HOHO bus questions

[les20]

We are traveling through Ireland and Scotland, Dublin, ivergordon, waterford,belfast, edinburg,ayr and troon. Which cities are good for hop/on-off busses vs walking. Any other suggestions since we don't like tour buses?

Thanks for your ideas. les20

[astralj]

Does anyone know how far it is from the port of Dubin to Upper O'Connell St, where one finds the tour buses. Taxi? Thanks.

[edinburgher]

Edinburgh has HOHO buses, but unless you want an overview of the city they cover quite a small area, most of which you can easily walk yourself.

 

If its a first visit to Edinburgh its likely you will spend most of your time on and around the Royal Mile/mound/Princess St Gardens, Princess St, and Calton Hill area. These are very close to each other and very easily walkable.

 

You can pay £1 pp (exact money only) any bus journey in the city (no change of bus allowed on a single trip), or I would recommend buying a day ticket which costs £2-30pp. Again, exact money only. You pay the driver on entry to the bus. This gives you max flexibility to get on and off any number of buses throughout the day. You need to hold onto this ticket to show to the driver of each bus you board. If docking in Leith you will in any case have one trip from Leith into eg Princess St, and another back to Leith. This would cost £2, so for 30pence more you have options to use more.

 

Your biggest problem here will be time. There is much to see and do so you need to do some homework before you leave home and have at least an idea of your "must sees".

[LHT28]

Does anyone know how far it is from the port of Dubin to Upper O'Connell St, where one finds the tour buses. Taxi? Thanks.

 

i think it was about 10 min drive. we took the ship's s tour bus into town so not sure.

some took a cab for a lot less than what we paid

Get a few people and share the ride

[Carleigh]

In Dublin, once you make your way to the city centre, its very easy to get around. Everything is very close to each other. You can go to O'Connell Street, and from there you can take a nice leisurely stroll to Trinity college, see the Book of Kells, go up Grafton Street and have a walk around Temple Bar or St Stephens Green. Everything is withingwalking distance of each other once you are in the city centre, with loads of shops and pubs.

 

Have a nice time here in Ireland :)

[Guest LetMeGo]

Does anyone know how far it is from the port of Dubin to Upper O'Connell St, where one finds the tour buses. Taxi? Thanks.

 

I think it's about four miles along the river Liffey... There isn't much to see for the first half of the journey, so you should probably take a taxi.

 

But once you do get there, there's plenty to see for a few days within a short walking distance of the city centre.