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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, Russian & 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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Martin Haefliger - Switzerland 12 Jul

Everything worked perfectly. Enough busses, very good information on the bus....

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mrs. e roman - United Kingdom 11 Jul

Lovely time spend in Paris ! The hop on hop off bus was a amazing choice and helped us to see most of the wanderful sites of Paris!...

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Mr Peter Whelan - United Kingdom 11 Jul

Superb way to see the major sights in Paris with the flexibility of being able to Hop on and Hop off!!...

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GRANT A TROXELL - United States 11 Jul

This was the first thing we did in Paris, to get an overview. Some of us had been before, but this was a quick, comfortable and easy way to see the tourist hightlights. The...

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Brittany Monnier - United States 10 Jul

We had a wonderful time on the Hop on Hop off tour of Paris. It was the highlight of our trip! We saw all of the great sites of Paris and had great information given to us in the...

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