TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
25 stops covering all of Dublin's most-loved attractions
Panoramic Night Tour included with a 48 hour ticket
Live English-language guides on most buses
Multi-lingual audio guides available
Kids Go Free: 1 x free child ticket with each adult ticket purchased
Free walking tour included (prebooking required, ask your driver)
TOUR OVERVIEW
Book a Wild Rover Tour and save 20% on Dublin Hop-On Hop-Off Tours.
Wild Rover Tours has partnered with Big Bus to make exploring Dublin even easier. When you book any Wild Rover Tour, you’ll receive 20% off your Big Bus Hop-On Hop-Off ticket. Purchase your voucher online after adding your Wild Rover Tour to the basket, then simply exchange it for your ticket at either the Big Bus or Wild Rover Tours office. You’ll be ready to see the best of Dublin at your own pace.
The Big Bus Hop-On Hop-Off Red Route features 25 stops across the city, from Kilmainham Gaol to College Green, giving you the freedom to experience Dublin’s top attractions at your leisure. Whether you choose to stay on board for the full panoramic loop or hop off to visit landmarks like the Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College, Dublin Castle, or St. Patrick’s Cathedral, you’ll enjoy a flexible and engaging way to see the city. With live guides and multilingual audio commentary available, Big Bus offers an easy and entertaining way to discover the sights, stories, and sounds of Ireland’s capital.
Itinerary
A Hop-on hop-off tour is the best way to see Dublin. Tickets are valid for 24 or 48 hours from first use. For example: if you activate your 48 hour ticket at 2 PM on Monday, you'll be able to use it until 2 PM on Wednesday!
Dublin city centre pick up
There are multiple convienent pick-up points all through Dublin City. Please see the Tour Itinerary section of this page for more details.
Hop-on Hop-off Red Line
First tour departs at 08:45am from Stop #1 (13 Upper O'Connell Street), last full-circuit tour departs from there at 17:30. Bus Frequency: 20–30 minutes
The Big Bus Dublin Hop-On Hop-Off Tour features 25 stops across the city, connecting visitors with Dublin’s most popular attractions and historic landmarks. Travel from Kilmainham Gaol to College Green, passing highlights such as the Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College and the Book of Kells, Dublin Castle, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, to name a few.
Enjoy the full panoramic route or hop off to explore at your own pace. Most buses include live English-speaking guides as well as multilingual audio commentary available in 7 languages. You may join the tour at any stop and reboard as often as you wish within the validity period of your ticket, offering a flexible way to explore Dublin’s top sights and local neighbourhoods.
Important Schedule Notification
The date you select when booking on this website is for voucher purchase only. The voucher you will receive by email is NOT your ticket. Tickets will be handed out at the locations below. No need to print the voucher, the digital version on your phone works too.
Option 1
Wild Rover Tours Office. Address: Unit 3 Drury Hall, Stephen Street Lower, D02RW74, Dublin.
Option 2:
Big Bus Tours Office, 26 Bachelor's Walk, North City, D01 A9P2, Dublin.
After this, you can get on and off at any stop.
Tour Information
pricing
Discover Ticket (24 hours)
€37.00
Essential ticket (48 hours)
€44.00
Availability
Tours operate all-year round. Live tours are provided in English only, with guidesstationed on all buses. Mult-lingual audio guides are in place on most Dublin hop-on, hop-off buses. Available languages are: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Cantonese and Russian.
Big Bus does not operate 21-25 December, and 17 March.
Duration
Full loop hop-on hop-off tour: 1 hour 50 minutes.
Pick-Up and Arrival
The tour pick up and arrival points are in Dublin city centre. Details in the itinerary
What's Included
- Entertaining Live Guide (English) on most buses
- A ticket valid for 24 or 48 hours from the moment you first get on the bus
- The 48 hour ticket includes a 1-hour panoramic Dublin Night Tour. (Night Tours depart from Stop #1 at 7:00pm with a second departure at 8:30pm. The Night Tour duration is 1 hour.
- Yellow Umbrella Walking Tour of Dublin incuded. Tours commence from the SPIRE on O'Connell Street at 10 AM, 11 AM, and 2 PM. Please note that pre-booking is required, you can do this by scanning the QR code displayed on all Big Bus buses and in their shops.
- One child (5-15) goes free for every Adult Ticket
Not Included
- Entry fees to attractions
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pick-up or drop-off
- Gratuities (optional)
The Vehicle
- All vehicles are wheelchair accesible
- The tour uses double-deck buses
- Many of the buses are open-top (or at least have an open-top variant)
- Free Wi-Fi is available onboard.
Why Choose this Tour
Reviewed the number 1 tour company in Ireland every year between 2014 and 2023 with multi-year awards every year across Europe and rest of the world. Most recently reviewed as the best tour company in Northern Europe 2023.
We are the only operator to employ a separate driver and guide on all tours.
We guarantee the maximum time at featured attractions. For example, 2hrs 15mins in Belfast and 2hrs 15mins at the Giant’s Causeway
We do not accept 'soft commission', meaning no time-wasting or low-interest stops for our customers.
Comfort breaks are built into the itinerary of the day.
Wild Rover Tours has the newest fleet of vehicles with unlimited 4G wifi on board.
We guarantee you the very best of customer service at all times. Once our customer you are always our valued customer.
