Best of · SIGHTSEEING BUS TOURS IN ITALY
Every trip has one spare morning too few. These 15 sightseeing bus tours in Italy justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
See Rome from an open-top double-decker bus with a 1-loop, 1-day, 24-hour, 48-hour, or 72-hour pass. The route links Termini, Santa Maria Maggiore, the Colosseum, Vatican City, Piazza Navona, and the Spanish Steps. Audio is available in eight languages, with Wi-Fi and a sightseeing app included.
“Fantastic. Got us everywhere we wanted to go. Gave great advice”
Ride Rome’s open-top Big Bus past the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Vatican, Trevi Fountain, and Spanish Steps. Choose a 3-hour loop or 24-, 48-, or 72-hour ticket, with multilingual audio, Wi-Fi, live bus tracking, and self-guided walking tours.
“Location on Google Maps requires attention as it’s crazy trying to find the location of the Bus Terminal. Outrageously wrong. “Update your location on Google”, is urgently required !!!!!”
Use one ticket on four Milan bus lines for 1 to 3 days. You’ll pass the Duomo, La Scala, Castello Sforzesco, Navigli, Brera, San Siro, and CityLife, with multilingual audio, child commentary, Wi-Fi, and a mobile walking tour.
“I had the best time using the Hop-On Hop-Off service. Highly recommend if you want to see the city’s most famous landmarks. So easy to jump on and off. The staffs are so friendly and helpful. Check to see if any of the stops is near your accommodation so you get a free to and from home too. Dont have to jump on right at the main stops like the Duomo. Thank you”
See Rome from an open-top bus with an eight-language audio guide, free Wi-Fi, and flexible hop-on hop-off access. The route links Termini, Santa Maria Maggiore, the Colosseum area, Circus Maximus, Piazza Venezia, Vatican City, Piazza di Spagna, and Piazza Barberini. Jubilee and night options may be available.
“Not really worth it, Everything is within walking distance. Today's bus stopped for a long time at each pick up spot, we sat waiting on the bus longer than what we were driven so we got our halfway and walked and had a better day.”
Use Rome’s pink hop-on hop-off buses to get your bearings and see major sights from Termini to the Vatican, Colosseum area, Spanish Steps, and Trevi Fountain. Choose a ticket that allows reboarding, listen in one of 12 languages, and expect traffic delays or longer walks to some monuments.
“best way to visit Rome in a short time ! worth every penny”
Use a 3-, 24-, 48-, or 72-hour Big Bus ticket to circle Rome’s major sights, including the Colosseum, Vatican, Pantheon area, Trevi Fountain, and Spanish Steps. Audio commentary, Wi-Fi, a VOX walking tour, and live bus tracking are included, but several stops require a walk.
“Well worth it & saw the city from a different angle & loads of incredible information. Well worth it and easy to use”
Ride Rome’s red open-top double-decker bus for one 45-minute night loop past Santa Maria Maggiore, the Colosseum, St. John Lateran, the Spanish Steps, and Piazza Navona. Recorded commentary comes in eight languages. Bring a warm layer, and choose your seat carefully for the best views.
“Great way to view Rome from the bus then you can arrange to go back to the areas you want to visit on foot.”
Use a 1-, 2-, or 3-day mobile pass to ride Florence’s Line A and Line B buses, with stops near Santa Croce, Porta Romana, Piazzale Michelangelo, and Fiesole. English audio commentary, free Wi-Fi, and live bus tracking help you plan, though service can be limited and stops may be hard to find.
“I believe our tour was supposed to last approximately 2 1/2 hours and it was only a hour. Not until we get on the bus we were informed only doing the blue line not both red AND blue. . Maybe the company can inform people regarding changes by text a few hours before boarding so we could have planned our day better Very disappointed we did NOT see more of Florence and it was definitely too late to find other options to tour areas we did not see Hopefully we get at least half of our money reimbursed since half our tour was basically cancelled without giving a notification and…”
Spend eight hours reaching Rome from Civitavecchia with a tour leader, then see St. Peter’s Basilica, Castel Sant’Angelo, the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, and Piazza Navona. Guides such as Daniel, Andrea, and Andre are praised for clear history and careful timing, though the pace and group size can be demanding.
“There were 2 different tours on the same bus and we were able to either stay with the guide or wander on our own once at the Coliseum and meet up at the meeting point which we did. Rome in a day was always going to be a challenge but we got to see everything we wanted to see in Rome on this tour. We booked with Get Your Guide for Athens and Pisa and Lucca and were happy with all.”
See Naples from an open-air double-decker bus on three routes covering the historic center, Naples Bay, and San Martino. Your mobile ticket works for 24 hours after first use, with 32 stops, recorded English commentary, free Wi-Fi, and easy transfers at Piazza Municipio.
“It is a great way to see Naples. One ticket allows you to do the A line and B line. This allows you to then decide what you would like to go back and see. Highly recommend.”
Ride from Catania to Mount Etna by panoramic bus with audio commentary in English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, or Russian. Stop in Nicolosi, see the 1983 eruption area, then spend about three hours at Rifugio Sapienza exploring Silvestri craters or paying extra for the cable car.
“note you will probobally pay 50-70€ on top for chairlift or walking tour”
Use a 24- or 48-hour City Sightseeing pass to explore Genoa’s historic and coastal routes by open-top double-decker bus. Ride past the Aquarium, Ducal Palace, Bigo, Via Garibaldi, Boccadasse, and the lighthouse, with recorded commentary, onboard Wi-Fi, and a free walking-tour app.
“We booked hop-on-hop off for three of the city's we visited. One city id didn't work out. We never got on. It was always full. The next city it worked well and we were happy. The third city was OK .Some busses ran early and spacing was uneven. Once on the bus they were good.”
Start at Touristation Aracoeli near Piazza Venezia, watch a 25-minute ancient Rome video, then visit the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, and Colosseum. Your ticket also includes a one-run panoramic open bus tour with audio commentary, usable any day.
“We would have liked to have had a personal guide here. We have had personal guides on other tours before and they always gave us a lot of information. We sometimes had unanswered questions. The bus tour at the end was very nice and informative.”
Ride from Catania to Mount Etna by panoramic bus, with multilingual audio commentary and free time in Nicolosi and at 2,000 meters. The tour gives you three hours on Etna, but cable cars and higher excursions cost extra. Driver Alessandro has earned special praise.
“I didn’t realize I was pretty much just paying for transportation to Mount Etna. Any excursions to go higher in elevation are an additional fee of 50€ (cable car or guided hike). There’s a train you can take for 10€, but it’s not worth it in my opinion. They kind of just drive you in circles for 30 minutes and give you 10 minutes at a tourist shop. There’s a pre-recorded audio guide.”
Choose a RedLine minibus or Blue Line electric minibus tour through Bergamo’s Upper and Lower Town. Your day ticket covers the funicular and buses, while an audio guide in six languages explains Piazza Duomo, Colle Aperto, GAMeC, and Academy Carrara.
“Les renseignements fournis par les organisateurs sont erronés!!! J'ai donc attendu en vain et n'ai pas pu participer à cette activité, alors que je l'ai payée!!!... Le responsable du train m'a proposé de monter à bord pour aller dans la ville haute, mais la visite même et les transports m'ont occasionné de nouveaux frais. Renseignements pris, le lieu de rendez-vous donné n'est pas le bon. Il paraît que le bug n'est pas nouveau et qu'il a déjà été signalé... Que de temps perdu et de désillusion... C'était la première fois que je m'inscrivais sur cette plate-forme et m'interroge donc sur son sérieux... Pour info, à l'attention de ceux qui me…”
A loop, an open deck, a night run or a whole day on the coach.
