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The Royal Edinburgh Ticket - Bus & Attraction Combo!
Activity Schedule
Key Highlights
- Access to three bus tours and top three attractions - you have got the city covered!
- Discover Edinburgh's Royal heritage and save up to 20% on individual tickets
- Marvel at the breathtaking residence of Her Majesty the Queen, Palace of Holyroodhouse
- Admire The Queen’s former floating palace, the Royal Yacht Britannia
- Explore the spectacular Edinburgh Castle
- Tickets are usable within 6 months from the date of purchase
- Special Horrible Histories commentary for kids narrated by Terry Deary on the City Sightseeing Tour
- Both printed and smartphone vouchers accepted!
Overview
One Edinburgh ticket is all you need to get the most out of your visit to the Old Smoky! The Royal Edinburgh Ticket treats you to a 48-hour hop-on hop-off bus tour across three services as well as admissions to three of the best Scottish attractions - Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Yacht Britannia and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. This is truly your all-access pass to explore the splendours of Scotland's capital city and experience its magnificent royal attractions. Not to mention, you can save over 20% when compared to the total cost of tickets when bought separately.
HOP-ON HOP-OFF BUS TOUR
The hop-on hop-off bus ticket allows you 48 hours of unlimited travel on three bus routes – Regal Tour, The Edinburgh Tour and City Sightseeing Tour, covering the length and breadth of the city. The routes are interchangeable, giving you even more flexibility to travel around the city with minimal hassles. You can additionally listen in on immersive commentary across all the routes, either through headphones or from a live guide.
Some of the stops covered
- Royal Botanic Garden
- Royal Mile
- Edinburgh Castle
- Palace of Holyroodhouse
- The Royal Yacht Britannia
ATTRACTION TICKETS INCLUDED
EDINBURGH CASTLE
One of the most beautiful castles in the world, the Edinburgh Castle is a truly magnificent sight to behold. With our guaranteed entry, you can dig into spectacular views across the capital, browse through the nation’s Crown Jewels, including the Stone of Destiny, witness the breathtaking One o’ Clock Gun - the famous time signal firing since 1861 as well as traverse through the oldest building in Edinburgh.
ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA
Follow in the footsteps of Royalty and discover The Queen’s former floating palace at the magnificent Royal Yacht Britannia. With a fascinating audio tour available in 30 languages, you can discover how the Royal Family and their 220-member crew lived, relax and enjoy waiter service in the Royal Deck Tea Room.
PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE
Discover His Majesty the king's official residence in Scotland - the Palace of Holyroodhouse - with our guaranteed entry. Lose yourself to the unmistakable grandeur of the Palace as you wander around the State State Apartments used by the Royal Family, the historic chambers of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the romantic ruins of Holyrood Abbey. There’s audio commentary available in 9 languages to keep your engaged.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Inclusions
- 48 hours Hop-On, Hop-Off Ticket
- 3 Hop-On, Hop-Off bus tours (Edinburgh Tour, Regal Tour & City Sightseeing)
- Entry to Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and the Royal Yacht Britannia
- Live Guide on the Edinburgh Tour route
- Audio commentary in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese on all routes
Exclusions
- Entrance to attractions, unless specified
Please note
Voucher information: You can show your voucher on your smartphone (But if you’d rather print a copy – that’s fine too!)
Wheelchair accessibility: Yes (please check accessibility guidelines for attractions)
Tickets are valid for 6 months from the date of purchase, with their 24 or 48 hour validity activated when your confirmation is scanned by a member of staff.
Edinburgh is a functioning city and weather, traffic and events may occasionally cause disruption. Times and stops are subject to change.
The operator will reserve your timed entry ticket to Edinburgh Castle when you exchange your voucher. The other two attractions can be visited at any time within the 48 hours – this can stretch over 3 days if started midday day 1 – valid until midday day 3.
Edinburgh Castle is open seven days a week.
Palace of Holyroodhouse is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week from October – June inclusive. There will also be Royal closures if The King is visiting (no alternative offered to Royal Edinburgh Ticket holders). Head in with your Royal Edinburgh Ticket – no prebooking required. Palace of Holyroodhouse is open 7 days July-September.
The Royal Yacht Britannia is open 7 days. Head in with your Royal Edinburgh Ticket – no prebooking required.
Customer Reviews
We booked 48 Hrs Edinburgh Royal Ticket and the gentleman at counter informed us that it is actually absolute 48 Hrs. On arriving afternoon at Edinburgh, we activated the trip...
It was Worth the money Thanks
The pass was a great way to see the highlights of Edinburgh
We purchased this on line before holiday and the voucher was exchanged easily for our tickets. It was good not having to queue for tickets especially at Edinburgh Castle where...
A very good service which enabled us to reach all our chosen destinations easily. The ability to use the different tour buses to reach different locations was extremely us...
Great value ticket for all the major attractions and bus tours.
We had a few days in Edinburgh for a birthday and had an absolutely brilliant time,packed so much in and this ticket was a great way of getting about and very good value for...
We brought our Chinese work colleagues through to Edinburgh from Glasgow to see our capital city. The organised tour covered all the main attractions that we could never have...
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