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Open Top Bus Tour: Discover City's History & Culture
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189 Ratings
Cork
Discover Cork’s history and culture on an open-top bus tour. Capture Instagram-worthy photos and enjoy a fun family adventure.
Discover Cork’s history and culture on an open-top bus tour. Capture Instagram-worthy photos and enjoy a fun family adventure.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- The English Market - Enclosed market, long tradition of fine foods and wines that are on offer from over 40 traders.
- Cork City Gaol - Step back in time to see what the 19th/early 20th century was like in Cork both inside and outside the prison walls.
- St. Anne’s Church - Shandon is a district in Cork city noted for the world-famous…
- The English Market - Enclosed market, long tradition of fine foods and wines that are on offer from over 40 traders.
- Cork City Gaol - Step back in time to see what the 19th/early 20th century was like in Cork both inside and outside the prison walls.
- St. Anne’s Church - Shandon is a district in Cork city noted for the world-famous Shandon Bells that you can ring when you hop off at this stop.
- University College Cork (UCC) - University College Cork was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges located in Belfast, Cork, and Galway. Full of many interesting buildings and features you can wander around the campus or take a guided audio tour.
- Crawford Art Gallery - The gallery’s collection comprises of almost 4,000 works, ranging from eighteenth-century Irish and European painting and sculpture.
What's Included
- Open Top Bus
- Open Top Bus
What's Not Included
- Local Attraction Entry
- Local Attraction Entry
Additional Information
Purchase your ticket on board (cash/card accepted) or online in advance (recommended).
The Recorded Tour commentary is in English and offers an informative and enjoyable way to learn about the city’s history, architecture, and culture.
Capture amazing Instagram-worthy photos from the upper deck.
A fantastic family activity with the thrill of an open-top bus.
Purchase your ticket on board (cash/card accepted) or online in advance (recommended).
The Recorded Tour commentary is in English and offers an informative and enjoyable way to learn about the city’s history, architecture, and culture.
Capture amazing Instagram-worthy photos from the upper deck.
A fantastic family activity with the thrill of an open-top bus.
Location
Grand Parade
You can board our City Sightseeing Tour at the bus stop on the pavement outside Cork City Library. Our logo is displayed on the bus stop shelter.
First departure 9.30am. Please ask driver for last departure as this can change.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(189 Ratings)
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Charity_p
Oct 6, 2025
Best bus driver! - We had the absolute best time with our sassy bus driver. She gave a great tour. Would highly recommend!
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758abidaa
Sep 7, 2025
Excellent - It was great experience of seeing a Cork city hop on bus guide was really knowledgeable and detailed about each place thankyou
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Amy
Sep 1, 2025
Fabulous Tour of Cork - Loved this Hop on Hop off in Cork! We saw so much and got great photos and information from the driver / guide. Great overview of the city when you’re not in town for long. Highly recommend this!
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Kentrichardson
Aug 26, 2025
Cork via hop on hop off - Beautiful route and great driver. We asked for recommendations for a fun pub and she sent us to perfect pub with local patrons who were quite friendly.
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Ea
Oct 1, 2025
Our driver was hysterical! We enjoyed the history of Cork! - We enjoyed the tour and the information provided. We loved our driver. She was friendly and very amusing. Al’s she answered questions as well.
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Edmond
Sep 9, 2025
Not impressed - Not that impressed with this hop on, hope off experience. All the buses seemed to run at different times to the timetables. They don't actually go to all the stops so there is a lot of walking involved anyway. In retrospective we wouldn't have booked it.
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Solosightseer
Sep 29, 2025
UGH to Cork City....not a scenic environment, so the bus tour is simply not warranted! : ( - Alas...while I'm a HUGE fan of these hop-on/hop-off bus tours (incl. ones I've recently taken in London, Bath, Oxford, and also Seville, Spain), Cork City itself simply doesn't warrant one -- it is a decidedly UNscenic place, with only a limited number of stops. I brought my camera as always as it has a high-speed feature that has captured gorgeous pics from the bus windows on those earlier tours -- but there was Nothing I wanted to photograph in Cork City...Nothing! It's not the bus company's fault. Just was Hugely disappointed and consider this recent birthday outing to have been disappointing plus a total waste of time/money. I mistakenly assumed Cork City would have charm similar to Dublin....boy, was I way Wrong!! : (
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S4072etjudym
Sep 19, 2025
Bus timing intervals much too long - Found that the times were too long between pickups (45 minutes). If you happened to be just over 45 minutes at a certain sight, you had a long wait for the next bus.
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U2747lccm
Oct 5, 2025
Hop on, 'P' off tour, Cork - Date and time: 12.30 tour, Sunday 5th, We arrived 10 minutes in advance to try for the Cork City Tour, unfortunately the bus was full and that's ok, we were ready to wait for the 2pm bus.
However when closing the doors the driver made a snarky comment about how we 'should have arrived earlier in the morning' after we accepted that the bus was full.
Her rude comment and tone put us off of attending the 2.pm which is a shame because we really enjoy tours like this.
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Lillian_j
Sep 13, 2025
Overcrowded ignored dissatisfied - We arrived by train to Cork station. There is a stop outside the train station. We waited past the scheduled 10:25 arrival time only to have the first bus drive right past us. There were seats available on the bus. We took a taxi to the first stop. There was a line. We barely made it onto this bus with standing room only. This driver stopped at the train station stop. We hopped off after four stops and walked to our other activity. We passed by the first stop during our walking tour. There was an entire bus full of people waiting to board and already full bus. There were not enough buses running to accommodate the demand. We will not be taking the hop on hop buses in future.
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