Barcelona hop on hop off buses

[lasnev]

Wanting to do the ho ho bus in Barcelona but struggling on which one to pick. Any experience with either Barcelona City Tour Bus or Barcelona Bus Turistic?

 

Thanks You!

[Harters]

Both run basically the same routes and charge the same prices. We used the Turistic a couple of weeks back - only because we came to them first in Plaza Catalunya. It was fine.  We treated it as a city sightseeing tour for a couple of hours, only hopping off at the Miro Museum (but then we've been to Barcelona for long weekends before, so know the main sights).

[mskaufman]

We have used Turistic multiple times and they are good.

[Shalandara]

About how long is the entire route for the HOHO?  A suggestion I had from another forum/thread was to do the HOHO the day we landed in Barcelona (after dropping off bags at the Hotel) and just ride the entire circuit to get a feel for the city (and recover from the airplane flights).  Then the next day do the more in-depth tourist stuff for the specific things we want to see/do.  Now it is looking like flights are getting in mid-afternoon instead of around noon -- so not certain if we will have enough time to do a full circuit ride or not.

[mskaufman]

Bus Turistic has two routes.  Last year we spent several hours using a combined route.

[Harters]

On 7/22/2023 at 2:27 AM, Shalandara said:

About how long is the entire route for the HOHO?

A couple of hours or so for each of the two routes

[TwistedB]

Is there a charge for these buses? And if you hop off at a point of interest, how long usually until one comes the opposite direction to take you back? We won't have a ton of time but would still like to see a LITTLE before boarding the ship 🙂

[Harters]

Yes, there's a charge. Different options with different prices, so check out their websites to see what suits for you. The most basic (just the bus) is €29.70.

 

They run in a circular route, rather than in two directions. So, once you've hopped off, go back to the bus stop and wait for one to come along. They run at 15 - 20 minute intervals and, as I mentioned earlier, the circuit takes a couple of hours.