Edinburgh Bus Tours

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Online booking for the City Sightseeing Bus Tour

Contact details

Edinburgh Bus Tours,
Tel: +44 0131 220 0770,
Official website: Edinburgh Bus Tour

Daily tour times (summer)

Edinburgh's bus tours run every 20-30 minutes so you don't have to wait for long to hop on. The first tour starts at around 9.30am and the last tour starts at around 5-6pm, depending on the season. They last for approximately 1 hour.

Tickets

Tickets can be bought from the drivers at any stop on route, from Waverley Bridge or online, in advance. The prices are the same for all four tours:

Adult ticket: £8.50
Concessionary ticket: £7.50
Child ticket: £2.50
Family ticket: £19.50

An Edinburgh Pass or a Royal Edinburgh Ticket also includes unlimited travel on all tour buses.

Directions

All tour buses leave from Waverley Bridge, opposite Edinburgh's train station.

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Edinburgh Travel Essentials

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Picture of Arthur's Seat under stormy skies seen from Blackford Hill in Edinburgh. Photo #G8150

Photograph of the Holy Trinity Church on Dean Bridge, Edinburgh. Photo #G6091

Edinburgh Old Town panorama with part of the Castle, North Bridge and Waverley Train Station seen from the top of Nelson's Monument on Calton Hill. Photo #G7995

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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