the day to avoid traffic. I did the 2 days and there was time to
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Kellie_c
Feb 5, 2024
Must do - This is a great overview of Dubai and a must do early on in your trip. We visited the new Dubai and the old Dubai. We bought an additional dinner cruise directly through Big Bus - however, I would don't do this cruise. The dinner was very ordinary and overpriced.
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225catalinae
Apr 25, 2024
Pricey but good option - Good opportunity to explore the city in 48 hours, staff is very nice.They will try to convince you to buy an upgrade for ‘cruise’ ride, night tour and extra stuff. Just don’t buy it. Too pricey and regular quality
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Trail22890316572
Apr 4, 2024
Great Big Bus Dubai hop-on hop-off tour.... - The city tour was great, we took the bus in front of the Shopping Mall. It's very good for tourists, it's practical and on the day you can see many interesting places in the city of Dubai, very friendly staff, it was a pleasant trip.
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Gisela_s
Mar 3, 2024
A interesting Tour through the Dubai City - Very interesting tour, you can see a lot of Dubai city and the surrounding on Dubai Palm. The bus should drive longer in the evening ( till 8:00pm).
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Kevin_k
Jan 7, 2024
Big Bus Company is Great, but Be Careful. - Great tour, but be sure you get back on the Big Bus. The other company’s bus is the same color and they even have a Blue route. We asked when we got on if it was the blue route and the driver said “yes.” But it went the opposite direction and we realized it was the other company’s bus. We lost an hour catching up with the Big Red Bus.
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Markpt3351oo
Feb 8, 2024
Ups, downs and round the houses - Although only staying for a couple of days we purchased the 5 day ticket as it was not much more money that the 2-day and included the sunset desert trip (the free tickets to attractions etc still need to be booked via the Big Bus app and are printed off by a conductor at the main terminal, but you can still ride the bus by showing a proof of purchase until that time). The main terminal is at the Dubai Mall/Burj Khalifa, where the routes intersect. Firstly, this is a good way to get to know the city as there is a detailed audio commentary with headphones provided, but not all sockets on the buses seemed to work. We chose to do the red route one day and the blue the next. The red route came with an hour-long dhow trip around the Creek, which was worthwhile although there was no commentary. Drinks on board were reasonable. The blue route headed to the Palm and beaches; we stopped at the Atlantis (hotel) Lagoon and Aquarium (free tickets), this was OK and I've written a separate review of this. We headed back to the Mall to get the Sunset tour bus which left around 3.45pm. The choice of bus was a bit strange as many had an partially enclosed front section, but this on was all open top which made the wind buffeting on the motorway almost painful (an hours ride each way) and space downstairs was limited. On arrival at the 'fort' (really a glamping resort, Terra Solis) the driver gave us limited instruction other than to come back to the bus once the sen had set. We cheerfully walked through the resort in to the desert to take some photos. at that point we were chased by a security guard who told us we should not be there, so we followed another path back towards the bus, only to be chased again by the same guard. Clearly bus passengers can only go to certain areas, not communicated. That said. the sunset was wonderful. On arrival back at the Mall (7.00pm), we went in search of a taxi as the buses don't run that late (!), not even a last lap to take the tour guests back to where they started their bus journey that day. In the Mall we were shocked to find a queue for the taxis of around 350 meters which took 50 minutes to negotiate, putting a real dampener on the day! Overall, this is value for money but the traffic congestion in Dubai makes it difficult to hop on/off more than twice or 3 times in a day as the traffic crawls and lots of time is wasted in jams. In hindsight, it is a good way to get acclimatised in short period, but taxis may be of a similar price and more direct for most of the sights.
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Paul
Apr 23, 2024
Disappointing costly trip on second day! - We pre booked the essential two day bus ticket (with the optional extra of the boat plus unlimited pizza and soft drinks). The first day went well but not the second day (a Monday). After waiting for nearly an hour we were escorted several hundred metres to another main road where a bus picked us up. The reason for the delay was due to a public holiday ending resulting in heavy traffic - company should have predicted and planned ahead. Then when we changed to the other route we were told that we’d not have time to board the rebooked boat (pizza plus drinks) and return in time for the last bus route to our hotel area and in any case the night time cruise with five star hotel food taking in the palm jumeirah hotel. We therefore paid extra for this (less £30 compensation). Good not 5 star hotel quality and did not pass the Palm hotel! Extremely disappointed left thinking that big bus staff in Dubai only driven by their commission.
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Cazzakeab
Mar 28, 2024
Do not book this through Viator - Still fighting for a refund that Viator cancelled I booked a Big Bus tour in Dubai through Viator with it being advertised as mobile ticket. When the time came to press on the link for the ticket it said I had to go and collect the tickets which meant a 40min drive away for a bus which stopped outside our hotel. I then went on a live chat to ask why I couldn't just go to the bus stop..they also agreed it was absurb to have to travel but it came back that I would have to travel but someone would be in touch to confirm via email In the meantime Viator cancelled the booking???!!! The big bus company came back the next day.saying I could go to the bus stop. This was too late as had other trips booked. Big Bus won't refund as saying its Viator..Viator won't refund either no reason given....be aware..I will not use this company again I am still waiting and still fighting to get a refund. Also on my app of Viator it says I have no past bookings!!!!!! I have what's app messages that show this mess up by both companies. I would just like a refund please
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Carol_k
Mar 17, 2024
Terrible do not use - Do not book this through Viator .I was under the premise the ticket was a mobile one...until after I paid and confirmed turns out you have to travel 30 mins to get the ticket as it doesn't come as a mobile....I tried to explain this as I had been miss sold. Viator then cancelled the trip and said they would put in a refund..1 day later I am getting emails saying I can get the ticket from the bus ..bit late as the date had passed. Terrible communication I am still waiting for the refund
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