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.

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Red Route (Route)

Operating Schedule: Discover Dublin’s highlights with our Red Route Bus Tour. Enjoy the flexibility of hopping on and off at up to 25 different stops. Stay on board for a relaxing journey with engaging digital commentary, or disembark to explore the landmarks and attractions that catch your eye.

Buses run every 15 - 20 minutes. The first bus leaves from Stop 1 (O’Connell Street) at 09:00, and the last bus departs at 17:30.

For live bus tracking and current service updates, please visit our website or download our app.

1. 13 O’Connell Street Upper
Stop 1 - 13 Upper O’Connell Street (Outside Discover Ireland Centre)

2. Trinity College Dublin
Stop 2 - Nassau Street/ Book of Kells

3. 10 Leinster St S
Stop 3 - 10-11 Leinster Street South (opposite Trinity Point)

4. National Gallery of Ireland
Stop 4 - National Art Gallery

5. Merrion Square West
Stop 5 - Merrion Square

6. Pembroke Street Lower
Stop 6 - Pembroke Street Lower

7. Saint Stephen’s Green
Stop 7 - Stephen’s Green

8. College Green
Stop 8 - College Green

9. Temple Bar
Stop 9 - Dame Street / Temple Bar

10. Dublin Castle
Stop 10 - Dame Street / Dublin Castle

11. Christ Church Cathedral
Stop 11 - Christ Church Cathedral

12. St Patrick’s Cathedral
Stop 12 - St Patrick’s Cathedral

13. Teeling Whiskey Distillery
Stop 13 - Teeling Whiskey Distillery

14. Christchurch Hall
Stop 14 - High Street

15. Guinness Storehouse
Stop 15 - Guinness Storehouse

16. Pearse Lyons Whiskey Distillery
Stop 16 - Pearse Lyons

17. Irish Museum of Modern Art
Stop 17 - Royal Hospital Kilmainham / IMMA

18. Heuston Station
Stop 18 - Heuston Station

19. Parkgate Street
Stop 19 - Parkgate Street

20. Phoenix Park
Stop 20 - Phoenix Park

21. Nancy Hands Bar & Restaurant
Stop 21 - Nancy Hands

22. National Museum of Ireland-Decorative Arts & History
Stop 22 - National Museum of Decorative Arts & History

23. Jameson Distillery Bow St.
Stop 23 - Jameson Distillery

24. Big Bus Tours Dublin
Stop 24 - Big Bus Tours Visitor Centre

25. Parnell Square North
Stop 25 - Parnell Square North

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
Cancellation Policy

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

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Sojournpro
Sep 24, 2024
Great tour in Dublin! - Had a great time with our tour guide, Jerry! Lots of great information delivered with a great sense of humor. One of the best city bus tours I’ve taken anywhere!
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Racergirl13
Sep 24, 2024
Wonderful tour with Jerry! - We’ve taken a few Big Bus tours throughout the US and Europe. We were lucky enough to get Jerry on our first trip to Dublin. He was absolutely hilarious and very insightful about the city. If you’re fortunate enough to get him, you’ll have a great time too. There’s a lot of stops and a lot to do around the city. It was well worth the €40 we paid for the 2 day ticket.
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Adriansz8874ee
Sep 23, 2024
Great city tour - Jerry was a great guide, 1 1/2 hours of wit and information . The bus took us to all the major sights of Dublin, did the Howth tour yesterday, which was brilliant as well
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400petrat
Sep 23, 2024
Superb tour - We had a splendid tour with our guide and driver who kept cracking jokes and delivering interesting facts about the city. 10/10 experience.
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Debbiews6925gw
Sep 22, 2024
Highly recommend - Excellent tour, good guide, very entertaining and informative. We also did the evening tour which was also worthwhile and very enjoyable.
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Docket
Sep 21, 2024
Best tour guide - Done the tour on culture night, we are from Dublin, the driver/guide Gerry was absolutely amazing, great personality and a mind of interest in very thing Dublin has to offer, would definitely recommend Gerry for the best tour guide in Dublin, Thanks Gerry
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C5356jtandresa
Sep 20, 2024
A must when in Dublin! - Amazing tour! Larry was just phenomenal, hilarious and insightful. Great experience for both tourist and locals! 10000% recommended
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Y5445aqrichardr
Sep 18, 2024
Great Tour - driver operator Jerry - Great and entertaining tour, we went on Saturday 14th Sept, at around 12pm...the tour was delayed because of an Irish parade on the street so the bus could not pick us up at the 1st stop, but the parade was entertaining and the bus arrived immediately after the last contingent in the parade passed. Maybe it was a good thing too as our guide on the bus was Jerry, his fantastic commentary mixed with facts, comedy and scarasam made the tour very entertaining, so much so, when we completed the entire tour in one go, we hopped on another bus to go for lunch and was a bit disappointing that the commentary was not as great. A definite "must do" for a great introduction to the sights of Dublin....
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Sandee3454
Sep 16, 2024
Beautiful scenery - worth the trip! - Our guide (Jerry) was great! He was very informative and made it funny, so I paid attention! He was also very personable… He would chat with us and we were by ourselves, share history and stories - he made the coastal tour special! The scenery was spectacular and well worth the time and money.
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695karlenec
Sep 9, 2024
Service and commited to help - Jerry and Pedro were an enrourmous help. We purchased Guiness storehouse tickets, which i lost. But with their help, they found the original purchased.tickets and were able to reprint them for us 1 day later. Which was amazing and u didnt think possible. Awesome service and.they went the extra mile. When rerurning they even assisted anotger couple from a different bus line to join their hop on off bus as otherwise they were strandard. Thats service. 🥰🥰🥰 awesome 100%
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