Hop On Half Day Sightseeing Victoria: Explore Top Attractions At Your Own Pace
3.9
36 Ratings
Explore Victoria's top attractions at your own pace with a 4-hour Hop-On Hop-Off bus tour. Create your own itinerary and enjoy onboard commentary.
Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Hop on Hop off (Route)

Operating Schedule: Open Top Double Decker Bus - Departures in front of the Empress Hotel.

  • Check in time is between 1:30 and 5:30 from April 24th-October 21st and arrives approximately every 30 minutes.
  • Check in time is between 12:00 and 3:30 from October 22nd- April 23rd and arrives approximately every 1.5 hours.

1. 721 Government St

Points of Interest

  • Empress Hotel National Historic Site of Canada

  • Chinatown

  • Bastion Square

  • Fisherman’s Wharf

  • Ogden Point Terminal & Breakwater

  • Beacon Hill Park

  • Terry Fox Statue

  • Christ Church Cathedral

  • Craigdarroch Castle

  • Oak Bay Marina

What's Included
  • Customized interactive brochure to guide you
  • Driver/guide
  • Unlimited afternoon access
  • Local taxes
  • Fully narrated tour
What's Not Included
  • Not valid before 11:30am
  • Castle admission
Additional Information

Discover the best of Victoria at your own pace on a half-day Hop-On Hop-Off bus tour. The comprehensive route takes you to 15 of the city’s most popular locations, including China Town, Ogden Point, Fisherman’s Wharf, and Craigdarroch Castle. On board commentary offers insight into the city’s history and culture. Feel free to hop off at any destinations that interest you or simply enjoy the ride. Enjoy four hours of unlimited access to the bus Visit the top attractions of Victoria with ease Create your own sightseeing itinerary Get a comprehensive overview of the city.

  • Open Top Double Decker Bus

  • Enjoy four hours of unlimited access to the bus

  • Visit the top attractions of Victoria with ease

  • Create your own sightseeing itinerary

  • Get a comprehensive overview of the city

  • Please arrive 15 minutes early
  • Seating is on first come priority
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Cynthia_b
Jun 13, 2024
Sweet & Informative Driver - Beautiful tour. The recorded information was good, but the driver's additions made the trip. I wish I had his name to thank. We toured 6/3/24.
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G27khmaryk
Jun 11, 2024
Perfect introduction to Victoria. - Perfect way to get an overview of Victoria and then decide what y9u want to explore further. Commentary very good and driver very good.
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Noemi_s
May 26, 2024
Beautiful Victoria ! - The tour was very informative and drove past beautiful sites on this island, Victoria. So much interesting history! The tour is about two hours
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Debh193
May 4, 2024
Victoria Hop on Hop Off Bus Tour - We decided to take a shuttle to the Empress Hotel from the Ogden Cruise Terminal. Best bus tour. We got to see the city and we stopped at the Empress Hotel for pictures and stopped at Grenville Island to shop and eat lunch.
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359inaa
Apr 29, 2024
An amazing bus experience! - Aaron our driver was very courteous and very friendly and very knowledgeable! Truly a wonderful experience! When in Victoria take this tour with Aaron as your tour guide!
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Travel246433
Jun 11, 2024
Memorable experience! - This was an efficient way to see the city in the limited time we had. Victoria is a beautiful city, hope to return someday.
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Conniefp3087az
Apr 29, 2024
Interesting and comfortable - Interesting facts about Victoria sites. Enjoyed Brad's knowledge of the city and his positive attitude. The bus was comfortable. Would recommend to anyone who comes to Victoria.
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Royw931
Jun 15, 2024
Waste of money - The bus drops off and picks up once a hour, so it’s not really a hop on hop off. Once you get off you can’t get back on for another hour, which was very inconvenient. We hardly used it for that reason. If you want to stay on and take the whole tour that is the only way I would recommend it. We sat on the top of the bus which was nice, but it was sometimes hard to hear the narrator.
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Frank_m
May 28, 2024
Disappointed - We have taken the hop-on hop-off bus on vacations for many years without any problems. The experience this week in Victoria, British Columbia was extremely disappointing. We made the reservation for four individuals with the expectation that the bus would meet our cruise ship along with the other 15 busses in the parking lot as on previous trips. It was not there and none of the port guides knew anything about it. We finally found a guide on the street who told us we had missed the last bus of the day. The reservation information did not say the office closed at 4:30 pm and the last bus stopped near the cruise port at 5:06 pm. We disembarked from the ship at 5:15 pm. We waited until 6:06 pm when the bus came to our city bus stop. The driver was very helpful. He allowed us to take the remaining portion of the route. The tour ended downtown, so we had to pay a taxi to take us back to the cruise port. We wasted $169.96 in this frustrating experience.
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Catherine_c
May 22, 2024
Worst hop on experience EVER!!! - This was the WORST hop on hop off tour I’ve ever done and I’ve done them all over the world. They did not say anywhere in the ads that the bus ONLY leaves from the main station once an hour and only hits each stop hourly. We missed the first stop by 10 minutes and had to walk to stop 5. We missed stop 1-4 and would have had to get off at stop 1, wait for 1/2 and hour, and then get back in to see stop 1-4. When we did get on at stop 5, the bus only had 28 total seats that were covered. Since it was pouring down rain, they were all taken, so we had to stand - functionally making it impossible to see out of any of the windows. We got off in stop 10 and just walked around in the rain. It was better than standing on a bus and not seeing anything. Worst money I ever spent. They should be ashamed of themselves.
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