Paris Sightseeing: Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

Discover Paris at your leisure with this hop-on hop-off city sightseeing bus. Get off at the stop that captivates you the most and navigate the beautiful capital city independently using a smartphone-assisted walking tour!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Red - Classic Route (Route)

Operating Schedule: April - Sept Classic Route: 9:30am - 5pm, every 30 - 40 minutes Customers are advised to visit our website or download our app to find out more about our new health & safety measures & the most update service information. Your River cruise tickets will be provided by a Big Bus agent when boarding on…

What's Included
  • Hand sanitizer available for health and safety
  • Choose between a relaxing River Cruise or a Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour
  • Flexible 24 or 48-hour ticket for the Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour
  • Explore with a 1-hour self-guided walking tour via the Rewind app
  • Stay dry with a complimentary poncho if it rains
  • Headsets provided for clear audio on tours
  • Free Paris map, Big Bus App access, and onboard Wi-Fi
What's Not Included
  • Attraction tickets
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Les_o
Oct 3, 2024
Highly recommended! - Love the convenience of the bus and it gave us a great overview of Paris. Excellent service and they came regularly that the wait time between buses was short.
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Robert_t
Jun 4, 2024
Cost effective fun way to see and learn about Paris. - Great ride, bad traffic. Boat ride was magic. Never did the self guided walking tour. Bus was fine. Hop on hop off is easy.
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Sherrie_h
Sep 5, 2024
App issues, but great HOHO. - HOHO was great, however, the app did not work for me and it caused some issues. I reached out to customer service multiple times without success in getting the App to work. In addition, I could not download the audio, after talking to multiple passengers, they cannot download the audio either. Thankfully, the bus offered earplugs which allowed us to listen to the audio on the bus. The bus ride was actually great.
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Raewyna2022
Sep 2, 2024
Trip was good - Trip was good pity the head phones did not work on the kept side of our first bus. The driver was polite and drove well. Thank you
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169jacquelineo
May 31, 2024
Good for tourists to see a lot in a few hours - We had an ejoyable day on the Big Bus Paris Hop-on-Hop-Off Bus tour. The buses were clean. The stops schedule was prompt and on time. The musci in the audio portion of the tour was annoying so I didn't listen. At some stops, it was difficult to locate the pick-up spot/sign.
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C4935ufstevem
Jun 28, 2024
Nice easy overview of city. Audio part was poor. - We had been walking a lot so it was a pleasure sitting on the top deck on a beautiful day to get a good overview of the city. I turned off the audio half way through as it was too garbed for me to understand most of it. My wife hung in there and could understand more but we both felt the commentary was centered too much on the upcoming Paris Olympics.
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Eneyas_f
Jun 22, 2024
Couldn’t find our reservation - The tour operator couldn’t find our reservation so we couldn’t do the tour. Viator, however, did a great job refunding our money.
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Pat
Jun 29, 2024
Frustrated - Staying in London but wanted to introduce our daughter to Paris and took the train for a one day trip.. I purchased 4 tickets through Trip Advisor a couple of weeks before the trip but only got the link to get the trip voucher the day before (at hotel in London). No time or ability to print vouchers do the only choice was to try to find a Big Bus sales booth as drivers can’t use the digital form. In London, not a big deal as it’s easy to find and very visible. Not so in Paris. You have to guess where the sales booth might be, then figure out how to get there. The bus drivers don’t know or can’t understand what you are asking. We did finally spot the place late that afternoon from the taxi taking us back to the train station. I thought the bus would be a great way to get a nice overview of the city, but it was just a couple of hundred wasted dollars and a lot of frustration. Refunds only available before the day of the reservation.
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Xmmaldonado
Jun 12, 2024
Not worth it for the price. - For someone who is visiting Paris, it was difficult to find the bus stops. They are not clearly marked and this caused us to lose time. Once on the bus, the audio tour was too simple and short. I listened more to music than information about the place. The audio only said “the next stop is such and such” but I didn't know if the bus stopped because the traffic light was on red or because that was the stop to hop off. The driver should announce every stop numbered in the map and give some time to the people that is in the upper deck to walk safely on the bus. A few times we tried to hop off but, the bus started moving. This also caused a loss of time. The route does not reach the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which is very disappointing. Overall I will not take this tour again.
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Lynette_c
Jun 1, 2024
Terrible - Not sure where to complain but we could not use our paid tickets with Big Bus as instructed. We went to the Big Bus office and they said that our tickets were redeemed even though we had not used them. The agent Viator used was Rewind. I would look into this if I was Viator as we have been ripped off. The Big Bus agent let us do the bus tour for free but we had to pay again for the Seine River cruise. We would like a refund. France was not a good experience for us. We had no problems with our previous Viator bookings but we have had 2 bad experiences in France - Bookings for Versaille and Monet Gardens and then the Hop on Hop off bus and river cruise.
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up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).