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Big Bus Paris: Hop-On, Hop-Off Tour

Free Cancellation
Free cancellation 24 hours prior to the tour date
Flexible Voucher
Valid for 14 days from Travel Date
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Activity Schedule

  • When does it run?

    Daily

  • Duration

    24 or 48 hours (take your pick)

  • Start time

    Hop-On, Hop-Off Tour: 9:45am to 5:30pm, every 10 minutes.

    Cruise: 10:30am to 9pm, every 45 min (every 30 minutes on weekends)

  • Meeting Point

    Hop-On, Hop-Off: You can board the bus at any of the route's stops. The favored stops are Eiffel Tower, The LouvreChamps-Elysées, Notre-Dame, and Opéra Garnier.

    Cruise: Make your way to Pontoon No. 3, Port de la Bourdonnais (near Stop #8: Eiffel Tower)

  • Ending Point

    You can end the hop-on hop-off bus tour at any of the stops.

Key Highlights

  • Explore Paris at your own pace with this fabulous hop-on hop-off tour
  • Marvel at top attractions including the Eiffel Tower, Montmartre, the Arc de Triomphe and the Notre-Dame
  • Flexible ticket options available - Discover, Essential & Explore tickets with 24 or 48 hours validity
  • Hop on and off as many times as you want, and build your own itinerary
  • Enjoy a mesmerizing guided boat cruise on the Seine River with the Essential and Explore ticket
  • Immerse yourself in the journey with informative commentary and FREE WiFi on-board buses
  • Both printed or smartphone vouchers accepted

Overview

This hop-on, hop-off bus tour is the perfect introduction to the beautiful city of Paris. The open-top, double-decker buses provide unrestricted views of the city’s most famous sights and landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs-Élysées and the Pyramide du Louvre. Hop on and off the bus as often as you like to explore the sights, go shopping, or tuck into a baguette or two. While on-board the bus, sit back and be entertained by fascinating facts and stories with audio commentary available in multiple languages.

You can choose from three hop-on, hop-off ticket options:

Discover Ticket

  • 24-hour hop-on, hop-off ticket

Essential Ticket

  • 24-hour hop-on, hop-off ticket
  • 1-hour river cruise on the River Seine

Explore Ticket

  • 48-hour hop-on, hop-off ticket
  • 1-hour river cruise on the River Seine


Major attractions covered:

  • Eiffel Tower
  • Arc-de-Triomphe
  • Champs Elysées
  • Notre-Dame
  • Palace Saint-Michel
  • Musée d'Orsay
  • Pyramid du Louvre
  • The Louvre
  • Olympia
  • Opéra Garnier
  • Montmartre

Bateaux Parisiens Cruise (included with Essential & Explore): Enjoy a guided river cruise, showcasing the beauty of Paris from the River Seine. Admire the city's beautiful monuments and iconic bridges from a new perspective, with live-guided commentary explaining their historical and cultural significance.

Please check the Useful Downloads section for the hop-on, hop-off tour map.

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions

  • Hop-on, Hop-off bus ticket
  • Recorded commentary on bus in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian, Portuguese, Korean & Mandarin
  • 1-hour Seine River Cruise (as per option selected)
  • Recorded commentary during cruise in 14 languages
  • VOX self-guided audio tour (with Essential & Explore ticket)

Exclusions

  • Entrance to attractions

Useful downloads

Please note

Voucher information: You can show your voucher on your smartphone (But if you’d rather print a copy – that’s fine too!)
Please collect your cruise boarding pass from Big Bus staff once you redeem your Hop-on, Hop-off voucher.

Validity:

14 days from the date chosen at the time of booking

Wheelchair accessibility: Partial

Paris is a functioning city and weather, traffic and events may occasionally cause disruption.

Timings and stops are subject to change. Updated route map will be available on the bus.

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MRS ELSPETH VICARS - United Kingdom 29 Apr

We were happy with the bus service once we found the first stop that we wanted to get on at. It would have helped if there had been the addresses of the stops. Staff were...

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MEV MG G SMIT - South Africa 29 Apr

We enjoyed driving around in Paris and the receive all important information. We admire the busdrivers that is so patient in the traffic!...

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M BRADLEY - United Kingdom 27 Apr

Good Value, Easy to use...

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CM Joint - United Kingdom 27 Apr

A great way to see Paris and get of and on as the mood takes you. Good value for money, interesting commentary and friendly staff. Just hope my favourite umbrella turns up!...

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Culjeet Mann - United Kingdom 25 Apr

Ideal if you're on limited time - hop on and off at the attractions that interest you, glad I purchased tickets online in advance - cheaper than on the spot purchase. Handed...

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Ian Thomas - Canada 25 Apr

Excellent tour. Well worth the money.

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Laura Edwards - 16 Apr

Staff very helpful quick and efficient, I would use again next time we visit another city.

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Leonard Nunes - 09 Apr

Easy online purchase, quick and easy.

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