Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour of Belfast

Enjoy an open-top bus ride around Belfast's historical places of interest and main sightseeing attractions

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This experience is ideal for all travel budgets.

Family-friendly

This tour will delight the whole family.

Highlights

Choose from two different tickets offering you the chance to hop-on and hop-off at your selected destinations and travel for 24 hours or 48 hours: 

  • Soak up Belfast City on a Hop-on Hop-off Belfast Open Top Bus Tour.
  • Experience Panoramic views from an elevated position as you travel between the peace lines and visit both sides of the political divide.
  • Meet live passionate tour guides onboard ensuring you not only get the history of Belfast, but humour and tips on where to go to make the most of your time here.
  • Board the only open top bus tour which passes by all of the main sightseeing attractions, including Crumlin Road jail, and with discounts for tickets such as the Titanic Museum’s.
  • Re-board and disembark as much as you like or stay for continuous laps as you can join the tour in Belfast city centre or from any of the public bus stops along the route.

What's included

  • Full Sightseeing tour
  • Discounts: Titanic Museum, -£2.50 per ticket
  • Live guides
  • Free tour map (see below)
  • Attractions entry
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities

Prepare for the experience

Children information

  • Children under 5 years old can access free of charge.
  • Children under 16 years old must hold a ticket and be accompanied by a paying adult over 16 years old.

Accessibility information

  • Only folding wheelchairs are allowed on board the coaches.
  • Assistance dogs are permitted on board.
  • You will also be required to climb the stairs on and off the coach with assistance from your helper. Buses staff are not able to assist due to Health and Safety reasons.
  • Please contact our team before booking should you require further accessibility information regarding the experience.

Additional information

  • The ticket is valid for 24 or 48 hours from the moment you board the bus. 

  • Please dress appropriately, keep in mind the weather in Belfast can be cold at any time of the year: comfortable shoes and warm clothing.

  • Multiligual audio guide available is six languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Chinese.

Guests can use their Belfast Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tours tickets at any time during opening hours.

  • Duration: 75-90 minutes.
  • Anytime ticket holders should arrive at least 30 minutes before their chosen timeslot at peak times.
  • If the last timeslot of the day is full, the ticket’s provider will honour the ticket for the following day.

The regular operating times of the tours are the following: 

  • Winter Season - October - March

    • Daily: Buses run every 20 minutes. First bus: 10:00 am. Last Tour 3:00 pm.
  • Summer Season - April - September
    • Daily: Buses run every 20 minutes. First bus: 10:00 am. Last Tour 4:30 pm.

Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour of Belfast route stops:

  1. Start point: Donegall Square West-Side City Hall
  2. SSE Arena - Odyssey, W5 Discovery, Cinema, Bowling
  3. Titanic Quarter - Premier Inn
  4. HMS Caroline - Titanic Dock, Green Light - Maritime Mile
  5. Titanic Belfast - Titanic Visitor Experience, SS Nomadic
  6. St. George’s Market - Market Days - Friday, Saturday and Sunday
  7. Great Victoria Street Belfast - Crown Bar, Europa Hotel, Grand Opera House
  8. Dublin Road - Golden Mile, Etap Hotel
  9. Shaftesbury Square, Lavery’s Bar, Sandy Row
  10. Queens - University Road - Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Tropical Hot House
  11. Eglantine Avenue - International Football Stadium, Lisburn Road Shopping
  12. Culturlann McAdam O’Fiaich - Art Gallery, Bookshop and Gifts
  13. Falls Road Belfast - Memorial Garden, Bobby Sands Mural
  14. International Wall - Peace Wall Belfast, St Peter’s Cathedral
  15. Peace Wall - Sign The Famous Wall
  16. Spectrum Centre - Shankill Road - Murals History
  17. Remembrance Garden - Shankill Road
  18. Crumlin Road Jail House
  19. Clifton House - Donegall Street - Cathedral Quarter - St Anne’s Cathedral - Royal Avenue
  20. End point: Tour now returns to stop 1 - Donegall Square West Beside - Belfast City Hall

Departure point

Join/Disembark at any public bus stop along the route.

  • Start/End point:  City Tours Belfast, Donegall Square W, Belfast BT1 1GA, Northern Ireland.

  • Nearest train station: Belfast..

Route stops:

  1. Donegall Square West-Side City Hall
  2. SSE Arena - Odyssey, W5 Discovery, Cinema, Bowling
  3. Titanic Quarter - Premier Inn
  4. HMS Caroline - Titanic Dock, Green Light - Maritime Mile
  5. Titanic Belfast - Titanic Visitor Experience, SS Nomadic
  6. St. George’s Market - Market Days - Friday, Saturday and Sunday
  7. Great Victoria Street Belfast - Crown Bar, Europa Hotel, Grand Opera House
  8. Dublin Road - Golden Mile, Etap Hotel
  9. Shaftesbury Square, Lavery’s Bar, Sandy Row
  10. Queens - University Road - Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Tropical Hot House
  11. Eglantine Avenue - International Football Stadium, Lisburn Road Shopping
  12. Culturlann McAdam O’Fiaich - Art Gallery, Bookshop and Gifts
  13. Falls Road Belfast - Memorial Garden, Bobby Sands Mural
  14. International Wall - Peace Wall Belfast, St Peter’s Cathedral
  15. Peace Wall - Sign The Famous Wall
  16. Spectrum Centre - Shankill Road - Murals History
  17. Remembrance Garden - Shankill Road
  18. Crumlin Road Jail House
  19. Clifton House - Donegall Street - Cathedral Quarter - St Anne’s Cathedral - Royal Avenue
  20. Tour Now Returns To Stop 1 - Donegall Square West Beside - Belfast City Hall

Supplier information

This product is sold by VisitBritain Shop and provided by City Tours Belfast.

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€24.00

Upon booking you will receive instantly an order confirmation via email from VisitBritain and a second email including a QR code. You can download it to your mobile phone or print it out to show when attending the tour.

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