Edinburgh Bus Tours

Majestic Bus Tour

The Majestic Tour is the only official bus tour in Edinburgh to go to the Royal Yacht Britannia and the Royal Botanical Gardens. The Majestic Tour also uses 50s vintage buses panted half blue, half yellow. This is different from the more popular City Sightseeing Tour.

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The name of the bus tour reflects the character of the itinerary. The Majestic bus tour takes in the three major Royal attractions in Edinburgh: Royal Yacht Britannia, Royal Botanical Gardens and Holyrood Palace, the Queen's official residence in Edinburgh.

Highlights of the City Sightseeing Edinburgh tour

The tour starts from Waverley Bridge and unlike other bus tours, avoids Princes Street, Edinburgh's main street. The Majestic bus tour takes you straight to the New Town via St. Andrew's Square, and then past the Water of Leith to the Botanical Gardens.

The Majestic Tour continues to Newhaven and then to Leith for the Royal Yacht Britannia. You can have lunch or do some shopping at the Ocean Terminal and then hop back on the bus.

The return leg of the Majestic Tour takes in Leith Walk, Holyrood Palace and the lower half of the Royal Mile before coming to an end in Edinburgh City Centre.

Tour details

The Majestic bus tour is an all-year round bus tour and departs Waverly Bridge every 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.

See the links below for more information on Edinburgh's Majestic bus tour and other tours in Edinburgh.

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

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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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