Big Bus New York Hop-On Hop-Off Open Top Tour

Overview

Hop on and hop off around New York City with an open-top Big Bus tour, and visit NYC attractions at your own pace. Travel with ease by double-decker bus past world-famous landmarks including the Empire State Building, Times Square, Rockefeller Center and Central Park. With your Classic ticket, ride the bus loops around Manhattan as you learn about the city's history from your engaging guide.

City: New York City

Tue 24 Dec

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Starting at $53.99

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Tue 24 Dec

Starting at $53.99

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What's Included

Hop-on hop-off, open-top, sightseeing bus tour

2 Routes - Uptown (red route) and Downtown (blue route)

Audio-guide in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and German

1-hr free bike rental with a purchase of 1-hr from Unlimited Biking

Live bus tracking through Big Bus app

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
24 Hour - Classic tickets will be valid for same day use. Tickets with multiple days must be used consecutively.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (1000)

beckykh

Sep 2019

We purchased the 3 day tour along with the Liberty boat ride. We wish we could remember our tour guides name that was the Green Line to Harlem. He was great. Also great was Marcie and Bernie. Unfortunately we had a guide on the Red Line that was so rude and honestly scary. He wouldn't give his name and when we left the tip jar had 1.00 which was too much. He was a guy with a NY accent in his 50s wearing a safari hat. It's too bad because we loved everything about this company except him.

Carl K

Sep 2019

My mom and I had such a great tour and learned so much about NYC thanks to our host, Kevin S! We also got tickets to the Wax Museum

KristyP946

Sep 2019

For our first time in NYC, we decided to take the Hop On/Hop Off tour to help us navigate the city more easily and shows us to the more popular sites and I am glad we did. We choose Big Bus, over the competitors, because it was offered through our hotel. For the most part, it was really good. We ended up buying the 3 Day Pass as we were there for the whole weekend and this allowed us to see most of what we were looking to see easily, as most of the stops were relatively close to most of the major attractions. We took the Night Tour, which brought us through Time Square, down to Lower Manhattan and over the Manhattan Bridge, so you can see the Brooklyn Bridge at night. The next day, we decided to go to Lower Manhattan (Red Line) and check out the places down there. This is where we ran into some problems. At NO fault of Big Bus, there was a huge protest going on through the street of Lower Manhattan which finished off at Battery Park. The Bus was unable to get to those stops (Stop 11 and Stop 12) but let us off as close to the 9/11 Memorial as it could. We were informed by our guide that the other buses may not be able to get to this area but should be able to get to Stop 11 as the protest winds down. If we wanted to leave the area sooner, he suggested to take the subway back and gave us the train number to get back. Because we are really unfamiliar with the subway system, we decided to hang out until the buses started to run again, several hours later. As we waited at Stop 11, we saw many Grey Line buses and a few Top View buses drive past, so we waited... and waited. I spoke with a Grey Line rep and they suggested that we wait at the next stop (Stop 12) as that one was a little easier to get to. So we walked down to that stop and waited. We saw many Grey Line buses and a few Top View buses go past, so we waited... and waited... and waited. We decided to take the subway back as it didn't look like any of the Big Buses were running. As I mentioned, we are unfamiliar with the subway but since our guide told us which train to take back, how bad could it be. The train he told us did not exist. He gave us a numbered train and all the train lines were letters. Not impressed at all, we decided to cab it back up to Midtown. Our next day, we took the Uptown Tour (Blue Line). This took is to Central Park. Again, there were detours on the route due to events, but we were informed ahead of time and that is of no fault to the tour company. This was a good tour as you got to see how the other half lives :) After that tour, we hopped back on the Red Line to go to Little Italy (best pizza places in NYC!!!). When we went to come back, we stood in the line for our bus. As the buses came down, it appeared that there were 2-3 Grey Line buses for every Big Bus running. The guides, for the most part, were very knowledgeable and entertaining.Our last guide we had, not so much. He did know the area but seemed to rambled on about nothing to fill in some time. He was slagging off some of the other bus companies (who seemed to be engaging friendly with his guests and the other bus company guests as they were passing by), as well as some of his own guides (he even told us to get off the bus a wait for the next bus if the guide got to religious or political). Overall, this tour was pretty good and I do suggest taking a Hop On / Hop Off tour while you are in NYC. If you are short on time for the day, look into Grey Line as they seem have more buses running (and you only ever saw people on the top of the bus, never on the lower level).