Germany · HOP-ON HOP-OFF BUS TOURS IN BERLIN
A short trip has room for two or three of these. Below: 13 hop-on hop-off bus tours in Berlin, what each costs, how long it runs and the one thing to know before you commit.
Review of Berlin’s $22 hop-on hop-off bus tour, with live English and German commentary, major sights, practical tips, and honest drawbacks.
“Our guide steffi was phenomenal, she combined history with her own personal experiences, which was very refreshing! True berlin experience! Great that we had a live guide and not an audio guide.”
See Berlin’s key sights by open-top bus, with two routes, multilingual audio, WiFi, and flexible 24 or 48-hour hop-on hop-off tickets.
“Several audio ports did not work and there was no windshield wiper on the top deck...it was raining so hard to see or get good photos”
Review of Berlin’s hop-on hop-off bus, boat, walking, and evening tour options, with route details, value advice, stops, and practical tips.
“Clean, air conditioned with courteous personnel, the coach ride was informative. The audio was clear.”
See Berlin’s top sights from east to west on a flexible hop-on hop-off bus tour with multilingual audio, WiFi, and easy stops.
“Excellent trip to get the essential of the eastern side of Berlin.”
Review of Berlin’s hop-on hop-off bus with optional Spree cruise, covering major sights, route tips, value, audio guides, and common drawbacks.
“First 3 busses said this wasn't theirs. Thought the cruise was included all I all a waste only used once.”
Review of Berlin’s City Sightseeing hop-on hop-off bus, with route details, practical tips, audio quality, timing, value, and who should book.
“Horrible service, waited at virtually every stop for 5-15 minutes. Would not do that again and would not recommend this bus line at all. Wasted day!”
Review of Potsdam’s 1-day hop-on hop-off bus tour, covering Sanssouci, the Dutch Quarter, live guides, stops, timing, and value.
Review of Big Bus Berlin’s hop-on hop-off tour, two routes, live bus tracking, currywurst, walking tour, price, stops, and practical tips.
“Night tour repeats some of standard bus tour and you don’t get off the bus. Also, bus starts around 9:30 or 10 and ends early like 4-4:30”
Review of Berlin’s hop-on hop-off bus and optional Spree cruise, with route details, practical tips, value advice, and stop-by-stop guidance.
“Little bit concerned when we arrived at the pick up point as the attendant said that he didn’t recognise the ticket as it was booked through a third party. He had to speak to a colleague to confirm that we were ok to get on the bus to begin our journey.”
See Berlin by open-top bus and Spree boat, with live English and German commentary, flexible stops, and practical tips for a $55 ticket.
“Information about start and end times for bus was confusing. First we were told that our tour started at 11am. It turned out that the buses start at 9.45 but if you are wanting to take the boat trip without any stops in between you would need to be getting the 11am bus from stop 1 for the first available boat. Also buses stop at 5pm and we assumed that would be 5pm at stop 1 but it seems that it is 5pm at stop 10 so much earlier at stop 1. We had to miss our planned stop at Victory Tower as we were told that we were currently…”
Review of the Potsdam hop-on hop-off bus, including palace stops, timing, audio commentary, value, drawbacks, and practical tips.
“we see up & close the historical landmarks thru riding the city bus tour. Seeing the entire Berlin comfortably.”
Review of Berlin’s hop-on hop-off bus and Icebar combo, including routes, stops, drinks, timing, price, and practical booking advice.
“great hop on hop off bus. stayed on for full 2 hours and saw all the sights on the red route, then later did the 40 min blue route. ice bar was really good, one lovely cocktail and two ice shots. Great value combo ticket.”
Review of Berlin’s hop-on hop-off bus and Icebar combo, with route details, value advice, practical tips, and honest drawbacks.
“Bus tour is just a couple of hours in busy traffic, nice enough but wouldn’t recommend it as you have a lot of restricted views of things for much of the route Ice Bar was a great laugh and well worth a visit”
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