Best of · HOP-ON HOP-OFF BUS TOURS IN BERLIN
The 14 best hop-on hop-off bus tours in Berlin you can book today, with the fare, how long each one runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
Spend a day touring Berlin by bus with live German and English commentary. Guides such as Otti, Dimitri, Simon, and Thilo have made the route lively with history, humor, and local advice. Ride past the Wall site, Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island, Alexanderplatz, the Reichstag, and Tiergarten.
“The guide was great and it was very reasonably priced.”
Explore Berlin on two hop-on, hop-off routes covering Museum Island, Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, the East Side Gallery, and more. Choose a 24 or 48-hour ticket, then add currywurst, a Third Reich and Cold War walking tour, an evening panorama, or a seasonal Spree cruise.
“It was great from beginning to end. Due to the extreme cold, the windows were unfortunately steaming up constantly, meaning you had to keep wiping the windows so be able to see things and take pics. Although the “open top” of the bus was covered over, there should really be at least some ventilation to stop windows steaming”
Use a 24 or 48-hour ticket to tour Berlin’s main sights on the Classic Route, then add the East Berlin and Wall Route for East Side Gallery, Mauerpark, and Karl-Marx-Allee. You get multilingual audio, headphones, WiFi, open-top views, and an app showing bus locations.
“We did the HOHO Classic + Trendy East Berlin & The Wall Tour. Easily one of the best things we did while in Berlin! We were a little worried about pick-up/drop-off issues based on previous reviews we'd seen, but everything went super smooth for us. At each stop, if you hopped off, there was a staff member guiding us on what to do next, where to go, and even how to switch from the Classic tour to the East Berlin and The Wall tour. The commentary on the bus was good and insightful too, really adding to the experience and helping us appreciate what we were seeing and even things…”
Use the City Circle bus to tour Berlin’s east and west sides in one day or spread the route over two. You’ll hear commentary in many languages, pass more than 100 sights, and hop off near landmarks such as Checkpoint Charlie, Museum Island, Brandenburg Gate, and the East Side Gallery.
“Great way to see many places and be able to jump off and spend more time at the places of your choice”
Use a 24- or 48-hour City Circle bus pass to tour Berlin at your own pace. The route links Kurfürstendamm, Checkpoint Charlie, Alexanderplatz, the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Charlottenburg, and more. Add a one-hour Spree cruise, and listen to commentary in several languages or on a kids’ channel.
“Great experience and very flexible driver. Good and convenient stops in Berlin (both east and west including wall)”
See Berlin from a red open-top bus on the Classic and optional East Berlin and Wall routes. Hop off at Alexanderplatz, Checkpoint Charlie, Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Wall Memorial, and East Side Gallery, using multilingual audio, free Wi-Fi, and a 24 or 48-hour mobile ticket.
“It was such a wonderful awe-inspiring trip. The coach drivers were friendly and accommodating. It was a lovely way to see so much of Berlin in the short time we were there.”
Ride Big Bus Berlin’s open-top routes past Alexanderplatz, Museum Island, the Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Ku’damm, and East Side Gallery. Use the app to track buses, hop off at key sights, and enjoy included currywurst. Walking and evening tours may feature guides such as Konrad, Simon, Freddie, or Bernd.
“DO NOT BOOK THROUGH VIATOR!! I booked this tour for me and my parents. They are elderly and have mobility issues so I thought a bus ride would be good so they could see the sights of Berlin. As directed in my ticket, we went to the bus stop. We were 25 mins early and waited for 15 minutes after the scheduled departure time. No bus arrived. I paid over £70 for the tickets. I contacted Viator by chat and was told that as I had not downloaded the app they couldn’t help me. I told them that it was NOT a condition of sale that I downloaded the app.…”
Cover Berlin’s major sights by double-decker bus, from Kurfürstendamm and Checkpoint Charlie to the East Side Gallery and Brandenburg Gate. Use the 15-language audio guide, hop off as often as you like, and add a one-hour Spree cruise. Print boat tickets before boarding.
“I have limited mobility and using the hop on hop off bus tour allowed us to view as many of the main attractions as I believe possible. Berlin is a lovely City and I enjoyed the break thoroughly.”
Use a 24-hour hop-on hop-off bus ticket to reach Berlin sights from Kurfürstendamm to Alexanderplatz, then add a one-hour Spree cruise from stop 11. Expect live English and German bus commentary, German commentary on the boat, and possible route changes near Unter den Linden.
“Sehr nette Guides und Busfahrer. Man kann jederzeit Fragen stellen und bekommt viele zusätzliche Details erklärt. Ist viel persönlicher als vom Band👍! Top!”
Use a 24-hour Berlin hop-on hop-off bus ticket to reach sights such as Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, Reichstag, Potsdamer Platz, and Berlin Zoo. At Rotes Rathaus, walk 450 meters to Angiyok Icebar for a welcome drink, two ice-served drinks, a coat, and gloves.
“great hop on hop off bus. stayed on for full 2 hours and saw all the sights on the red route, then later did the 40 min blue route. ice bar was really good, one lovely cocktail and two ice shots. Great value combo ticket.”
See Berlin from an open city-bus route with 18 stops, multilingual audio commentary, and easy access to landmarks from Kurfürstendamm to the Reichstag. Then walk 450 meters from Alexanderplatz to the Icebar, where the walls, glasses, and furnishings are made of ice and three drinks are included.
“This was a really good deal for two things in Berlin that are well worth doing. Everything worked as it should, and everyone was very helpful.”
See Berlin from an open-top sightseeing bus, then use your timed entry at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre on Potsdamer Strasse. You get a 24-hour bus ticket, multilingual audio commentary, WiFi, and access to LEGO rides, a 4D cinema, the brick factory, and LEGO NINJAGO City Adventure.
“Molto piacevole, è un modo molto efficace per visitare una città in due GG cercando di vedere il più possibile!”
Ride a hop-on hop-off bus through Berlin’s central sights, from Kurfürstendamm and Potsdamer Platz to the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden, and Tiergarten. You get a mobile ticket and audio guide, with buses intended to arrive every 20 to 30 minutes, though delays can occur.
“We used the hop on hop off service, we got picked up at the KaDeWe store, the bus tours around all the sights in Berlin, and you hop off whenever you want, there are 19 stops, another bus comes along every 20 to 30 minutes.”
Start at Alexanderplatz for a 75-minute open-top bus tour through Berlin after dark. You will pass the TV Tower, East Side Gallery, Kreuzberg, Museum Island, Unter den Linden, the Brandenburg Gate, and Berlin Wall Memorial. Live commentary is provided in English and German.
“Disappointed not what it says it is ! Panoramic night tour was a bust. Historic sights ?? I’ve used Viator many times and 7 times this trip and always had great results. NOT this time! This tour was a bust in our opinion. First, 70% of the tour was German. Most people in the bus were English. Also you see only a few historic sights. And the brandenburgh gate you see for 3 seconds a mile away. This is a tour of party town and shopping areas. That’s 90% of the tour. Also it wasn’t 75 minutes it was about 60 minutes, and due to the heavy traffic the buss…”
A loop, an open deck, a night run or a whole day on the coach.
