Edinburgh Bus Tours

City Sightseeing Bus Tour

City Sightseeing Edinburgh bus tour, also known as the 'seven languages tour' is by far the most popular of the four local bus tours.

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The distinctive red and colourful double-decker buses can be seen all over the city and many tourists on a short trip to Edinburgh use it to see as many attractions in as little time as possible.

Highlights of the City Sightseeing Edinburgh tour

This bus tour covers the best attractions and landmarks in Edinburgh. The tour starts from Waverley Bridge and takes you along Princes Street -- look left for great views of Edinburgh Castle -- and then to the Old Town.

Greyfriars Bobby is just one of the popular tourist attractions in Edinburgh Old Town but there are many others you will see on the Royal Mile that are included in the tour. The bus then goes to Holyrood Palace and then back to the New Town past the department store, Jenners.

Tour details

City Sightseeing Edinburgh is an all-year round bus tour and departs Waverly Bridge every 15-30 minutes. Tickets are valid for 24 hours so you can hop-on and off to explore attractions at your leisure. The tour ticket also offers discounts to various attractions in Edinburgh, including its most famous one -- Edinburgh Castle.

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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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