Barcelona Sightseeing Buses
Hop On Hop Off Tours Of The City
The Barcelona Sightseeing Buses offering Hop On Hop Off Tours that can be completed over one or two days with various routes and accompanying audio guide are a perfect introduction to the city.
In fact there are two Sightseeing Buses that offer Hop On Hop Off Tours of the City and the truth is there is very little to choose between them.
The Bus Turístic is run by the Barcelona public transport company, TMB, whilst the Barcelona City Tour is run by Julià Travel.
Both the Bus Turístic and the Barcelona City Tour offer sightseeing tours of Barcelona in open-top double-decker buses with an audio guide in various different languages and are very similarly priced.
There are various routes to choose from and the real advantage of both Hop On Hop Off Tours is that you can see the city at your own pace.
- Click Here To Book Your Tickets For The Bus Turístic
- Click Here To Book Your Tickets For Barcelona City Tour
Both the main lines of the Bus Turístic and Barcelona City Tours cover similar routes starting at Plaça Catalunya and taking in major sights such as Barcelona Cathedral, La Sagrada Familia or FC Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium.
Depending on the route, you'll also take the Mountain of Montjuïc as well as the Port of Barcelona and the Barcelona
City Beaches at La Barceloneta and Port Olímpic.
These major routes all take around two hours to complete and can be approached in different ways.
Firstly, you can just sit on the bus, take the complete sightseeing tour and listen to the audio guide explanations.
This
is a great introduction to Barcelona and I'm sure the trips will give
you plenty of ideas about things to see and do during the rest of your
stay.
Alternatively, you can study the routes offered by the
Barcelona Sightseeing Buses before you take the the Hop On Hop Off Tour
and then do just that.
If you already know what you want to
visit, you can hop off at a particular sight, spend some visiting or
even just have a walk around or a drink and something to eat and then
hop back on again when you're ready to continue your trip.
Why Book Your Barcelona Sightseeing Bus Ticket In Advance?
I live in the Eixample and so I walk past the Hop On Hop Off Bus Tickets booths very regularly on my way to give my own A Walk Down The Ramblas Guided Tour.
Out of season the queues are not too bad but during the summer months or busy weekends such as Easter or La Mercè Festival, the lines are enormous.
I really pity those poor people having to wait for so long and I'm sure some of the pleasure is taken out of the trip before you get on the sightseeing bus.
Obviously, if you book your ticket online, you'll be saved all this hassle.
Barcelona Bus Turístic
The Bus Turístic is the original Hop On Hop Off Sighseeing bus and has been going over 25 years now.
It's also the official Barcelona Sighseeing Bus as it's run by the Barcelona Transport Company - TMB.
It offers two routes throughout the whole year and the first bus of both lines leaves Plaça Catalunya between 9 and 9.30am depending on the season and then with a frequency of between 5 and 25 minutes until 7pm in winter and 8pm in summer.
The red route covers the city centre more or less whilst the blue route goes up the hill and takes in important sights such as the Sagrada Familia, Park Güell and FC Barcelona's Camo Nou Stadium.
Between April 1st and November 1st, there's also a green line, which takes about 40 minutes and is basically the beach run.
Barcelona City Tours
The Barcelona Public Transport company, TMB put up a major fight when Julià Tours launched their own Hop On Hop Off Barcelona Sighseeing Bus, which ended in court.
However, the competition has been good for both services as the buses have been modernised and more care is taken over customer service.
As a private operator competing with the public transport company, Julià Tours have to provide something special and by all accounts Barcelona City Tours are truly excellent.
They also offer two routes - an East Route and a West Route, which join up at Plaça Catalunya and along Passeig de Gràcia.
The Barcelona City Tours Summer Special is a Walking Tour of Gaudí's fabulous Park Güell at 12.30 between April and November at an additional cost.
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