Dublin Sightseeing Hop-On, Hop-Off Tour: Explore Ireland's Capital with a Live Guide

Experience the best of Dublin with our Hop-On, Hop-Off tour. Explore the city at your own pace, with unlimited access to 25 designated stops and live commentary in multiple languages.

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Highlights

With our 24 - 72 Hour unlimited hop-on, hop-off sightseeing bus tour of Dublin, you can fully explore our vibrant and historic city. Enjoy the best views of Dublin’s iconic landmarks, from St Stephen’s Green to the Guinness Storehouse, and everything in between.

Start your adventure on either the Blue or Red Line at the initial Bus Stops on Upper O’Connell Street. The Red Line features 27 stops, while the Blue Line has 28, ensuring a journey filled with Irish charm!

RED ROUTE - Discover Dublin’s attractions on our Red Route Bus Tour. You can hop on and off the bus at over 20 different stops. Stay on board to relax and enjoy the engaging digital commentary, or hop off to explore the landmarks and attractions that catch your interest. Below, our Red Route timetable lists the first and last times that Red Route buses will arrive at each stop.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: GPO, Trinity College, Merrion Square, Oscar Wilde, Georgian quarters, St Stephens Green, Grafton Street, Liberties, Christchurch Cathedral, St Patricks Cathedral, Guinness Storehouse, Kilmainham Gaol, Phoenix Park, Dublin Zoo, Jameson distillery, Pearse Lyons Distillery.

KEY TIMINGS

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Frequency: Every 15-20 mins

First Bus: 8:45am

Last Bus: 7 pm (summer months), 6 pm (April, May, September, October)

BLUE ROUTE - Experience the best of Dublin on our Blue Route Bus Tour. Our expert live guides will provide entertaining and informative commentary about the sights, including EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, Teelings Distillery, Glasnevin Cemetery, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College, and the Guinness Storehouse. You can hop on and off the bus at over 30 different stops. Stay on board to relax and see it all, or hop off to explore the places that interest you most. Below, our Blue Route timetable lists the first and last times that Blue Route buses will arrive at each stop.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: GPO, EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum, Jeanie Johnston, Samuel Beckett Bridge, Facebook HQ, Trinity College, Merrion Square, Oscar Wilde, Georgian quarters, St Stephens Green, Grafton Street, Liberties, Christchurch Cathedral, St Patricks Cathedral, Teelings Distillery, Guinness Storehouse, Kilmainham Gaol, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Glasnevin Cemetery, and Croke Park.

KEY TIMINGS

Duration: 2 Hours

Frequency: Every 30 minutes

First Bus: 9:15am

Last Bus: 4:00pm

Please note that Big Bus Tours tickets are valid for City Sightseeing Dublin bus tours. City Sightseeing Dublin stops at the same locations as Big Bus Tours but uses a slightly different numbering system for each stop.

Points of Interest

  • Temple Bar

  • Grafton Street

  • St Stephens Green

  • Phoenix Park

  • Guinness Storehouse

  • Kilmainham Gaol Museum

  • Christ Church Cathedral

  • Experience Glasnevin - Ireland’s National Cemetery

  • The Book of Kells & Old Library

  • War Memorial Gardens

  • The Jeanie Johnston: An Irish Famine Story

  • Samuel Beckett Bridge

  • Croke Park Stadium

  • Teeling Whiskey Distillery

  • GPO Museum

  • Richmond Barracks

  • Pearse Lyons Distillery

  • O’Connell Street

  • Abbey Theatre

  • Trinity College Dublin

  • Dublin Castle

  • National Gallery of Ireland

  • National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History

  • National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology

  • National Museum of Ireland- Natural History

  • Merrion Square

  • Monument to Oscar Wilde

  • Molly Malone Statue

  • The Liberties

  • Jameson Distillery Bow St.

  • Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)

  • Dublin Zoo

  • Duke of Wellington Monument

  • Aras an Uachtarain

  • Heuston Station

  • Nancy Hands Bar

  • Henry Street

  • River Liffey

  • Smithfield Square

  • National Library of Ireland

  • The Little Museum of Dublin

  • St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre

  • Irish Whiskey Museum

  • Sheridans

What's Included
  • Free Guided Walking Tour
  • Unlimited Hop-on, Hop-off access for 24/48 hours
  • One free Child with every Adult, when purchasing a 24- or 48-hour ticket
  • Half-day Coastal Tour from Dublin to Howth included with selected ticket
  • Live-guided commentary on-board and/or Recorded commentary available in 8 languages
  • 2 Spanish Guided Tours departures at 2pm and 4.30pm from Stop 1
  • One hour live-guided panoramic Night Tour included with 48-hour ticket options
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Tour the streets of Dublin on our stylish red open-top buses. Hop-on, hop-off sightseeing tour gives you the freedom to explore your way. You can hop on and off the bus at any of our 25 designated Big Bus stops, as many times as you wish within your ticket validity. All located near Dublin’s best attractions, you’re free to delve deeper into the city at your own pace. With buses passing through every 20 - 30 minutes, simply rejoin the tour when you’re ready. • Unlimited Hop on Hop off for -24, -48 hours • Free guided walking tour • Live commentary and recorded commentary in 8 languages on-board the red route

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • One children can travel for free with every paying adult
Location
Temple Bar
Cancellation Policy

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

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Mficsisters
Jul 16, 2024
Howth: what an afternoon! - Gerry was an outstanding driver and tour guide on our outing to Howth! Skilled, knowledgeable and attentive to his passengers. So much fun! A must when in Dublin.
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Thewrightherd
Jul 16, 2024
Well worth it! Fun and interesting - Paid for the 24hr hop on hop off ticket for my partner and I. Jerry was our driver!!! Well, what a guy! The whole trip was so informative! To add to this he made the whole experience fun for all. An absolute ball!
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Gingergenius87
Jul 14, 2024
A great tour of the city! - A fantastic bus tour all around Dublin. We had the fantastic Stephen doing a live commentary tour for us. He was super and gave us lots of facts. Unfortunately he had a number of very annoying tourists (sorry America but some of your citizens let you down) and poor Stephen had to ask many of them several times to quieten down so we could hear his commentary. The tour takes you around all of the main attractions in Dublin and your ticket gets you some discounts and free things in some of the stores and restaurants around the city. I would recommend downloading the app so you can get a live view of where the busses are located. Overall a good experience and our ticket lasts 2 days!
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L7393jrebonym
Jul 14, 2024
Amazing tour guides - Went on the tour as a family of four. Both of our guides were amazingly friendly and knowledgeable, James in particular was so helpful and made our trip even more memorable. Would recommend this tour to anyone visiting the city.
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473funtravler
Jul 13, 2024
Big bus all the way - myself and my friends had a very great experience in Dublin city. The guide gerry was so nice and so funny and good at singing as well ! It was a perfect way to know more about Dublin! And i want to give a special thanks ( i promised him) to abdo for his excellent customer support and service that boy was so helpful. Thank you bigbus❤️
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Gordonmu1207oj
Jul 13, 2024
Awesome Tour with Jerry as Lead Guide - Jerry (or Gerry) was an amazing tour guide. Got on with Jerry on Friday then hopped off. Got back on but didn’t have the same experience as we did with Jerry so we took the tour again the next day (Saturday ) with Jerry so we could finish the tour with him. Jerry is very funny and provides awesome knowledge and perspective. Highly recommend the tour with Jerry. 10/10.
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Compass47918514700
Jul 13, 2024
Give Gerry a pay rise - We absolutely loved our tour today, laughed out loud the whole time way around and didn’t want it to end! Gerry was absolutely hilarious but also had loads of interesting information to give us which was very clear and detailed. Came away with loads of facts and grins on our faces. He’s actually got a cracking singing voice as well! Thanks for a great tour of such a wonderful city!
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Freedom22352699365
Jul 12, 2024
Big Bus Dublin - My mother and I rode the Big Bus right when it opened and got two fantastic people, Ross and James. The tour was very entertaining and easy to understand. Ross did the talking and he was amazing!! Give the guy a raise! We had a great experience
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Dekkerb
Jul 8, 2024
Gerry Great Guide - We bought the combo ticket wich included 48 hour HOHO access, a night out and the Coastal Tour to Howth. We were blessed with a warm sunny day and the most entertaining host in the form of Gerry for the Howth trip. Consistently hilarious whilst at the same time delivering huge amounts of genuinely interesting information. He also does the day tour, we didn't have the pleasure of his company for that (the guide we did gave was perfectly fine) but would recommend him for taking the tour to another level. A longer tour with more time in Howth itself should be considered for the future.
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Oliviads5133pw
Jul 8, 2024
Howth Coastal Tour - We went on the half day coastal tour with Gerry and did the hop on hop off tour in Dublin City Center with him as well. Gerry is an exceptionally fun guide! We had a great time on both. The Howth Coastal tour was so cool and I highly recommend it.
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